14 Nov 1863
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1863
Page
1
A fragment speaks of a lurking menace by a stair and threshold near gates, likened to a prayer or menace. The tone is ominous and allegorical, with distant, unsettled imagery suggesting a presence awaiting entry or action.
On the French coast near the Garonne a buried city villa site has been excavated with frescoes murals and statues. The discovery includes a marble Augustan statue and a triumphal scene with mythic figures, plus busts of Septimius Severus his wife and son Geta.
A king loses his daughter to misfortune but with valor and disguise a hero saves her and proves mercy. The narrative compares Christ with a humble soldier who bore wounds for humanity and asks who will plead for our ingratitude before heaven and earth.
An Louisville officer recounts leading a regiment at Rosecrans where his son fell to rebel fire. He describes pressing forward unable to aid him and affirms the war remains sacred for future generations despite personal grief.
A fragmentary letter notes pride in a handomasturina crop and its price, plus a church revival with two children converted. It mentions a father becoming a burden and being sent to the poor house, reflecting distress within the family.
The article discusses Japan's coastal defenses with new batteries at Yokohama and Edo, plus fortifications inland. It notes Siam’s king offering to pay to keep the harbor protected and questions whether Japan intends to resist foreign powers or pursue a hidden policy.
A tale depicts Lord Bevan, a thrifty Earl of Fife figure, boasting wealth and greed. He takes a farthing from a beggar, mocks poverty, and insists on preserving wealth, while a tenant’s rent dispute leads to an extra farthing payment. The farmer challenges his lordship’s claim to riches and exposes wealth in iron boxes.
A Utica man on Main Street recounts meeting a veteran who credits the lieutenant of the sixteenth New York with saving his life at Antietam. The veteran, in a reverent salute, says he followed the officer fleeing rebels and saved the man’s life, later receiving a fifty cent bill.
The piece muses on Cardinal Richelieu and his palace replacing the family chateau with symmetry spared for his birthplace. It notes benevolent wind attachments persist despite worldly experience and cites a Bucking ham sentiment about exposing work to a friend. It recalls Pope’s letter about not wanting an old post pulled up to recall childhood.
A reflective note on daylight through tiny holes and 80 little acts that shape a person's character. It argues daily life forms character through habitual, honest deeds between rough edges and the quarry of everyday effort.
Two captured soldiers Platow and Ulric travel through deserts and mountains facing starvation and danger. After being captured by a giant guardian, Ulric threatens a child but Platov pleads mercy. The giant spares them and commends mercy, urging humane learning across lands.
Two returning soldiers travel with food to their homeland Sapienza. Alnio notes the giant’s heart and mind may be vast. Ulric becomes wiser from the seeds sown by the mountain giant, Platov’s inner change less dramatic but remembered by his family in later years.
A narrator muses on being lame and suiting pity for the disabled only to feel contempt when seeing a drunk boy. The stark shift heightens thoughts of suffering, heaven, hell, and the fear of eternal judgment as a moral reckoning unfolds.
A district presbytery gathering recounts two ministers sharing thanks for narrowly escaping danger. One notes his horse nearly toppled on a precipice, the other adds his horse failed to stumble, yet both miss the continual value of blessings until danger or contrast makes them evident. The reflection urges awareness of daily gifts.
A servant outlines a week of strict household routines and self plans. She details washing ironing baking cleaning and social rules for each day while insisting on solitude and control. The exchange reveals class tension and daily life expectations.
A curious tale tells of a Bergamo painter famed for to anre gibbosity. A hump in a man who prayed ascended a ladder to a mint niche and watched the hump fade away, later claimed as a hidden block of iron. A French critic disputed this. A pumpkin pie recipe is given with milk and molasses. Col J W Birze of Norwich promoted to brigadier for planned Port Hudson assault. World tobacco yield could wipe out all life in a single dose. A sage remark on wealth and death ends with Napoleon query.
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