07 Nov 1863
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1863
Page
1
A poetic meditation on light and beauty traced through water drops and gems to praise humble deeds. The verse extols truth honor virtue justice and love of men, noting small acts and simple faithfulness can earn a lasting name and a radiant heavenly crown.
A fragmentary verse meditation contrasts sorrow with joy and hardship with transcendence. It invokes timeless images of life as a cup mixed with care, a tempest in summer, a blooming flower that dies, and religious phrases about purity, bondage, and freedom, ending with the idea of blessedness in sorrow.
A Philadelphia encounter between Governor Curtin and Catherine B. E. Davidson of Sheffield Ohio reveals a dramatic Civil War memory. She pressed a kiss on his forehead and told how a soldier of the 28th Ohio, wounded at Antietam, wore a ring given by her absent love. The tale ends with her vow and Curtin learning of the ring’s origin and companionship.
A sergeant at Waterloo wrestles with death to save the regimental flag amid French assault. He tears the standard from a fallen ensign but cannot release it. He drags the corpse and flag to safety, then returns to his company to loud cheers and renewed resolve.
An excerpt notes hollow town conversations rely on newspapers and social tea, while inward life wanes. It critiques how people chase letters at the post office as a sign of stalled self-reflection, suggesting news and neighbors fill gaps in private discourse.
A collection of Italian proverbs reflecting nature and time as healers. It notes that absence of money requires honey in the mouth, today’s egg is better than tomorrow’s, envy as a fever would sicken all, and there are no worse quarrels than those among kin.
A humorous historical anecdote recounts Sir Isaac Newton designing a cat door with a large hole for the cat and a small hole for the kitten. The kitten modeled the opening and exploited the flaw, illustrating a fallacy of overconfidence and overlooked counterarguments.
The author extols the joy found in helping others and links benevolence to divine benevolence. Selfishness dulls spirit, while philanthropy strengthens it, inviting social interaction and repeated acts of kindness. The piece argues that the reward of benevolence lies in the act and its effect on both giver and recipient.
The passage laments homes as gathering places devoid of sympathy and affection. It contrasts a missing common center with a wife preoccupied by fashion and show, implying a erosion of domestic harmony and support for the weary heart.
The article explains the phrase wearing the breeches as ancient household power, noting in medieval Germany neighbors, a thrown pair of breeches, and a court to settle superiority. It describes intense quarrels, with husbands sometimes injuring wives to enforce submission.
A Dublin woman fell ill at a theatre and died after which a banker’s check and executor’s note arrived to pay the proprietor a sum under a long standing will clause. The tale blends moral sentiment with a strange coincidence and a critique of hatred toward sinners.
A fragment quotes Adam Smith saying humans are unique in making bargains while other animals do not trade, such as a dog exchanging bones. The remark frames economic behavior as distinctly human.
The Terre Haute Express recounts a drowning after a bridge collapse. A loaf with quicksilver was placed in the water to lure the body of Misa Thrall, found ten feet beneath the surface with grappling hooks. The stunt prompted curiosity about the method's logic.
The report quotes B F Taylor on Chickamauga scenes noting soldiers fall silently after wounds and fearsome noises of battle fill the air. It describes the mangled rider, dying horse, musketry, rifles and cannons shaping the battlefield’s grim chorus.
A fragment quotes a philosopher praising whistling as a great institution that oils the wheels of care and signals a good heart. It argues that cheerful, steady workers whistle with passable spirits, while mean souls attack laughter and hinder morale.
Dr Dickaun of the British embassy at the Levant relates a case of a 28 year old Armenian man who after two years of illness and a year of intermittent fever developed a jaundiced course that led to a deep bronze skin tone all over except palms and soles. The condition is described as melanopathia and marks a rare pigment change with health recovery.
A Cincinnati grandson named Longworth meets poet Longfellow. Remarks about name similarity spark a quip from the ex professor recalling Pope that Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow. The moment preserves a witty, social encounter.
A thoughtful aphorism asserts that educating a child in its fullest sense exceeds the power of ruling a state, highlighting education as supreme governance.
Bishop Morley enjoyed a running joke with a coachman. Morley ordered the coach to fetch water from the well while the gate and pitcher moved the scene, the coachman grumbled but obliged, and the arrangement amused nearly the whole village.
A great man visited a Waltham home and saw the children arrayed by age and stature. He remarked that they make rich men poor, but the host answered that they make a poor man rich, for none would part with them for wealth.
Fragmentary thought compares moral actions with Christian perfection and the idea of revenge. It presents a paradox about doing good in the face of evil and questions human corruption versus virtue.
A reflective piece contrasts Irish immigrant life with American culture, praising Irish warmth and resilience. It recalls Patsey and Thad, loves letters, and Tennyson, while lamenting Anglo-Saxon sterility. The author celebrates Irish humor, endurance, and loyalty, urging aid to Ireland amid famine.
A travelling tinker boasts of repairing damaged mugs with cheap handles to improve durability and appearance. An old war veteran peers over the counter and bluntly asks the price to fix a new handle on his mug. The exchange unfolds in a country tavern bar room.
A tombstone inscription from a secluded grave reads that Alexander Macpherson, once remarkable and slow, died after a Waterloo battle wound described as a bullet entering the gullet and exiting the back of the neck. The stone lies twenty five miles from the basil field of Water, in a retired shady nook.
The text contrasts three kinds of silence as peace and joy, submission and resignation, and desolation and despair. It comments that those content with peace are lovely, those yielding to submission are miserable, and those driven to despair are wretched.
The article details five divisions of papier mache including slabs with course fiber and cementing size, layered sheets, thick pulp boards, carton pierre, and Martin's ceramic version. It explains waterproofing with glue and sulphate of iron, fire resistance with borax, and notes a half year plasticity when air is excluded. It also mentions a 1858 English patent.
A peculiar West settleer from the Yankee stock borrows a hen and a dozen eggs from neighbors to hatch chickens. He returns the hen and the eggs claiming a dozen fine chickens produced, stating no cent was paid and boasting of his poultry result.
In 1811 Napoleon sought a palace site for the King of Rome near Barrier de Pasty. Cobbler Simon refused excessive offers, raising prices from twenty thousand to sixty thousand francs. After repeated bids and a failed frontage change, the emperor abandoned the plan as 1814's disasters struck. Simon later sold the shop for 150 francs and was confined to an asylum, driven mad by avarice.
A blacksmith and his bull pup stage a curious lesson forcing the elder to imitate the bull. The pup pins the old man by the nose as the sun humorously urges endurance, claiming the drill will make the animal.
A riddle asks what has feet and nails but no legs or claws, hinting at a yard measure. The playful puzzle misleads toward biology while describing units and tools found in gardening and construction.
An angler states that simply speaking to a fish cryor or coaxing it by words does not succeed in drawing the creature out. The remark contrasts with folklore claims that conversation can coax fish to surface.
The passage touts Literature readable aloud in families and clergy subscriptions, notes Music is original and four pieces are copyrighted and exclusive to Godey, and claims superiority in steel engravings with more and finer engravings than any rival publication.
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