24 Oct 1863
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1863
Page
1
A poetic scene unfolds with night bright and dreamlike over forests and waters. Night comes across sea and hill with stars and dew while an unseen battle hints at courage and awakening. The verse blends tranquil imagery with a call to brave struggle and enduring hope.
An archival verse laments the passing of summer as autumn encroaches. The poem personifies Summer and speaks of beauty fading, flowers wilting, and memories of bright days slipping away, with imagery of leaves, streams, and garlands for a parting hour.
A meditation on life’s contrasts where green and dark symbolize growth and sorrow. The verse reflects on fleeting beauty, aging, and the hope of balance, suggesting joy and grief counterbalance each other as passage through life.
A garbled shard of thought speaks of departing hours and distant signs as a transmission decays. The text blends cries of mourning with fleeting mentions of light and shadows, yielding a fragmented, poetic impression without clear events or names.
Fragmentary verses describe beauty in the morning air and evening breeze. The readers glimpse rippling brooks, fields of yellow, and tranquil trees as the day ends with calm and rest.
The piece rails against lavish living and poor financial choices as causes of poverty. It contrasts a young clerk who wastes earnings on a costly home and servants with disciplined savers, arguing that extravagance leads to debt and ruin, while frugality sustains independence.
The anecdote tells of Dr M- on Fehede Island who insisted on a fifty dollar payment from a widow mother before performing a critical operation. After completing the skilled procedure he secretly returned the money to the grateful mother, while onlookers condemned the doctor's hard heart yet praised his successful care.
A critical treatise denounces fortune tellers who claim divine insight and profit from deceiving believers. The author brands such imposters as sacrilegious and demonically bold, citing a passage contrasting Muhammad's almanac style promises with worldly gain to reflect their hypocrisy.
The Parisian comedian Lassagne staged a fare trick on the streetcar. He accepted fares and allowed change to pass from passenger to conductor, then discreetly added a few sous from his own pocket. Passengers watched the trick, counted the money, and often pocketed the excess change, while Lassagne laughed and boasted of his performance.
The passage likens gardening to life, noting that true results come slowly and steadily. It warns that rushing nature damages outcomes and urges self observation, suggesting that without watchers one may fear oneself yet also become one's own best ally through disciplined pace.
In a New England town Deacon Brown, a dignified Christian and family man, confesses to kissing his housemaid Nancy Sterns after a years long temptation. The church audience hears his sobbing admission as Deacon Goodfellow unexpectedly declares forgiveness and adds a risqué second remark about his own imagined improprieties.
A young man seated beside a woman at church used Bible verses as a playful courtship, handing her an open Bible with verse clues from Second John and others. She answered with a verse from Ruth and John, then the man replied with Third John. Their exchange led to a marriage the following week.
A girl’s artificial grape bouquet contained arsenic on ten grapes yielding three grains per grape, enough to kill a child. A playmate died after chewing one grape. A cupboard lining with green paper also carried poison, with a six by six inch piece containing about thirteen grains. Doctor Laetherty confirmed the danger.
The text presents a garbled meditation on woman’s affection as wondrous, contrasting life with death and decay. It hints at a broken poetic line about nurture, fear, and mortality, but the meaning remains unclear due to severe transcription errors.
A garbled excerpt presents a reference to Spooner and a bulking crowd. It implies a struggle of a lie through existence and a note that truth endures despite abuse, hinting at moral resilience.
The text meditates on happiness as a mix of illusion and reality. It contrasts false wealth with genuine lightness, noting perceptions shift when touch reveals truth and reveals the alloy of feelings.
An Italian graveyard epitaph reads that Estella carried a large fortune to heaven through acts of charity and has gone there to enjoy it. The line reflects a pious claim of wealth devoted to righteous works.
An account of three weeks at Gettysburg describing the Sanitary Commission Lodge operations after the battle. It covers logistics bringing up supplies from Baltimore, difficulties of transporting wounded, and the care given to soldiers including food, shelter, and medical attention.
An eyewitness account recalls transporting 16 000 Union and Confederate wounded from Gettysburg in ambulances and cars filled with straw. Surgeons treated injuries aboard trains while nurses and locals supplied food, clothing, and comfort, highlighting shared humanity among soldiers.
Narrator recalls civilian kindness during Gettysburg battles with women sheltering strangers and sharing food. A New England nurse notes simple acts of self denial, sheltering rebels with humanity, and tending wounded in makeshift lodgings. A young rebel lieutenant receives rare care and a heartfelt hymn reflection ends the memory.
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