28 May 1859
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1859
Page
1
A narrative weaving Hope and Memory through a child’s life ending in a lesson about balance and faith. A second tale shows Harry’s honest rise from street vendor to merchant apprentice due to integrity and a benefactor. It closes with reflections on home’s true meaning and a clergyman’s warning to a skeptical youth about salvation.
The article urges pruning fruit trees in the last days of May and early June to restore balance and vigor. It claims tree reaction powers peak then, aiding recovery from injuries, and that cut branches heal quickly while sap feeds foliage and fruit to repel insect attacks. It argues that cold winters do not destroy fruit trees.
Cream - A practice from Connecticut to extract the maximum cream from milk gains approval among dairy women. Milk is strained into common pins, left twelve hours, placed over warm water, and kept near fresh milk temperature. It rests twelve hours more and then skimmed, yielding nearly twice the cream of other methods known.
Mrs Partington mocks the visitor, noting an aria sung by a young lady as operatic. She quips that the attic seems high enough for such singing and doubts that more screaming makes melody.
In Cincinnati police court a husband described his wife’s actions as an attempt to provoke a breach of the peace. He said she struck him on the head with a stool three times, knocked him down twice, and threw dirty water in his face. He added she later hit him with a skillet, severely damaging his countenance.
Frank Fowler recalls a Londoner conductor who kept slamming the bus door to worry passengers and force the vehicle to speed. The narrator, annoyed, challenges the new chum attitude while noting the conductor’s plan to “put on the steam” to satisfy Cockney passengers.
A dramatic tale closes with Mary and Mr Gordon revealing a double life, an arranged match, and a hidden fortune behind two wooden dog shaped boxes. The couple disclose the truth about Mr Gordon as a twice widowed suitor using aliases and the truth of their engagement amid family curiosity and suspense.
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