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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1864
Page
1
A reverberant call from a Boston gathering urges nationwide support for a Soldiers' Fair. It evokes Sumter, wartime sacrifices, and home at stake, urging every reader to aid wounded soldiers and resupply with faith, charity, and communal duty.
Fragmented devotional verse urges doing your small tasks well and with virtue. It extols patience in hardship, kindness in small deeds, and confessing wrongs while trusting Christ. The piece promises heavenly reward and lasting memory for humble lives.
Fragmentary verse tale recalls a night visit to the dead and a procession of literary figures from Homer to Shakespeare. A voice in the poem asks if the new spirit has arrived and replies, I am here, with the city of memory unfolding around a sleeping great.
An aging Nantucket storyteller recalls youth on the island with rival beaux, a Boston dandy, and a Pearl of a romance. Peggy Darling recounts flirtations, a coerced engagement, jealous suitors, and a choice between Jo Dilno and John Dilno amid Quaker confines and island gossip.
In a crowded street Peggy meets Nathan and avoids him as John confronts them about their talk. Nathan pressingly questions Peggy about marriage and fidelity, while Peggy resists his control. A later scene with Jo Ray hints at past rumors and unresolved vows as Peggy asserts her independence.
A devout woman recalls how a neighbor’s small donation transformed a hungry sick woman. The tale shows how a single dollar can lift hope and restore health, arguing the poor suffer from lack of knowledge on where to give and how to help.
A reflective meditation on life as a river voyage from youth to maturity. The journey moves from hopeful, playful beginnings to trials and eventual peril, ending with a call for faith and divine grace to endure toward immortality.
The text outlines maternal conduct to form a gentle firm caregiver who attends to the child, teaches obedience and respect for elders, and avoids harsh reproach. It urges neatness, patience, self-reliance, and restraint in correction while shaping a soul for eternity and avoiding mockery or anger.
The fragment discusses the value of continual writing and study as a path to growth in science and holy living. It reflects on Hazlitt’s idea of daily lines of truth, duty, grace, and victory over sin, suggesting steady progress illuminates the path forward.
A statement argues justice should be swift when outcomes are assured, contrasting with slow processes. It notes widespread moonshine and illicit distribution, highlighting a world full of hidden alcohol despite darkness.
A New Hampshire correspondent relays a humorous tale of Jus who claims to cure smoky chimneys. He recounts a disastrous fix where reversing the chimney end caused rain to pour into the era, nearly flooding the house, and ends with a dubious remedy to avert catastrophe.
A fragmented reflection on humming birds praising Audubon and the natural world. It extols their delicate beauty from humble nests to public interest, inviting readers to admire their graceful wing movements and the sublime order of creation.
A fragmentary quiz lists questions and humorous answers. It asks why the sex shuns fetters, what divides by one man, and why a woman appears busy. It jests on water as divisible, the elder tree as oldest in America, and marks March 4 as a command day.
The article notes rising silver yields in California and other U.S. mines and reports a newly found silver region in Argentina near the Andes, with ore in a tract one mile by forty. It mentions rich deposits in Victoria and suggests silver may briefly lose ground to gold. A preacher who changed faith for a benefice defends the move with seven reasons, citing a wife and children among them.
The Rochester column reports Jus Leffel of Springfield Ohio, 44 inches tall and 65 pounds, visiting the former city. It notes his public spirit, past supervisor role, engagement to Miss Sarah Burton, and a quip about his modest stature. The piece closes with whimsical reflections on humanity and nature.
Notice to taxpayers urging returns of annual income and taxable articles by the first Monday of May. Delinquent filers face penalties up to fifty percent of tax and possible five hundred dollar fines for fraudulent claims. Assessors will provide forms. payments due by June 30. Thomas G Turner, U S Assessor First District, March 1864.
A card advertises a remedy by Rev Charles E King formerly secretary to the London Evangelical ANE and now resident minister with the Venezuelan mission. It claims to treat consumption and other lung and digestive ailments and offers a free prescription. Refer to local medical colleges and named ministers. address provided in New York Station D Bible House.
Trott, proprietor at State Street Bristol, invites the public to visit his rooms for cartes de visite and vignettes. He claims thousands patronized in the last three years and promises ambrotype and daguerreotype work finished in oil or water colors in superior style.
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