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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1851
Page
1
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An echoed dialogue between Symes Bemans and a noble woman about a child torn between a bleak mountain cabin and a bright hall. The child pleads to return to kin and nature while the caretaker offers a life of comfort away from his brothers who remain on the hillside. The exchange ends with the child still longing to go home.
Commodore James Barron senior captain of the United States navy died at his Norfolk residence on the twenty first inst age 83. He served over fifty years in the naval service entering as lieutenant on March 9 1708 and attaining the rank of captain on May 22 1799.
The steamship Lafayette arrived from New York to take a place in the new line between Philadelphia and Liverpool. Described as the largest propeller of its kind in the country, it makes thirty two evolutions per minute with fifteen inches of steam. Reported speed is thirteen to fourteen knots in heavy seas.
Geneva jury returns verdict that the railroad collision killing Mr. Riley resulted from gross carelessness by Robert Dixon engineer of the accommodation train and calls for his arrest. Also notes a cadet’s recent appointment and various brief river catches. The report includes a moving scene at Trinity Church as a German emigrant mother prays with two children after an incident for the crowd.
Reported directs the Wasterp captain to shout engine actions as race prep unfolds. Fragments mention shutting a safety valve and threats of pursuit to win the race alongside a taunting couplet and scattered phrases about editors and passengers.
A portrait of a man of integrity who follows duty as guided by God and conscience. He is consistent, candor, and humane, never masking his true character, and avoids hypocrisy or reproachful means to success. His conduct is steady, plain, and trustworthy in business, worship, and public life.
The excerpt argues that true happiness and moral strength arise from one's own household. It claims domestic life fosters independence of thought, cheerful benevolence, sound judgment, and integrity, with virtue capable of creating beauty and delight in the mind. A man of character finds daily pleasures at home aligned with his highest nature.
A sick child in a dreary garret clings to a violet box as he dies. The mother, worn and poor, lends comfort and watches his breath fade, while the vision of the child in white robes appears above his bed. The tale ends with the coffin and mother’s quiet sorrow.
The passage extols revenge as a soft strategic move using forgiveness to disarm enemies. It argues that forgiving rivals is a charming form of vengeance leading to their submission in sorrow and repentance. It frames true retaliation as healing and heavenly in its method, seeking peaceful dominance without direct blows.
A quote from Joux Apama to his wife urges training children in virtue and industrious spirit. It emphasizes shaming vice, fostering ambition to be useful, and disdain for ignorance or poverty of knowledge.
A reflective statement extols the wisest person as one who, through constant thoughtful attention, discovers the greatest chances to do good and, with firm resolve, overcomes opposition to seize them.
A scrambled Bangor Jeffersonian ad mocks Haleton as a border Maine town. It rails against unqualified teachers and church influence, urging a properly trained instructor and noting a recruiter's attempt at deflection through a joke about a shawl pin and a baby.
The narrator recalls a country church scene where a poor widow mourns her son, observing stark class contrasts. A plain coffin and a cold funeral ritual highlight poverty, while the mourner’s agony and a mother’s love evoke deep human sorrow amid silent gravestones and mournful bells.
Irving recounts a widow and her son George Somers, pressed into service, captured, and returned home broken. The tale follows a village’s pity and a mother’s steadfast care as George dies in his mother’s arms, prompting a church gathering and charity from parishioners.
An article extols steadfast friendship through adversity and loyalty with a moral about loving a friend who supports you. It includes a secondary note from Mrs Swales on cleanliness for young ladies offering a stepwise, literal method of washing and dressing.
The Polish patriot Kosciuszko planned to send wine to a Solothurn clergyman. He entrusted a youth named Zeltner with the task and refused the rider’s horse. Zeltner’s tale reveals a joke about a horse halting for charity and his feigned generosity to ease his bores on the road.
A comical old case recalls a very fat man who sought treatment for sleeping with his mouth open. The doctor jokes that the complaint is incurable, noting the patient’s skin is too short and that closing the eyes makes the mouth open.
A remark recalls two blooming young ladies who suffered a harsh prank recently leaving them pale and shaken upon returning home. The tone laments the cruelty of the incident and its effect on their appearance.
A terse line from a historical voice warns that while many may speak ill and grow irate, none hold a burning zeal or weapon as authority. The fragment hints at caution against mob sentiment and the danger of sudden zeal.
The passage mocks haste among Yankees and mock guidance from an editor on dental work and dining with financiers. It also suggests tracking frivolous expenditures to improve eye prominence. The tone is satirical and wordy with scattered advice.
An odd Pennsylvania anecdote recalls a sheriff warning a shaken friend that harming him harms the commonwealth. An old revolutioner recalls a dark night’s walk home from Widow Bean’s after Sally said he needed to come again, a musico memory.
Henry VIII sent for Sir Tom while he attended public worship, but Sir Tom answered he would meet the king after performing his service to the King of Kings.
A quirky exhibit at the Schenectady Museum features a mosquito bladder described as containing souls of poisons, amid other curiosities. The fragmentary text hints at strange artifacts and historic interests in natural oddities.
A man in town advocates homeopathy and uses diet changes to treat pain. He restricts fodder and substitutes homeopathic remedies, claiming cures. His eldest son, a strong believer, refuses to work more than fifteen minutes weekly, even in sleep, supporting his father’s views.
A garbled block discusses soft fungi lifting flag stones, a lever for moving them, and a neighbor’s paper subscription. It mentions a man’s misery tied to a failed subscription and his wife’s remark about reading paid papers.
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