26 May 1860
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1860
Page
1
A poem fragment describes a lion near a cage watching panthers and a crowd. The beast’s fierce nature stirs fear yet the bold man exerts control by human will. It portrays power, restraint, and the clash of nobility with danger.
A Cincinnati Gazette item recounts Ettie a sixteen year old orange seller at the Columbus Capitol who supported her widowed mother. A Tennessee legislator bought her oranges and fell in love after learning her plight. He visited her home and married her, taking her to the South to live with him and her mother in comfort.
In a tale of two young mechanics Dick and Tom debate impulse and self control. Dick recalls nearly striking their employer but chooses restraint and kindness at home and with Lucy. Their friendship preserves dignity, wealth, and a hidden letter confirms the moral path they followed.
A farmer visits a lawyer to seek professional counsel. He questions the lawyer’s wife for information after the lawyer is unavailable. She refuses, then warns that if the farmer were injured they would be paid, prompting the farmer to leave, noting the advice would be unnecessary since he had already presented his case.
A Vermont tale recounts a judge who loses money after a note is paid with his own wallet by a friend. The judge, bemused, misremembers spending and calls it drinking. The Irasburgh Standard notes Seth Bartlett of Coventry has four lawyer sons, quipping on family depravity.
A mutilated excerpt depicts a tense urban meeting where a white man taunts a black man Tawney with threats of violence if he speaks English. The scene includes a wary exchange, a gesture of handshake, and speculation about hidden motives amid racial tension.
The mother taught him the alphabet nineteen times with limited success yet he became a minister and reformer adopting The world is my parish as his motto He reportedly traveled about two hundred fifty thousand miles mainly on horseback wrote two hundred volumes preached over forty thousand sermons and gave away one hundred thousand dollars to charity He founded an Evangelical sect that during his life counted two thousand ministers and eighty hours and church members and has since grown to thousands of apostles and millions of disciples worldwide.
The passage imitates a newspaper carrier boasting omnipresence and duty, then recounts an anecdote of an old couple famed for quarrels who become harmonious after a joke about bears and forbearance. The neighbor asks how they changed, and the wife wittily answers that they kept “bear and forbear” in the home.
The notice recounts the death of Richard Libby of Mattawamkeage Maine after he left the woods where he had worked all winter. He removed his flannels and quickly contracted a severe cold and lung trouble, dying within three days.
A column mixes humorous anecdotes about a wagon spill on potatoes and a nose injury from a shoemaker's awl with moral maxims and a note that the American Sunday School Union saved $22,000 last year by not employing collectors. The text blends proverbs, poetry, and small-town reflections for a period voice.
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