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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1858
Page
1
A poetic meditation from Worcester Palladium on Sleep guiding the restless crowd through life’s strife. The speaker hears angry streets and bustling crowds while yearning for transcendence. An angelic ascent brings dreamlike calm as the world above the turmoil praises enduring faith and rest.
Medical observers report a case in Chester Warren County New York described as hysteria in its most aggravated form. The subject reportedly requires little food and has drawn attention from locals, with a possible exhibition motive noted by observers.
In this Londong Family Herald tale Harry Vane mocks jealousy while courting Susie Stanton. A river excursion reveals his flirtations with Miss Wentworth, sparking suspicion. Susie maneuvers with tact, saves their marriage, and years later recalls the episode to her grandchildren.
The tale recounts Benjamin West, then poor, courting Philadelphia heiress Elizabeth Shewell. Her brother Stephen jealously blocks the union, the pair become engaged, and a dramatic escape to Europe is allegedly hatched with help from young Bishop White, Dr. Franklin, and Francis Hopkinson.
The account notes the marriage of Mr West to Mise Shewell in England on September 2 1765 after the ship eel entered the harbor a few minutes earlier. Nelikier, the sister, caused a family rift as Shewell never forgave her and refused any communication despite efforts to conciliate.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt contrasts fault-finders with charitable speech. It condemns nitpicking, innuendo, and backbiting while praising those who speak kindly of others and uphold human brotherhood. The piece likens slander to Lucifer and lauds benevolent discourse as a path to moral growth.
A Mauritius correspondent recalls his search for the grave of Harriet Newell who died at Port Louis in 1812. He describes a crowded, modest grave marked by a ground inscription read only by stooping, with geraniums and tall trees nearby as locals honor her memory alongside Protestant residents and nearby Worthy figures.
The fragment notes early potato cultivation in New England around 1719 as first crops planted in grounds in May. It mentions Weyborne flora and a list of places and observers, then shifts to a Petersburg Virginia sighting of an atmospheric phenomenon with a sunlit churchyard and a large sycamore, describing shadows and ejecta visible from a distance.
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