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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1871
Page
1
Read about Christmas Eve 1871 at St Michael's Church where children participated in a special service using traditional carols. The event highlighted festive worship and community involvement with music and devotional readings.
A festive verse recalls Christmas day birth of Jesus with imagery of peace and angels. The text mentions a star in the east and the chorus singing about the Saviour while a chorus echoes joyful tidings and snow covered hills.
A poetic Christmas hymn recounts seraphs announcing Jesus birth to shepherds in Judea. The verse describes humble manger scenes and the from loved one redeemer bringing wisdom and grace, with a repeated chorus of Glory to God on high and joyful praise.
A poetic rendition of the classic Christmas carol describing the holy night of Jesus birth with references to Mary and Child, shepherds, angels, and divine light. The piece emphasizes sacred reverence and celestial praise.
The verses celebrate Christmas with bells ringing angels singing and praise for Jesus born to-day. It emphasizes faith love and obedience, urging hearts to make room for Christ and acknowledging the gifts that come from the holiday.
A fragmented Christmas hymn passage praises the birth of Jesus with alleluia, glory to God, and blessings of peace on earth. It invokes shepherds, seraphs, and angels, urging praise, song, and joyous voices to celebrate the Savior’s birth.
A young man near Mullheim faced avaricious monks who plotted to seize his new estate by force and legal trickery. He agreed to relinquish the land after harvest, but the crop never appeared and the ground sprouted young oaks. The monks were outwitted as time wore on and the monastery crumbled.
Bob Flint finds a lilac kid glove that becomes a talisman guiding him to Ellie Blake, an authoress living in a refined rural home. Seven years pass as he pursues love, finally revealed when a matched glove confirms his Cinderella’s identity and seals their engagement.
The mind is described as a busy factory that coins thoughts. Some minds only yield business or pleasure, while others transform everything around them into reflections on God and his wonderful love.
The piece argues funerals should favor simple flowers chosen by the deceased, avoid lavish displays draining charity funds, and oppose displaying the deceased’s face to crowds. It calls for respecting privacy and wonders about curious customs abroad.
The piece warns that mutual forbearance prevents turmoil in households. It compares quarrels to fuel for a blaze, urging soft words and restraint. Quoting Philip Henry to his son Matthew, it counsels loving unity and calm response to provocation.
A compact maxim advising balance in fortune and character. It emphasizes steady effort, humility in success, and resilience through hardship to avoid extremes in social standing. It reflects a nineteenth century moral voice valuing steady virtue over luck.
Shortly after James Buchanan returned from Russia in 1834 and began his Senate term, he visited President Andrew Jackson with a fair Englishwoman. Jackson, unshaven and in a dressing gown by the fireside, greeted the guest until Buchanan urged a change of attire. Jackson replied with a sharp rebuke about minding his own business, then dressed well and welcomed the visitor with courtly manners. The British guest later praised the republican president as a royal gentleman.
The piece argues the Everglades are a submerged prairie and would become hills if drained and vice versa. It notes palms and other trees grow on the islands, that the land could become cultivable, and describes Florida as a lazy man’s paradise with remark on Native food practices and a simple way to cook pumpkins and fish.
Dr. Goldsmith of Rutland recounts how at Jefferson Hospital a discharged patient with a rigid arm constraint could not be straightened by nurses. After alcohol exposure failed to free the limb, chloroform released the contraction, revealing the ruse and sending the man back to his regiment.
A reflective line explores how desire and fear drive people toward opposite comforts yet all paths end in ruin. The verse contrasts cowardice with courage and bashfulness with confidence while chasing joy through intoxicating means.
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A condemned murderer on the eve of execution sketches a five step gallows on his prison wall. Each step bears a vice: Disobedience to parents Sabbath breaking Gambling and Drunkenness Murder. The tale urges boys to avoid these four sins to escape the fatal platform.
A countryman boasts of saving a wolf from his club and claiming the prize. He explains the wolf had killed his wife, prompting the president to declare the man has been sufficiently rewarded. The tale ends with a quiet punchline on humanity.
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