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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1851
Page
1
Briscon Dy Eney publishes weekly notices every Saturday morning at 40 Bradford Street Bristol BR by W B Bayley. Rates show Te Dollars advance and annual subscription details for printed ads with lines and fees.
Fragments of a 19th century exhortation urge bold faith and true deeds for freedom. It calls heroes prophets and poets to stand firm against oppression, with lines invoking God, truth, and courage in a martial civic struggle. The text blends religious imagery with revolutionary fervor.
Boston traveler report from South Berwick Maine states trader Benjamin Stillinga was bound over in 4000 dollars for hiring Wilkinson Pray and J C Pray to burn a Methodist church a barn dwelling and powder house and to blow up the Baptist Meeting House. The informer Wilkinson is key witness. Accused were allegedly inebriated. two incendiaries reportedly arrested in Dover.
Horace Gresley observes Paris as a place of social pleasure where the Frenchman seeks theater music and public life nightly. He notes the islander’s constant recreation and contrasts youth’s prodigal vitality with older age’s lack of happiness and respect.
The English paper remarks on the Boston ship Staffordshire noting uncanny proportions that liken her to Noahs ark with a beam about six times her depth and two thirds of the beam as depth. The passage comments on clipper ships and their surprises for Yankee observers.
Gale Middleton argues that the press and mental power shape a new force in shaping moral worlds. He claims public opinion can overwhelm armies and despotic decrees, with concentrated thought acting as a sorcerer’s sword to advance liberty and rights.
A devotional note urges those who wander to draw back and guard one another. It counsels that a kind word is more valuable than wine or gold and emphasizes helping an erring brother find the right path.
A reflective essay on a mother's grave as a sacred site of memory and virtue. It contrasts mournful solace with guidance from mothers and spiritual hope, then shifts to a public note on New Hampshire Quakers banning pork and broader health commentary from medical journals.
On his death bed the good old man Mr Grimshaw uttered the phrase Here goes an unprofitable servant. The remark is recorded as his final testament and reflects a moral sentiment attributed to his character.
Quote notes the disgrace of a man living as a foreigner in his own land and being ignorant of the affairs and interests of his nation.
A wry adage credits Dryden with a bite about misusing clever tools. The line suggests wise restraint and warns against turning a clever instrument into a weapon or harm.
A damaged fragment notes how a year’s joy fades to memory while a sudden misfortune lingers, likening time to a breeze that shifts to long pain. The line hints at the swift passage from happiness to hardship without detailing the events.
A Boston Journal correspondent from Dorchester recounts a mastiff protecting poultry. When a newly hatched chick fell into a deep water jar, the dog raised a paw and toppled the jar, saving the chick and returning to sleep, an act he noted in his diary.
A gentleman defends missing a course of lectures by saying his wife gives him a nightly lecture for nothing, a humorous quip illustrating domestic hearings as the real instructor.
In Bea uchampe's office Henry explains how he exposed the trial deception using clues from a marine deserter and a forged paper. Beauchampe grants Henry two thousand dollars for education, and Deacon Clifford reconciles with Henry after recognizing his noble conduct and unites Henry with Cora in a hopeful future.
A brief, literary fragment recalls seven years passing with flowers fading and fading again in a Deacon era setting, noting cycles of bloom and wither amid rustling foliage. The line hints at memory and renewal within a parable-like scene.
A playful dialogue mocks medical jargon as a seaside quip about stomachs and nerves. The exchange features exaggerated terms like horsescopes and crustacean-piscatory calad, ending with a shouted Lah.
A friend bragged about a trip then claimed he tripped and fell into a young lady’s lap, recounting the awkward moment as a humorous mishap. The anecdote centers on the public embarrassment and the social reaction afterward.
A comic exchange ends with a groom fleeing after his palate drops out and his wife jokes about hair loss. A man resembling him is later seen asking directions to Texas, adding a note of chase and farce to the brief incident.
Descriptive notes recount the attire of early American leaders and officials. It mentions Washington arriving in New York in 1798 in continental dress, then black on Sundays. Adams and vice presidents in formal dress with coats, wigs, stockings, and accessories. judges in scarlet and black velvets. robes and gowns with silk, damask, and satin details.
A cold winter scene shows a rich man’s daughter choosing mercy over wealth. She asks her father to share bread with starving birds, offering to save one in a hundred rather than none. Moved, the father directs her to crumble bread and feed the village poor.
A dying nobleman claims Aristotle outranks Deere as a poet, while a Confessor who admires Aristides urges acknowledgment of Aristo's superiority. The exchange reveals enduring debate between classic and contemporary poets.
A ragged OCR fragment from Hudson recounts a Scottish visitor asked how he slept. He replies in broken phrasing that he slept fairly well but worse than a formidable person who warned him.
A garbled passage hints at a mood of awe under moonlight with a silver-plated night and distant allusions. Names and clear events are absent, leaving a fragmentary, poetic texture without concrete facts.
The text notes M Cuvier claiming that a whale pair can share domestic felicity, contrasting human numbers with a hypothetical 72,000,000 of voi r affapring. It discusses life spans and reproduction in a stylized, fragmentary manner.
The passage argues that factionalism blinds judgment as people seek display and status. It urges calm rhetoric and firm, rational argument to persuade opponents without inflaming conflict.
A clipped exchange argues that valuing luxury for display signals moral decline. The speaker cites extravagant purchases like carpets as signs a man is ruled by money, not beauty, and warns such vanity invites danger and loss of character.
The passage argues that fine dressing and dexterous dancing reveal whether grace is natural or taught by a dancing school. It warns that visible artifice in a girl’s movement deceives observers who expect true grace and beauty emerging from character.
A poetic fragment urges memory of each life as necessary and worthy of respect, praising honor and fulfilled duties while honoring humanity without explicit context or a clear event. The lines emphasize reverence for every station in life and the value of duty.
A garbled dialogue scene shows an exchange between a father and son about a neighbor's counterfeit currency and paving, as an elderly woman comments on a machine and a strange Middle Ages reference.
The text offers a partially legible quotation about diligence and standing before kings, attributed to Dr. Frahtths. It mentions five Midge and a dining honor, with garbled phrases suggesting an analysis of early life and moral maxim.
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