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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1852
Page
1
The text shows a scanned newspaper advert page with subscription rates and notices and includes a quote about Louis Napoleon’s pay. It hints at audience costs, weekly publication, and a speculative jab about salary terms and term limits. The tone questions governance and spoils amid a historical context.
A telegraph message from Charleston announces the death of Prof. B. B. Edwards of Andover Massachusetts and his return by the Ben Franklin to New York on the 24th. The Boston Journal praises his Christian spirit, simplicity, intellect, and benevolence, noting his devotion to study and love of truth and beauty.
Washington reports outline a large capital company led by Granville formed to open a route between Panama and the Pacific. An American origin is claimed and stock subscriptions are to participate in directing the company. A separate Windsor Castle find reveals a six foot wide six foot high underground passage possibly for siege escape extending toward Burnham Abbey.
A Maulmain report says a Calcutta bound English barque with a Lascar crew anchored near islands Nancoury Ceamraretta and Trincutty was boarded and sunk by natives who killed the entire crew the captain's wife and child. One escaped sailor was found clinging to a log after the Coringee craft crew was killed.
A historical note lists alleged racial contrasts detailing physical traits and purported mental and artistic abilities. The passage attributes traits to Black individuals including hair, perspiration, sleep needs, imagination, and temperament, contrasted with White people. It reflects biased stereotype language of the era.
In a freezing night scene, the poor widow Watkin lies ill as her husband’s debts and Rowland the landlord collapse her family. Rowland formerly helped drive the drunkard husband to ruin and now claims rent on the widow’s stricken home while she nears death, the child at her side. The tale laments betrayal, poverty, and the wreckage of temperance and property.
A moral reflection argues that a mother's control sustains boys into adulthood and prevents ruin. It cites Napoleon and France to illustrate maternal power shaping character, then reports a Worcester incident where four year old John McLaughlin was fatally struck by a train while near his home, despite quick medical help.
The passage compares domestic virtues to crocuses and snowdrops that appear through frost to brighten winter, illustrating how steadfast households reveal resilience and hopeful signs of spring despite hardship.
A curious scene unfolds as a fox tail peeks from a hollow tree provoking discussion among a panel about value and meaning. The moment highlights how small details prompt larger questions about what constitutes a great deal.
A reflective passage compares a farewell look on a wedding day to a final deathly parting. It contrasts a bride's joyful gaze with a sorrowful, lasting impression on a loved one's heart and a seafarer father saluting from the quarter deck as the ship bends to the wind.
A clergyman quotes Jesus asking believers to pray in his name and trust the Father to grant requests. After the sermon a boy confesses he could not decide what to ask for and ends with the line Father thy will be done, showing humility and faith.
A boy is urged by companions to take cherries from a tree his father forbids. One says the father would not punish him, but the boy replies that disobedience would hurt his father more than punishment.
A brief religious aphorism urging humility and spiritual self examination. It emphasizes cultivating a favorable view of God while restraining self-critique. The line reflects devotional counsel characteristic of Puritan and early modern religious literature.
Rev. Henry L. Low died at McLean Asylum in Somerville on Monday aged 34. He was a son of Gen. Joseph Low of Concord New Hampshire and had been professor of languages at Geneva College New York. He recently served the Episcopal church at Hopkinton New Hampshire.
A house at the East and Front streets corner suffered a fire on Saturday at about 2am. Occupant Lewis Sanders used a room as a barber shop with stock and furniture insured by Mutual Insurance of Worcester for more than the loss. Owner Charles Potter insured by Mutual Fire Insurance Company. losses estimated at 100 to 200 dollars.
The Warren Star notes weeks of heavy rain flooding basements along Water Street and nearby east west and South Main Street. Wells rose ten to fifteen feet while pumps are used to drain overflowing cellars. John Adams offers support for civilizing ministers rather than foreign missions, saying sixty local ministers could not preach in each other’s pulpits.
A muddled line reflecting on time and the role of the many in doing good work. The passage emphasizes collective effort as central to virtue and societal benefit.
A philosophical reflection contrasts the urge to harm with a countermove to aid others. It frames right conduct as a steady transition from avoiding harm to actively doing good for every person. The emphasis is on universal ethical duty guiding daily behavior.
A Boston Transcript correspondent in Naples recounts meeting a New England man atop Vesuvius. The traveler, calmly smoking, greets the stranger and jokes about whether the crater yielded news below. He admits burning his trousers but insists he is visiting from Marseilles to see the volcano.
In the upper end of the county lives a man called Whispering John R- a figure famed for constant whispering as if a general on parade. He rode out on a cold morning to catch the first train, visiting a hotel where his whispery greeting unsettled a nervous traveler. The tale dips into a joke about punctuation and a landlord named Mr L- as the man jokes his rules of commas and colons.
A jumbled column cites the Maine Law’s impact with praise for reduced crime and reform, urging legislators to act for widows and orphans. It quotes broad social change, laments liquor’s effects, and includes miscellaneous moral anecdotes and a lawyer’s critique.
A fragment muses that when minds fail to unite the idea of joint action falters like a chain rattling at the wrists of a bound victim. The tone hints at discord and restraint without clear events or names.
A fragmented reflection on perseverance and habit, comparing progress to a clock’s slow advance. It urges visiting a friend regularly to maintain growth, noting a path overgrown when not traversed and suggesting steady, visible effort yields reward.
A reflective piece muses on how contemplation of seas with modesty can align desires with humility. It speaks in measured, ancient tone, urging restraint and inner balance when seeking favor or praise.
A garbled passage mocks Irish ad language, mentioning a washing machine ad and a writer's attempt to imitate Irish papers. The text hints at a humorous literary pastiche and a scandalized reaction to its style.
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