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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1907
Page
4
A playful exchange contrasts turning gray overnight with a wife turning blond in an hour. The quip underscores rapid transformations in appearance via a caricaturist’s wit, capturing a moment of light humor.
A reader recounts Holyrood Abbey and Palace highlights in Edinburgh. The piece traces its founding by David I and its role in Scottish royal history. It notes chapels, vaults, and key events from James I to Mary Queen of Scots, touching on Mary’s imprisonment and Charles II’s era.
A reader ad extols quarter quart of Henderson lawn seed as enough for 300 square feet and claims lawn now will be excellent by June 1 at 25 cents per quart or five dollars per bushel. It touts weed-free, velvety turf and offers a small lawn catalog with complete instructions mailed on postcard.
Readers recall Holyrood Palace relics and the feared murder night, then praise the Orrin Lincoln monument in Calton Burial Ground. The piece celebrates David Hume, Archibald Constable, William Blackwood, and the bronze Lincoln statue symbolizing Emancipation and Union.
A historical rule states horsepower equals the belt circumference in feet times rpm, times belt width in inches, divided by 600. It notes that standard single leather belting with fifty five pounds per inch tension needs fifty square feet of belt surface per minute per horsepower, with fifty square feet per minute equaling belt one inch wide at 600 fpm.
A New England clergyman Dr Bacon provokes a jibe on pronunciation not per Webster. He retorts that Webster, a parishioner, should derive his pronunciation from him, not the other way around. The anecdote highlights clerical pride and linguistic authority in a colonial-tinged vignette.
Damrosch recalls an aged Hebrew friend at Meyerbeer’s The Huguenots. The man bursts into laughter, exclaiming that the piece mocks Protestants and Catholics and praising the music. He vows to attend every night.
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