09 Feb 1867
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1867
Page
1
Publication from Bristol Glee Bristol shows a Saturday issue with advertising rates and subscription terms. It lists address at 1 2D Phene y Building Hope Street and notes advance price for six months as two dollars and fifty cents per copy.
A man named Sam Darrell braves a blizzard to buy lemons and tobacco for Christmas. Lost in deep snow, he falls into an old coal pit, sinks, struggles, and nearly drowns as rescuers below pull him to safety with a lantern. His wife Polly awaits at home while the ordeal ends in a tense Christmas night recovery.
A collage discusses value of steady pursuit for success across trades and professions, praising persistence over envy. It then surveys Russian rail travel, describing heated saloons, mahogany tables, luggage-free comfort, and rapid twenty-hour journeys between St. Petersburg and Moscow with daily stops and lavish dining halls.
A Salonica mercantile firm saw its ledgers and papers burned, then a debt-conscious Turk produced a copy of his account demanding payment. The incident, presented as a lesson from Christian traders, drew attention to alleged heightened scrupulousness among local merchants.
A lecture anecdote recounts a misheard accusation against a minister. A deacon’s daughter is blamed for spreading a scandal about the minister beating his wife, but his wife explains a rat in the room caused the commotion. The lecturer urges simple explanations before condemning good men.
The article explains how sky colors and cloud shapes forecast weather. Bright evening yellow signals wind, pale yellow means rain, gray favors evening mood, while morning readings vary. Soft clouds promise good weather. hard edges foretell foul conditions. vivid hues warn of wind and rain.
An old report claims a connection between facial hair and eye strength with soldiers in Africa reportedly less prone to eye ailments when wearing beards. It states wearing a beard preserves eye luster and brightness longer, noting experiments by French army dun geons.
A fragmented passage contrasts profundity with versatility, arguing deep thinking comes at the cost of broad adaptability. It notes fixating the intellectual eye on consensus limits breadth while versatility moves the mind across subjects, skimming depth but widening scope.
The excerpt recalls a traveling tale teller’s gruesome anecdotes about accidents and near death, then shifts to Gail Hamilton’s Atlantic piece lampooning Boston. It satirizes a Fourth of July cannon disaster and a witty tour of Boston’s landmarks and pretensions, ending with a playful portrait of the city.
At a New York Farmers' Club meeting Dr. J W C Smith of Boston presented a paper stressing the toad's value to farmers by guarding vines from pests. He described the toad’s elastic forktongue and sticky secretion that ensnares prey, delivering it to the mouth for digestion.
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