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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1864
Page
1
A fervent wartime poem depicts weary years ending as Northern troops advance at dawn. The speaker recalls suffering, loss, and loyalty, praising faith and courage that broke slavery’s grip. Emphasizes unity, liberty, and brotherhood as the dawn of freedom arrives.
A wartime letter recounts fiery lines from a New York figure Daniel Dickenson responding to a peace question. The passage lambasts treachery, extols rebellion’s end, and vows to resist any settlement that would enslave freed people and yield the Union’s honor.
An aged verse reflects on parting, comparing the happiness of those who depart to the sorrow of those left behind. The bride, mother, and friends face loss as travelers, comrades, and pilgrims press on toward danger or rest. The text weighs courage against melancholy as life ends.
In a dusty August journey to Sulphur Springs, Isabel and Minnie Thornes clash with stage life while a pleasant stranger, Colonel Tremaine, arrives. Minnie’s kindness soothes a crying infant, winning future marriage with Tremaine, while Isabel’s vanity misreads fate as Minnie’s charm leads to a wedding and a new family chapter.
A Cincinnati crowd gathered along Butler street as the iron-clad Catawba touched water. A huge wave swept the shore drowning or washing away many bathers, though most escaped as the surge ebbed. One man disappeared into a bar room after the event, while the paper praised the journal.
A Boston Saturday Gazette reflection imagines spiritual photography of the self through carte de visite images. Every friend, foe, and moment reveals a page of saints and sinners, saints and savages, showing how we appear at church and on Monday morning.
The passage laments the coming hour of death for all, noting fear and reluctance to face mortality. It speaks of the body turning cold, the face pale, and the last enemy silencing voice and sight, while reminding that dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return.
A reflective note on how virtue appears magnified by restraint and fault blurred by lapse. It argues that even prudent leaders may yield to party heat and personal ambition, while steady souls rail against excess yet recall precedents set by great minds.
The passage describes a microscope view of the developing yolk in an egg. Granules shift to form glittering clusters and clear spaces arise from albumen separation, resembling constellations in a miniature celestial scene. The evolving yolk forms regular clusters linked by a network of albumen.
Noting that great minds often emerge from manual trades the author argues that drawing rooms and workshops forge intelligence. He credits artisans and tradespeople with shaping minds who then convert physical labor into thought and virtue, urging reform to value practical mental development in education.
Mara Stowe reflects on worn chairs and couches as cherished signs of life and shared memories. She rejects flashy updates, valuing original wear from years of use and the gentle aging of household pieces as part of a family’s history.
A quizzical column riffs on paradoxes and wordplay asking if storms bite, if lightning follows, whether good news spoils by morning, and if repeated fines reform a man. It playfully challenges common phrases and roles from magistrates to soldiers and police.
The piece reflects on the execution of Mathew Maule for witchcraft as a moral lesson. It argues that influential classes and trusted teachers are prone to grave errors, noting clergy judges statesmen and the era's elite as complicit in the bloodshed.
A Dominican monk Bucco mocked Spanish sailors over tobacco jokes about angels in heaven. He claimed few Spanish saints were admitted because they smoked too much. St Peter tricked them with a ball fight outside Paradise, then closed the gate to Spaniards.
A line from Jous Brown reflects on a night so dark it could not block the approach of day or prevent sunshine and a cloudless sky, expressing resilient optimism after hardship.
A reflective piece extols small courtesies as grace that smooths life. It likens gentle acts like opening a door for a stranger to the inclination to love at first sight and the humane warmth of everyday kindness.
The act authorizes the Providence Pawtucket and Central Falls Railroad to reduce the turnpike grade between the toll gate and Pawtucket, with specified slopes and widths, under commission oversight. It sets construction deadlines, payment terms, and the road’s potential eventual conversion to a public highway.
Lydia D Whitford offers a fine assortment of bonnets and hats trimmed in approved style. Sale at the residence of Mr. John Easterbrooks on State Street with ready quick service.
The Rev Cuances F. Kiso, secretary to the London Evangelical Alliance, serving as resident minister and physician with the Venezuelan Mission, offers a free prescription claimed to treat consumption in all stages. The ad cites benefits for asthma, catarrh, bronchitis, and nervous disorders, and invites referrals to local professors and ministers.
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