04 Aug 1866
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1866
Page
1
A narrator recalls an evening with Dot who teases a lawyer about his tricks and laziness. The tale covers a misadventure with a strange music box and a cold river fishing trip ending with the lawyer stranded in vines and eventually crossing the river to return to town.
A tale of two carpenters apprentices one studies to master his craft while the other chases amusement. The studious boy submits a winning plan for a state house earning two thousand dollars and becoming a renowned architect. The other ends with steady but poor earnings.
The text argues happiness comes from within rather than external conditions. It links mood to health, moral conduct, peace with others, and meeting basic needs. Though some minds remain unmoved by life, cultivating cheerful feelings and tolerating suffering can ease the mental horizon.
Mas Everse Hunt of Heiner's Run Clinton County Pennsylvania writes of six years in a rocky basin surrounded by the Alleghenies finding beauty in earth trees mosses rocks water and wildlife nearby. A moral tale follows about ingratitude and a pope's humorous promise adjusted by an almanac.
In a French parliamentary debate led by M. de la Guerronniere, Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux argues that even strict burial laws fail to prevent premature interment. He recounts a priest saved from death after a mistaken coffin sealing and urges new safeguards against fatal haste.
A missionary account from China describes a makeshift transport called a salomon's chariot using oyster wagons and mules, detailing its awkward setup and wild motions. A Lutheran missionary notes church members’ cold greetings and lack of welcome, citing a stagnation in growth and fellowship.
The piece advises workers to adopt a regular nightly bathing routine after daily toil. It argues cleanliness is a religious duty and crucial for sound, refreshing sleep, warning that skipping ablutions leaves one unrefrished with lingering lassitude in the morning.
A fragment notes that an open critic may trigger enemies learning private thoughts from friends. The passage hints at social repercussion and betrayal arising from frank talk among associates.
A Georgia frontiersman tale recalls Fillens and Dewberry who kept a back room barrel of spirits for customers. Joe Denny and his wife overindulged, she vanishes after a drunken ride, later found in a creek uttering Not a drop more Mr Fillens though it’s sweetened.
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