05 Apr 1879
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1879
Page
1
A moral poem urges youths to pause before drinking, to consider the wreckage alcohol brings to life and family. It appeals to a brave boy to remember a mother’s tears, damaged futures, and ruined manhood, and to answer no to the demon of the bowl.
A traveler in Fayette Indiana meets a railway engineer who recounts a high speed run on the F and C road. He describes engine Taunton quality, a perilous incident with Aldrich the treasurer, and a turnout to meet presidents and officers, ending with a late domino game anecdote.
In a suspenseful reminiscence Roberts, the president, pressures Harry to drop him at C- by twelve o'clock to save a railway embezzlement scheme. The engine roars through airline sections and gutting grades, with rapid boosts and a dangerous head of steam, finally delivering the man and the money before the clock strikes twelve.
A concise meditation notes that true glory lies in conscience and righteousness. It argues personal struggle and practiced virtue yield more benefit than many sermons or hymns, emphasizing action over mere learning.
In the sea of grief, silence weighs heaviest, yet love and joy speak through unseen acts. The most moving sermon at a funeral is the quiet lips that have turned cold, delivering a profound farewell.
A letter to the editor denounces social snobbery and caste by income critiquing the idea that wealth defines nobility. It argues that true worth lies in character, labor, and honest work, condemning the belief that silk and satin mark superiority.
The article urges boys and youths to learn saving as the first step to independence. It argues riches often vanish and poverty can strike any class, so even small weekly savings cultivate discipline. Those who save, even a shilling or a few pence, gain financial security and the ability to look after themselves, avoiding perpetual dependence.
Short items discuss social gossip and the case for prison labor. Curbs on gossip urge youth culture and self improvement, while Warden Hewes argues prisoners must earn living through work. Airdropped notes describe Chinese demon warding charms with red cloth, gold coins, iron, paper and animal figures as protective measures.
A clock finished in Columbus Ohio features ten years of work and three times more dial indications than any clock. It will tour the states after exhibition, and its design celebrates major American events with allegorical figures in ivory and ebony. Lincoln and Emancipation are depicted among other historic scenes.
Major Stuart from Port au Prince describes a potent narcotic plant, known as wanga, kept by a few families as an heirloom. He notes its use by priests to induce deathlike comas or deep sleep for crime or imposture, and suggests medical value in controlled study.
The English burglar Peace boasts of eluding police by disguising his face. In Sheffield jail, visitors heard how he altered his expression, stretched his chin, curled his lips, and reddened his skin to resemble a mulatto, making recognition difficult.
A Florida correspondent to the Louisville Courier-Journal describes how the climate shapes new settlers. He recounts a Tennessee immigrant who labored two summers to plant an orange grove on St. Johns River, only to pause in heat then resume in autumn, growing a thriving grove and considering a partner. The piece argues long heat duration, not peak temperature, debilitates, and notes breezy peninsula conditions mean sunstrokes are unknown.
A Vermont grand juror at Montpelier oversleeps repeatedly as his wife wakes him for the six o'clock ride to the capital. After misreading alarms at 12, 2, and 4 am, he finally sits before the stove asleep as the 6 am train leaves.
In the Diablo hills above Round Valley, T O Carter and I Daniel Cleaves rode their horses when the beasts refused to move. They found a greenish 31 foot snake, 3 to 4 inches thick, in a semi dormant state. Carter fired both shotgun barrels, the serpent died, and the men measured the length with a carpenter’s rule, reporting no exaggeration.
A story recalls a four or five year old boy who had never seen a Black man. When he asks his father who painted the man black, the father replies Heaven did. The child then quips he wouldn't have thought the man would hold still.
The celebrated Dr Paul Memeyer urges fresh air and open windows for consumption care. He warns that sealed rooms breed illness and notes that many coughs do not prove consumption. He promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purga tive Pellets and directs readers to the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo for a pamphlet on consumption and its care.
A humorous vignette in which a fashionable church sermon about knowing everyone in heaven prompts reactions. A deacon cheers the idea while Miss Simpkins compliments the minister as a simple minded man jokes that he has long stood unseen in the church.
A workingman recounts years of debt and illness with a sick family. He followed his pastor’s advice, used Hop Bitters for a month, and says all are well now with no sick days since. He claims the cost equals less than one doctor visit.
Rhode Island amendments passed March 14 and 19 1879 add exemptions for debtor spouses and children wages from attachment. Also revise bail procedures allowing discharge by delivering principal to court and detailed conditions for committing principal to jail and notice within six days.
Chapter 750 amends Chapter 72 to prohibit keeping hogs fed on swill or decaying substances in towns unless at a town designated site. Violators face penalties per Section 7 of Chapter 72. Effective upon passage. Witness Joshua M. Addeman, Secretary of State.
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