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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1846
Page
1
The fragment outlines Saturday morning publishing by Bayley Bradford street between Hope and State, with two dollars yearly in town and higher rates for distant subscribers. Advertising costs are given as one dollar per square for three days and twenty cents for each additional insertion, with a ten dollar annual rate for ad customers.
A wicked English captain aboard a vessel shows mercy after a boy named Bob prays for his soul. The captain, moved by reading and faith, confesses sins forgiven as he nears death. Bob’s prayers and Bible readings bring a vow of salvation and comfort to both.
A Newark Advertiser correspondent discusses fruit in Palestine with notes on grape clusters and size. He recalls Adam Clark’s Jersey garden and mentions a current visit to Thom P. Noren’s vinery with discoveries of Palestine grapes, noting uncertainty about accuracy and date.
A participant recalls a 18th century Boston tea dumping by a secret group. The rambling narrative details disguise, boarding two ships, unloading tea onto the wharf, and fleeing before dawn while locals and authorities reacted with suspicion and mockery.
The passage laments a drunkard’s wife facing a bleak winter, describing her ruined energy and deep grief. It contrasts scant social sympathy with the cold, foreboding season and the futility of nearby comfort. The prose mourns lost youthful promise and enduring sorrow.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a cabin on a road and references to milk and children. Names and places are unreadable, making interpretation uncertain. The text appears as an incomplete historical note or speech transcript with no coherent event or outcome to report.
An essay voice reflects on youth and death at a grave, contrasting the rise of spring hope with the inevitability of aging. It counsels balancing sorrow with devotion, urging youth to seek God while cherishing life and its pleasures, to avoid excess and strive for piety and happiness.
A vivid morning ocean scene describes the sun rise as a glorious display of beauty and majesty. The observer praises the hand of God in nature, noting the crimson sky, calm breezes, and ships glowing like sheets of fire, urging gratitude and adoration.
Major Jack Downing muses on nature versus upbringing noting that people raised in the woods or logs severities often outshine city snobs in wit and capability. A mock dialogue follows about insurance fraud and drinking pledges, ending with a regional editor’s complaint about subscriber notices.
The editor laments bringing babies to church and argues they disturb services, urging mothers to keep infants at home. A Persian king and philosophers debate misfortune, with a vizier offering death before the divine bar as a greater pity. Other snippets critique volunteers in New Bedford, and reflect on life’s brevity and the call to live for the present.
A fragment reflecting on compassion as a virtue not to be ashamed of, urging concern for the distressed and the orphan, while condemning vanity and pointless wealth. It critiques reliance on tomorrow and stresses living in the present with duty, then notes historical petitions and early English coinage.
A fragment from a London report describes infusing palt in boiling water and adding calicote to fix colors, claims permanent results after cooling. It then shifts to a court scene where Alexander McManus wins five dollars for stealing wine, with humor and archaic speech from a recorder and witnesses.
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