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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1851
Page
1
A dreamy poem on love's ache and the pull of kindred hearts. It contrasts solitary longing with empathy and inner truth, urging gentle kindness to awaken mutual feeling. The gem of love lies within each chest, needing care to burnish its bright worth.
A reflective sermon fragment discusses life’s trials as God’s gift of suffering and the need for faith to view adversity as blessing. It urges justice for all, including children, and to accept hardship as part of divine providence.
Incoherent passage sketches on poverty and force labor, noting fear of revolt and the idea that a large portion of daily earnings goes to tethered toil. Mentions Abey ny ceneratei and lingering harassment, raising questions about the value of future gains versus current misery.
A garbled excerpt depicts a chat over wheat between neighbors. The dialogue hints at a debate over a bargain and a plan to fetch supplies. Names and full context are unclear, but the scene suggests a rural barter or market fragment.
The act imposes a twenty dollar fine for opening or maintaining gaming rooms or dealing with games such as faro rouge or roulette. Officials may search suspected premises and seize gaming implements for destruction or return to owners. Also prohibits lottery ticket sales with penalties and outlines prosecution procedures and penalties for related offenses.
The document outlines acts restricting slaughterhouses to designated towns or cities from May and imposing penalties of one hundred dollars plus costs for violations. It also adds licensing rules for cider sales in South Kingstown Coventry and Weaverly with penalties of twenty dollars per offense and conditions for town meeting acceptance.
A rhetorical address questioning whether liquor selling is right and harmful to society. It argues selling intoxicants spreads misery, crime, ruin to families, and should be abandoned. The piece includes moral appeals and ends with a humorous parable about religious denominations sharing a fish meal.
During a performance an overbearing trumpet part drew the conductor’s ire as he commanded louder and louder. The German musician, exhausted by the demand, flung his trumpet and shouted in frustration, asking where the instrument’s reed could be found.
An anonymous letter from a 19th century correspondent recalls a cold muddy night rescue. A drunk husband and four hungry children await inside a home, while a woman lies in the mud with a shivering child beside her. The writer urges temperance action and denounces drunkenness as ruin.
A brief urges readers to buy a newspaper, comparing borrowing to taking clothing or bread from a neighbor. It argues that a person has no right to use a newspaper without paying and stresses the printer’s right to charge for his work.
An 18th century dialogue pits Karl von Heremitany Richt against Dr. Franklin on hereditary honors for dignitaries. The exchange questions justice and the idea that descendants inherit rewards or penalties for ancestors' actions. A street scene adds crude humor with a drayman and bystanders.
A narrator describes how a boy named Frank runs into the street after being urged by his father. The piece links persistent lying and petty theft to a life of trouble, including jail, urging listeners to resist temptation and bad company.
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