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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1856
Page
1
Public notice of subscription costs and advertising charges outlines yearly, advance, and single-copy prices. It lists rates for ads, religious and obituary notices, and policy on publication duration and payment terms.
A six year old boy named Little C dies and asks his mother to join him in heaven. The verses describe his farewell, guiding angels, and a celestial barque sailing toward the throne of Jehovah as the family grieves and remembers.
The piece contrasts men and women at bedtime detailing a sober nightly routine for men and a lively, flirtatious sequence for women. It notes hair, dress, lighting, and sleep, then shifts to a critique of indulgence, urges temperance with beans and drink, and ends with a moral about strength and Providence.
The Rhode Island General Assembly enacts amendments to the town officers act. Town Treasurers must annually publish written account statements and vouchers. noncompliance carries a $100 penalty. Additional resolutions allocate funds for births and deaths reports, militia printing, and bridge ferry arrangements following Kelly’s Bridge destruction.
A penniless, ill clothed Frenchman, banished from Curacao and broken by fever, is taken in by a compassionate minister and a charitable widow in New Orleans. After sleeping rough and surviving on charity, he receives shelter, linen, and meals, then recovers and earns work copying sermons. His story ends with gratitude and a moral urging charity to the poor.
An 18th or 19th century poem fragment defending liberty and imagination against tyranny. The speaker vows resilience before oppression, laments confinement, and calls for justice as a higher power to awaken in times of danger.
The text argues for gentle early education teaching love over harshness. It favors nursery rhymes and storytelling, outdoor play, and mild dirt as natural. Emphasizes kindness to animals and a loving environment above rote book learning to foster gentle, obedient children.
A comic fragment describes a young man who, after entertaining a company of girls, asks for payment in kisses. A witty reply from a girl says to present the bill. The scene shifts to a humorous exchange about pies and a squabble over payment.
In Boston at Bowdoin Street Vestry a dramatic episode saw two Ojibwa brothers, one a Christian convert, amid an attempt by a conjurer to kill missionary Rev. We Jacobs. The assailant fell after Jacobs prayed, and two days later the man sought peace, becoming a preacher of the faith he once tried to destroy.
An anecdote recalls a preacher from Rochester who accosted a boatman on the canal. The boatman warned him he was heading into trouble, and when Finney pressed the point the boatman grabbed him and tossed him into the water before other boatmen intervened to save him.
A pupil of the Abbe Shard offers remarkable replies on gratitude time eternity and God. The child defines gratitude as the memory of the heart and time as a line with two ends while describing God as the sun of eternity and the watchmaker of the universe.
Fragmentary 19th century editorial remarks condemn unsportsmanlike conduct and cowardice, linking cruelty to animals, shameless behavior, and disrespect toward mothers with broader social decay. A complaining voice rails against a boyish offender and references political figures and travel regulations observed in historical contexts.
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