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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1856
Page
1
A lyrical piece recalls a summer farewell in a garden with flowers and birds. The speaker remembers golden eyes, shared talks, and sunset skies as distant ships and breakers mark the dawn of autumn. Memory brings peace as night falls and the sea remains unsounded.
A Cleveland reader reports Frederick Bauer a Catholic priest arrested for beating a German child Barbara Forman to death after whippings at a Roman Catholic parish school. The coroner returns a verdict that the death was caused by the teacher's beating.
A narrative excerpt depicts a social tangle with Alice and Mr. Clare, a mysterious young visitor, and a confession scene. The speaker flees to New York and reflects on love, marriage, and friendship with Bernard Barton’s philosophy on growing older and keeping human feeling alive.
A reflective list offers daily rules for promoting pace in family life. It urges restraint, kindness, sympathy, and cheerful views, with emphasis on self-control, soft speech, and avoiding harsh judgments to foster harmony and lasting remembrance.
The passage compares life to snowflakes and an avalanche, arguing that small misdeeds accumulate into pernicious habits. It warns that discreet actions form character and, though single acts seem harmless, a storm of passions can topple truth and virtue.
The passage compares waking two hours earlier each day over forty years to gaining about twenty thousand hours. It argues that eight hours a day saved over ten years equals adding ten agents to life, enabling more time for study and business. The tone reflects a ponderous late 19th century style.
Sydney Smith rebukes a young man famed for his swearing as he shares a tale about a king and a duchess. The anecdote ends with Smith asserting that his own style of swearing is the humor and point of the exchange. The scene unfolds aboard a stage coach with a lady present.
The passage extols the moral value of honest dealing in trade, praising how faith across continents sustains wealth and protects property. It highlights British policy and valor as secondary to the global honor shown by merchants and the steadfastness of trusted agents, endowing nations with moral splendor.
An article recounts a traveler on a Baltimore and Ohio rail journey offering a claimed two minute cure for hiccups. The remedy involved holding fingers to the mouth and throat while breathing steadily, followed by a fee, with witnesses noting rapid relief and cautioning against overuse.
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