17 Mar 1860
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1860
Page
1
A speaker laments the death of a dear companion, born of consumption. The piece recalls a fresh bloom that withered, a rapid illness, and the inevitability of fate. Parents grieve while trusting in divine will as the beloved rests eternally beyond suffering.
A dreary December attic scene opens a tale of poverty and hunger. Little Alice loses her sister Jenny to fever and cold, then a kind Jersey farmer shelters her. He and his wife adopt her, giving warmth, food, and a new family, transforming an orphan into daughter Alice.
A fragment from Count Gunfallianor recounts a fifteen year dungeon stay in a ten foot square cell. He describes sharing years of conversation with a companion, then years alone, and the moment a walled silence follows a revelation that his wife had died a year earlier.
An old saying notes knowledge is power and kind words restrain anger. A neighbor seeks a quarrel but is invited to eat and later offered pie, showing that gentleness calms heated moments. Patience and forbearance avert conflict and prevent great offences when tempers flare.
The text argues that most life battles are uphill and require effort to win. Difficulties intimidate but stimulate capable people, and experience shows impediments can be overcome through steady conduct, honest zeal, and resolve to surmount misfortune.
A lawyer questions a young woman witness in court and says you are very pretty. The reply jokes that she would be if not sworn in oath. The passage mixes social cheer and legal testing with a note of cordial humor.
A fragmentary OCR style piece speaks of a gale lifting fog and a mountain top where the breath of a mighty spirit scatters cool mist. It evokes heavenly light and a sense of wild celebratory nature in a condensed, oblique manner.
The 1860 Rhode Island laws amend sections on reform school discipline, holidays, school buildings in North Providence, civil suit discontinuances, dog laws with collars and penalties, and town registration. It details inspector powers to return inmates, holidays, and dog control provisions with requisite notices and fines.
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