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BRISTOL PRWENEX published every Saturday morning at 40 7 Bradford Street Bristol by W H S Bayley. Terms two dollars per year in advance half yearly subscribers four dollars per year. Single copies four cents. Advertisements one dollar per square for three weeks, twenty cents each subsequent insertion. Twelve lines in minion type compose a square. Yearly advertisers ten dollars per year. Caneye advertisers limited to eighteen lines per week to their own business.
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Bristol
Ae Cenese
The Heavenly Shepherd Poem by Mrs James Russell Lowell
A fragmentary readable excerpt of The Heavenly Shepherd by Mrs James Russell Lowell discusses grief after a child’s death. It uses the shepherd and flock parable to soothe sorrow, describing memory’s healing rill and the yearning for guidance from the good shepherd above.
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Mrs
James Russell Lowell
Overcoming the Slough of Despond and Character
The piece reflects on bouts of blues and mental gloom testing resolve. It argues true men fight through hardship, emerge with stronger footing, and sharpen vigilance. It notes trials mold competence, as effort and perseverance outweigh easy luck or idle comfort.
Plainspoken Respondent Questions Amusements At Home
A blunt woman visits a married woman and asks how she amuses herself. The reply cites housework as a distraction, prompting a wry exchange. The passage satirizes notions of propriety and what constitutes vice or folly in daily life.
Mistresa Winterblossom and the curious dialogue
A fragmentary dramatic exchange centers on a girl asking why a physician is sought and Mistresa Winterblossom answers that the word comes from fee seeking. A countryman hides from a physician, ashamed to face one after long illness. Also notes praise for well supplied tool houses and farm workshops saving costs over years.
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Ane Doetore
Ealind Pagsie
Ase
Mistresa Winterblossom
Oppression of the seamstress and a wealthy family
A moral tale shows Mrs Eilaworth and daughters exploiting a poor widow and her daughter Ellen by underpaying for sewing. The seamstress bears long hours, rising debt, and aching eyes while Sophia evades fair pay, highlighting the weight of poverty and lack of charity in wealth.
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Henritta
Eaid
Sophia
Seametresa
Papa Ten Shire
Ellen
Stumme
Miss Landon
Evlen
Sophia Ejleworth
Grace Eaton
Souphis
Buc L
Too Willing by Half A Boarding House Sketch
A faded humor piece recounts General Andrew Jackson outwit a widow seeking back pay from a government official. A clever note for thirty days is discounted by a bank, with Jackson’s signature ensuring the plan pays. John Smith learns the joke costs him a job and a lavish pension.
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John Smith
Andrew Jackson
Banx
Washineton
John
Johnn
Jis Allahum
United States
Mosse
Jonn Ssburg
John, Smith
Man Picken Or at Sea aboard Oregon
On the morning of the 28th near Cubs coast the bark Oregon spotted a strange water noise. The boat was lowered and a man saved after Jamce Thompson a Prussian by birth fell overboard from the Ocean Star bound from New Orleans to Boston. He floated six hours before being rescued by a floating board that kept him afloat.
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Oregon
Thomas
Frankfort
Havana
Cubs
Jamce Thompson
Ocean Star
New Orleans
Boston
Thompson
Awake to Virtue Before Hope Fades
A moral exhortation warns a reader of looming ruin from vice. The piece pleads for immediate reform, urging the reader to cast off poison from the heart and seek virtue before noonday brightness recedes. It emphasizes awakening, conscience, and the heavenly voice guiding toward truth.
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Warar
Virtue seeds and youthful industry in Prentice insight
A fragment from Prentice emphasizes choosing virtue over idle youth. It urges sowing seeds of business and wisdom in youth, warns that life is brief between this world and the next, and frames character formation as essential for a virtuous life.
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Prentice
Creed and confessions in gospel truth expressed
A Langelist discusses Christianity with emphasis on sentiment and enduring truths. He warns against misusing creeds to push personal philosophies, urging clear understanding of sacred teachings and faithful expression of gospel principles.
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Curtog
Luangelist
Uncle Sam’s global reach and imperial charm
A Sunday Times column extols the United States as a mobilizing force transforming lands from Texas to China through liberty and free institutions. It compares US influence to Napoleon, praising assimilation over conquest and urging bold, practical action to realize ambitions.
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Great Britain
Sam
Texas
Mexico
Republic
Rio Grande
Monterey
Saltillo
New Mexico
California
Grenada
Chagres
Panama
Acapulco
San Diego
San Franco
Marth
Pacific
China
Pekin
Alexander
Rome
Napoleon
Uncle Sam
Sunday Times
English girls health and virtue debate in period essay
An essay contrasts English and American girls noting English girls engage daily in diverse physical activities to develop the body and health while American girls focus more on intellect. It critiques eight to ten hour schooling and social mores, then jumps to social vignettes and antiquated anecdotes about truth, manners, and wit with historical asides.
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Dantes
Darky dialogue hints at job and migration to Washington
A fragmented dialogue features a Black speaker seeking government work in Washington and contemplating roles such as sexton, with mock exchanges about bearing paths and life in a new land. The vivid caricature voice reflects tensions around employment, loyalty, and relocation.
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Verchant
Doyle
Ireland
Uhe
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Tom
Geo. D. Prenadice
Lees
Ancona
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Italy
M. Thiers
French Assembly
France
Guvenyaent
Cusar
Chile
Washington
Darkey
Himsalf
Carsar
Magen
Daniel Oberer
Lee Gwine
Sexton
Berry
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