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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1873
Page
1
A narrator recalls bright sunshine over meadow and clover with bees and birds. The scene features lovers wandering the meadow paths, praising a perfect summer day, while unsure of their companion's spoken words yet counting that day as the sweetest.
Richard Redmayne consoles his crying wife Rose after a letter from Aunt Ellen reveals hardship. When factory strike and poverty strike their family, Richard endures injury and debt to keep them together. Aunt Ellen dies after bequeathing a hidden stash of old stockings leading to coupon bonds worth twenty thousand dollars, saving them from ruin.
A miscellany passage discusses poetry and wit, noting that rhyme is a simple bracelet and charity through delicate bequests aids verse. It likens a Goop listener to steel to flint, saying sharp contact between speaker and listener produces sparks of wit.
A reflection on the value of perseverance over patience in facing difficulties. The text urges sparing youth from sorrow and preserving the memory of joy, stressing that hope should not be dimmed even in hardship.
A reflective passage on how a shared tale can travel from hand to hand without distortion when hearts are pure and home life is joyful. It warns that temptations to error appear only weakly across the safe circle of a happy household.
A sentimental reminiscence on the power of the phrase God bless you spoken by loved ones. It recalls hallowed moments when such blessing offered peace, comfort, and solace through life’s sorrowful times and hopeful returns.
A visiting note urges readers to count blessings amid hardship. It cites a barefoot Irishman who envies no shoes after meeting a man without feet and a paralyzed traveler seeking relief at a Michigan mineral spring. The message calls all to gratitude despite afflictions.
The speaker urges confidence in God alone, warning against trusting any man completely. He notes frailty and potential folly in even the wisest, and urges adherence to truth and justice with a pure, lofty soul. Stay steadfast in righteousness despite doubt or worldly opposition.
An old admonition explains that a youth’s character shows in his actions and habits. Indifferent schooling predicts a blockhead, while reckless spending signals a spendthrift. Hoarding pennies, drinking, disrespect, self regard, and vanity foretell a foolish or selfish future.
A report describes Frear discovering a cold air cavern on Kittatinny Mountain near Delaware Gap with a strong draft and a 90 to 30 degree drop. It notes bones and artifacts found, the dog lost, and visitors, plus a discussion of lost nail and straw bonnet trades and a tale of a Tartry king and a dervish maxim that saved a king’s life.
A historic guide claims most people cannot make a proper mustard plaster. It warns traditional mixtures blister and harm, recommending mixing mustard with egg white instead of water to create a drawing plaster that won t blister, even on infants, backed by an old physician’s authority.
A reflective meditation on daily mercies from heaven and the failure to acknowledge health strength and friendship. The speaker urges recognizing sunbeam raindrop star and night queen as blessings, warning against murmuring under afflictions and treating nature as mere thorn bush not sweetness.
A passerby asks a fisherman about his bag of fish. The fisherman replies there is a good eel among the catch, giving a sly, evasive answer.
A free colored woman Nancy Boyce in Burke County NC, engaged to slave Jack, buys a bill of sale to make him hers and later sells him to a slave dealer. Jack proves worthless and a drunk, and Nancy avoids divorce by selling him to the slave market and sending him to the South-West.
A compilation of acts amending statutes in Rhode Island addressing public peace restrictions tax authority school district bond issuance Westerly Woonsocket Providence and North Providence police powers. The document includes penalties for intimidation to prevent employment access and provisions for school taxes and public works authority. It ends with certification by the secretary of state.
An act amends Chapter 940 to empower Providence to extend the term of the water commissioners up to two years from July 1, 1873, by ordinance after passage of the act.
Historic act extends city of Providence deadline to erect a bridge and public market over the Providence river to January 1, 1875. It also authorizes annual salaries for the State Prison Warden physician and chaplain and directs payments from prison income, with repeals and effective upon passage.
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