18 Jul 1868
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1868
Page
1
A woodworker frees a trapped dragon using a lever and faces a debt of life. A fox Reynard and a hound and a horse act as judges to determine the dragon’s fate. The dragon is defeated and a cunning ruse allows Reynard to feast before escaping. The tale ends with the proverb that this is how the world pays its debts.
A Maryland gentleman at Annapolis fenced a cove near the Severn mouth and began large scale crab cultivation. He keeps about 4 000 crabs and feeds them on coarse fish and refuse. A group of crabs preys on catfish in one night. The soft crab is the hard crab with its shell off. shedding occurs once a year, producing a soft crab briefly.
An explorer reports a vast man made cavern in the Hudson Palisades one mile long and half a mile wide with a vaulted roof and ruins of ancient altars. He claims corridors pools and passing waters, argues the cave is a prehistoric human work near a populous city and describes its mystery and dry atmosphere.
The author compares digestion to a steam engine, warning that when nerve power is exhausted food becomes a burden. Overloading worsens health and can cause danger, sometimes fatal, with advice to rest and take small simple refreshments like tea, broth, or bread to stimulate recovery.
The piece argues that a disagreeable woman has no place in nature. Beauty cannot hide malice, astrue beauty reflects character. The author likens unattractiveness to etched lines and suggests turning such women into jokes as a coping, even likening them to useless slippers repurposed in a ragout.
The article notes Birnum’s prize baby-show echoes a royal practice by Queen Victoria who grants a pound per baby to her servants with large families. It cites a Balbirnie estate example where three daughters were born and three pounds sent, and shares a perspective from Napoleon on the value of many children. It contrasts opulence with a Poor Man who finds happiness in modest sustenance and inner fullness, quoting Channing on inward wealth versus outward riches.
A Texan ant species is noted for enslaving other ants and using them in public works, while planting small grasses around their settlement. They later reap these seeds and store them in granaries built for this purpose.
A reflective passage on the eye as a conduit of truth and emotion. It argues the eye reveals inner thoughts, commands attention, and can persuade or betray, with literary references and varied imagery from hospitality to heroism, concluding with Emerson.
A writer argues that a local newspaper shapes community life and editor sentiment. Readers feel ownership when praised, while a paper reflects social, political, and religious circles. Economic cuts threaten the paper’s role, urging selective withdrawal from subscriptions.
An Indian hunter tells a tavern keeper where a bear allegedly lies by describing landmarks rock stump and oak bush. The bear is not found, yet the exchange ends with the man praising the Indian for telling three truths in one lie and noting better honesty than some whites.
The piece argues money is fragile, but character endures. It praises moral courage in commerce crises, stating a pure life as a businessman’s first aim and a lasting inheritance for children. It emphasizes maintaining integrity even as fortunes fail.
A meditation on the universal dark hours that test every man’s resolve. The piece argues that dark hours are shared by all humanity and serve as a benchmark to gauge character and perseverance. It emphasizes resilience over despair and the fallacy of solitary struggle.
In Alleghany county Virginia in fall 1864 a Civil War tale unfolds. A widow loyal to the Confederacy keeps a prized goblet and a turkey that hates Yankees. A fake Yankee rider spooks the goblet and the bird, using a fishing line and grain bait. The turkey chases the rider, and the camp erupts in a grand follification as the tale spreads.
A boy tells his father that Bill was shot causing a panic. The father bolts from home and trips on the pavement, only to discover Bill merely bought a pound of duck shot in Thompson's store, sparking laughter rather than punishment.
Reader learns to insulate a pitcher by layering paper and batting to form a stove pipe shaped cover. The method uses two sheets of newspaper and cotton batting to create a box that rests on the table and keeps ice water cold long after the ice melts.
A man long suspected of sheep theft was found red handed in the act of shouldering a fat specimen. He admitted killing the sheep and claimed no others would be harmed. The incident ends with the accused acknowledging the act.
A reader’s clipped excerpt contrasts wealthy self control with crowded tenements, arguing for modest annual savings. It notes a suggested tactic to urge saving more, laments distance between practice and precept, and ends with a humorous remark about a girl from Ireland claiming little schooling and limited fear.
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