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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1864
Page
1
A devotional poem by J. W. Monsell contrasts outer spring with a heart remaining in winter. It asks for divine love to awaken the soul to its proper part and to make inner praise match the season’s outward joy.
A narrator visits a Philadelphia alley and encounters his wife's cousin who runs a rough lock smith shop. The man recounts his failed retirement for independence, detailing his move to the country, buying a large estate, and now facing dull toil and garden chores after business profits ran out.
A narrator recalls choosing labor over idleness and learns from his wife's cousin the locksmith that usefully employed life brings happiness. He describes garden folly, shop work, and Morgan ponies, then moves to the cousin's orderly Philadelphia style home and prosperous daily labor that sustains a refined, joyful family.
A traveler recalls a stage coach journey where passengers mocked a passing elderly woman and her bonnet. A young woman ridiculed the old lady, who later reveals she is dying and has one child, seeking sympathy as the coach moves on. The narrator notes the moral lesson and hopes the girl learns compassion.
A reflective essay contrasts dental past and present with examples from Roman false teeth to George Washingtons prosthesis. It then tells of a sailor seeking religious meaning and discovering the metaphorical King's Thread, a guiding of divine presence through life.
A writer in the Atlantic Monthly notes five old fashioned wedding discourses. He cites Parson Smith approving his daughter choosing Mary hath chosen the better part and Abby choosing a contested text. Abby later becomes wife of a U S president and mother to a future president, shaping the tale.
A speaker recounts Mrs Wesley who explains patience in teaching. She would have abandoned after nineteen repetitions, but the twentieth repetition finally made the lesson stick, illustrating perseverance in instruction.
The article recalls a 1763 Sunday gathering at Dr Putnam's with Colonel Putnam and Judy among others. It recounts a tavern anecdote about an Indian who pays two coppers for rum in fall, three in spring, and a joke about keeping rum over winter. It also notes Wit and satire from Flamer and a discussion on sugar vinegar chemistry by Artuce's Lowe Gazette.
The passage recalls Mary Lyon’s maxim to her Mount Holyoke pupils about duty and choosing a field of labor where others will not tread. It reflects on fear and the demand to fulfill one’s obligations despite hardships and sleep loss.
A dated tale claims dipping resin in water released a healing aroma, a belief tied to soothing coughs. Meanwhile in Lockport New York Frank Archey suffered severe purging then disgorged a six inch lizard tail. he died two weeks after the creature was removed from his stomach.
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