08 May 1847
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1847
Page
1
Bristol Phenix announces weekly Saturday publication by W H S Bayley with subscription rates two dollars yearly in town or distant, six cents for a single copy. Advertising charges are one dollar per square for three weeks with twenty cents per additional insertion. yearly advertisers pay ten dollars per year and are limited to twenty lines per week. ads continue until paid or at publisher's option.
In a Western Herald column, Dr. Wooda addresses Andover students on repeated Bible reading increasing interest as the word of God deepens understanding. The essay notes spiritual gain over secular authors and recalls Lord Hrekin’s rule to follow conscience. Psalm tunes evoke pathos and communal memory at church.
A moral exhortation urges choosing kindness and a cheerful demeanor to spread happiness. The piece praises smiling, pleasant speech, and acts of love as the true source of joy, citing daily usefulness and positive social impact. It contrasts this with crabby behavior that drains others.
wartime tale recounts a 90 foot boat built at Bat ersea by John son the smuggler to free Bonaparte from St Helena. The design included sinking and raising tactics and coppering on the day of his death. Johnson allegedly received 40 000 pounds upon blue water arrival. The item also shares a string of oddities and jokes from the era.
Major Lindsay pursues Captain Preston after a scouting clash near Blakely Hall. Preston, riding Thunderer, fights through five foe and breaks contact, prompting a dragon pursuit through pine woods and a moonlit clearing. The chase threads between ambush and forest return as Preston seeks escape.
Preston escapes a dragoon and wounds his horse while fleeing through a forest. He turns and shoots the pursuing dragon, then saves Thunderer and vanishes toward a swamp as Kate and her aunt move toward Georgetown in sorrow. Kate endures a forced engagement and secret longing for Preston.
Several days after the Inez chapter the scene unfolds in a wild woodland with towering cypresses festooned with parasites. Forest monuments loom over glades and Gothic arches, fires flicker between trees, and fragrances from laurels fill the evening air.
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