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Bristol Phenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1864

Page

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The Genius of Europe A Glamorous Literary Journal Preview

After years of uninterrupted success The New York Meaconry claims the lead in national literary press and promises to eclipse its past with a remarkable era. The piece proclaims the journal as a dazzling, comprehensive fantasy of a literary lawnpaper.

New York Hemisphere Europe Aurora Floyd Lady Radley Juli Marchmont Great Britain Mercure America Felix O. C. Darley

The Bridge of Clouds Poem Reflection

A dramatic lyric describing a dreamlike ascent and a retreat from imagination. The speaker seeks visions in a stormy landscape, crossing bridges over dark chasms and listening for distant life as rain veils the valley. Hidden places and friendly doors await beyond the mistral darkness.

Battle Song of Freemen Weighing Cost and Courage

A call to arms urges readers to measure costs of conflict and embrace bold action. It laments gained infamy and lost freedoms, then exhorts readers to rise, greet advancing foes, and rally from homes to defend liberty with unwavering resolve.

Gast Winds Away Down East Cave Of Storms

A fragmentary verse recalls an unwelcome coastward wind and a distant eastern cave said to imprison storms. The terse lines evoke danger and isolation, hinting at uncharted shores where travelers fear to tread.

Stoves and Tin Ware Offered at Thames Street

FE. P. BROWNELL advertises stoves ranges and tin ware at No 133 Thames Street with pumps lead pipe iron sinks French roll pans waffle irons and related articles. Job work repaired and tin roofing done to order.

Thames Street P. Brownell UST W. & B. Douglas

Gladding Stores Offers Largest Stove Furnace Selection

For the Spring Trade the largest and best stocked assortment of stoves furnaces and related items is at John Gladding 3d Thames Street.

John Gladding Thames Street

Faith and rescue in a winter mercy tale

A skeptical narrator recalls a winter gathering where a child Eddie fears unseen danger. On a sudden panic the party heads home, Eddie is found safe after a smoke incident, and the narrator credits a divine interposition guiding events and protecting the child, ending with a prayerful reflection on faith.

Clara K Eddie Tonin

Fragmented truth and the bride of the Lamb

An old fable speaks of truth split into parts wandering in search of each other. The prose envisions their union as a radiant, sacred bride of the Lamb, adorned with precious stones, eternal life, and a heavenly city, reflecting a prophetic reunification.

H. B Suitu

Touching Scene Aboard Stranded Train Passengers Share Grief

A car full of passengers on a western railroad crossing witnessed a poignant moment as a woman clutched a sobbing child. The train halted after learning the child's mother and father had just died away from home, leaving the youngster among strangers and drawing tears from all aboard.

Walcome Alasose

Romantic Cuban Bridegroom and Mobile Banker Mystery

A Saratoga correspondent recaps a 1860s romance between Senor B, son of a Cuban party, and Miss Eugenio Fo of Mobile. After betrothal and delays, the Cuban heir dies in Confederate service, ending hopes of union, yet the pair later reunite and travel from Nassau to New York and Saratoga in pursuit of happiness.

Saratoga Senor B Eugenio Fo Fulke Wile Cuba United States Uupitule Hia Gres Mabileile Duffice Cubao

Compliment to Country Days on rising clerical talent

A city business leader praised country youths over city fashion in hiring. He noted clerks earn fifteen hundred to two thousand yearly when from country stock, and urged plain, industrious, honest youths to seek solid work. He would hire back returning volunteers with good conduct and offer advancement.

Fie Busiess Cuin Gaz

French Women In Brittany Stand Out For Industry And Neatness

The observer notes Brittany women as paragons of cleanliness, thrift, and industrious behavior. In Brittany and Quimper markets, women sew or knit at all times while men and children trade and converse, a scene of order, tidiness, and bustling activity.

Bardwell & Co peeRop Paria Brittany Quimper Beaton

Witty Exchange Between Minister and South Divines

A minister noted Dr South's remark that the Lord has no need of man's learning. South retorted that he has no need of man's ignorance, sparking a sharp clash over faith and knowledge.

Dr South Divine

Emperor Napoleon shared roasted potato with a guard grenadier

An anecdote from a Sotrapeerant cites Napoleon in disguise at Ulm and Berthier bargaining for a potato. The grenadier refuses to sell, offers dinner instead, and later honors the Emperor at court confirming the tale’s authenticity.

Napoleon Battle of Ulm Napoleon the First Marshal Berchiar Berthier Grenadier Paris Ant Dune Berthier Tu Lin Ell Wayer Naapoleon the Great Turkeries Dina Anid Suldice Boperor Orins Legion of Honour

Gold standard and currency effects on prices

The article explains that gold remains constant as a value standard while local currencies fluctuate. When the national currency declines against gold, prices rise due to the currency’s changing purchasing power, not because gold itself changes value. Merchants resist rapid price changes amid currency instability.

Vermont Farmer Bargains in Cattle Deaths for Debt

A Vermont farmer uses slain cattle to settle a bad debt after two oxen die and a third is wounded. His wife questions the moral fit of the plan while the old man defends extracting cash from hides via Fletcher's market as Heaven’s judgment.

Vermont Stata Fletcher Newa Eli

John Morgan Captured and Killed by Union Forces

Richmond Examiner recounts the capture and death of Confederate raider John Morgan in Tennessee. Mrs Williams lured him from a villa near Greenville, a Union squad seized him as he slept, he resisted with a revolver, and Morgan was fatally subdued by bayonets.

Richmond Sth John Morgan Greenville Tennessee Williams Burnside

Winter Churning Tips For Winter Butter Making

Winter butter making depends on cream temperature. Keep cream between 50 and 60 degrees when churned. A simple thermometer helps, though observation and experience suffice. Scalding milk before setting improves butter quality and speeds churning. Massachusetts Pioccawas.

Massachusetts

The Eye of the Needle and the Strait Gate

A reader cites a Jerusalem gate rumor noting a small aperture near the main gate used to admit urgently needed travelers after city gates shut. The piece reflects on Christ’s saying about the strait gate and the burden of wealth, urging personal reflection.

Jerusalem Strait Gate Cneistian Regiter

Local Nonsense and War News From The Roxbury Ledger

The Roxbury Juvenal notes Cele King Guiney and Burrill seeking votes for Likesia while declaring anti socialist sentiments. Adeline Patti’s brother Carls camps with General Benar and travels to Europe for music studies. A Brissogee invasion report says Price has no large forces. militia are mustering and troops move toward Piles with uncertain prospects.

Roxbury Juvenal Cele King Guiney Burrill Breckinridge Likesia Brothar Adeline Benar Europe Owee Gretrepresi

Richmond Chronicle Remark on Early’s Move for Peace Party

A clipped July 3 Richmond Chronicle note says Early shifted toward stamping Maryland and Pennsylvania for the Peace Party, while regents have distanced themselves, causing swift stirring in Virginia.

Richmond Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia

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