12 Sep 1863
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1863
Page
1
A fragmented poem passage depicts love's strain as tongues go still. Recurrent lines describe hearts longing, exchange of passion, and isolation amid separation. The speaker contrasts intimate unity with numb, choked speech as danger or sorrow rises.
A rural verse scene describes twilight dew on grass and a starry sky. Mars watches from above while the Pleiades glow, and a lone watchman patrols a quiet bridge. A mastiff’s bark echoes, leaves turn velvet, and a swallow sleeps as an owl lights the night. A cottage glows beneath vines, and the speaker asks a prayer for a husband far away.
From the German verse about God's decree and human parting. It laments that all must part and mourn, yet holds to a hopeful note that people may say we meet again despite the pain of farewell. The piece emphasizes fate and the comfort of reunion.
A poem recalls Mary standing beside Jesus at the cross as others praise saints and art. It contrasts devotional glory with the simple, steadfast compassion of Mary during sorrow and oppression.
A mother and guardian voice pleads as a son is summoned to war, a conflict of duty and family sorrow. The dialogue contrasts honor and desertion, asserting the soldier serves the country not the family, with lingering fear and tearful farewell.
Two lovers Charley and Ellen exchange playful, teasing lines about love and restraint. The scene shows Charley pressing affection while Ellen gently resists and pardons his silliness with soft, intimate dialogue.
The passage extols patience as a universal virtue, noting people praise it in others while often failing to practice it themselves. It contrasts true endurance with mere insensitivity, cautions against self praise, and urges quiet perseverance as divinely commanded, yet acknowledges much patience remains imperfect and unevolved.
A reprinted paragraph from Scientific American urges vigilance during fruit season. It warns readers to avoid discarding peels and pits on sidewalks as they can injure pedestrians, especially in crowds, causing sprains and lost wages. The piece decries such acts as reckless and near criminal.
A scathing portrait denounces idle louts as a societal burden whose only action is to loaf. The piece condemns their lack of employment, energy, and voice, claiming they contribute nothing and hinder progress while becoming political liabilities to elections and public life.
A collection of antiquated feats and peculiarities highlighting Roman leaders like Julius Caesar and Dentatus, along with mentions of Cato Cyrus Lucius Scipio Chimedes Mithridates and others. The anecdotes cover battles, trophies, speeches, memory, and unusual personal quirks.
The article argues that hearing music in a home signals a cheerful temper and contented family life. It notes wives singing while work, daughters at the piano, and social evenings as evidence of happiness, with music described as inexpensive and uplifting. It also mentions pets like cats and canaries adding to the musical atmosphere.
Willie observes his sister dressing for a party and challenges modesty with a bare neck fashion. The dialogue explores propriety and sacrifice as a virtue, asserting conciliation is better than offense. It contrasts happiness with wealth and lists reflected ideas about character and social norms.
A short reflective piece contrasts the pleasures of laboring poor folk with capitalist anxieties. It praises family bonds and simple joys, notes dangers of wealth and intemperance, and asserts labor and sobriety sustain health and happiness for the poor. Custom makes labor a pleasure and contentment with little reduces envy of riches.
An English cherist Dr Kemp reflects on impermanence and the return of all things to dust through putrefaction. He notes that muscle beauty brain and even the writer’s identity will be transformed into cemetery and churchyard matter as matter cycles through time and life ends.
The passage argues that finish or exactness is a human ideal linked to care and power, not a universal feature of beauty. It cites Hooker and Ruskin to claim Deity’s works are finished with infinite care, while excess violence or extravagance destroys beauty in color, form, motion, language, and thought.
A sharp businessman named Potts courts a young woman in a social circle and, after she blushes and accepts, he coolly notes he will continue to shop for a better match and may return if he finds someone more suitable.
A historical fragment lists Nineveh Babylon The Temple of Diana at Ephesus and the Great Pyramid with dimensions and labor. It notes Rome Thebes Carthage Athens and Delphos with riches, gates and populations. The piece closes with moral reflections on duty, power and virtue.
Walter Grantley and George Hill are two clerks at Sav age & Co. Walter is upright while George seeks advancement by any means. George learns Walter may be promoted and schemes to ruin him by exposing his gambling habit after overhearing discussions and arranging a visit to a gambling saloon with Walter’s future in mind.
Walter Grantly, now a wealthy merchant, encounters his former rival George Hill ten years after a plotting failed. Hill seeks work, is forgiven by Grantly, and is hired as a clerk, granting the rival a quiet, fitting revenge through mercy and opportunity.
A short reflective piece quotes Da Crory on how toil nourishes the mind and moral progress. It frames earthly troubles as discipline leading to higher knowledge and eventual immortality through disciplined effort.
State of Boone Island and Providence Plantations announces a proposed constitutional amendment allowing aliens who become naturalized citizens to vote on equal terms with native citizens. It will be submitted to electors at special meetings on October 1, 1863, with circulars and ballots to town and city clerks. A local note adds a quirky line about a sewing machine for a teenager.
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