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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1877
Page
1
A monk builds scales that weigh not sugar but thoughts and deeds. He tests Voltaire's head, Alexander the Great, endowments, bequests, and personal virtue against petty wealth and pride, exposing vanity by weighing human frailty.
Josh Stevens, a sly purveyor of unlicensed brandy and contraband cigars, delights in evading both state and federal authorities. His scams rely on a double hustle between a Mendon county farm and a nearby New York line station, aided by railroad workers who secretly enjoy the mischief until authorities finally close in.
A correspondent offers home remedies for mothers of afflicted children. Advice includes brandy in milk for summer complaints, camphor and brandy compresses, ice on the tongue, saleratus solution for stings, flour and brown lard for burns, lemon in tepid water for nightly care, and cool tepid baths to promote sleep.
A man delays thoughts of wealth until age thirty and never completes it before fifty. He spends his later years building and dies before his house is finished, leaving the property unpainted and unglazed.
A terse aphorism from a column head notes that the man who creates a character also makes enemies, reflecting a common editorial mood of sharp social observation. The line invites reflection on personal influence and the costs of public life.
Quote from Publius Cyrus about the ill wind of fortune. The line contrasts misery with the presence of an adversary shaping fate.
A saying attributed to E. L. Godkin notes the great vices of lying cheating and stealing as contemporary moral failings.
A Latin aphorism notes that a thousand evils afflict a person who neglects the body and wastes time on idleness and unprofitability.
A line expresses that tending beauty stirs heavenly blooms and acts of kindness nurture humanity, linking garden cultivation with moral behavior.
A Bulwer Lytton line discusses how a man strives to express ideas suggested by nature, whether from within or from a greater first cause, with nature itself being an effect.
A reflection on how universal reason may be true while individual judgment falters. The speaker notes that personal motives and passions often distort rational thought, causing continual sway and wavering in decisions throughout life.
A reflection on social behavior: people cultivate deference by making others believe they have greater achievements, even if none are disclosed. The idea, attributed to Shenstone, suggests reserve avoids exposing what one lacks and preserves social standing.
A succinct reflection extols the best companion as a plain, honest man with a golden temper. He loves life and is helpful at all hours, valued above genius or wit, and steadfast like an anchor.
A admonition on loyalty urges sticking with friends through wealth or poverty. It warns that betraying those who stand by you leaves one without support in misfortune and eliminates any rightful congratulations during achievements.
The piece reflects on affection for birthplace and the old homestead. It laments the passage of time and the fading fires of early hopes, as hearts recall the river of time and the purer aspirations of childhood.
A Scrap Book excerpt reflects on how warm climates create open huts with doorsless walls while cold regions foster walled houses. It notes porches as social spaces in warm cities and suggests climate largely drives civilities, not mere dispositions.
A reflection on longevity favors calm steady lives and secure daily work over feverish mental effort. A workhouse resident who died at ninety shows the burden of worry and debt, while a life free from care brings happiness. The piece contrasts joyful toil with the cold counting house of big business.
The passage describes a grim Liverpool scene with solid docks and heavy wagons. It notes gray skies, rain, windy days, and a harsh climate that shapes stern men and strong women, with weak children dying young and sturdy survivors enduring granite-like roads.
The piece surveys far flung maritime craft from hollow and solid log canoes to Fiji double canoes and the flying proa of the Lardrone Islands. It explains the proa’s mirrored ends, central mast, outrigger keel, and remarkable speed while noting its stability and windward sailing versatility.
The text explains water as essential for life and nutrition, noting the body's water and solid composition, daily losses, and the need to balance intake through drink. It describes water as a solvent and vehicle to remove wastes, arguing pure water best supports cleansing and circulation compared with mineralized variants.
Describes the Causeway district with the Great Causeway and landmarks like Giant's Organ and Amphitheatre. Notes coastal views from boats and Pleaskin path. Shifts to warnings about safety matches, their dangers, fraud risks in Germany, moisture resistance, and ignition friction. Concludes with musing on farewell and reunion.
The Wesnersville area in Albany township hosts a unique clan from Reading Times reporting. A sister in her 70s leads four brothers and one old bachelor, all over six feet tall, with a hundred year old farm and thatched outbuildings. They work June to December without winter horse use, carry grain to the mill, and maintain a strict, insular life. A discarded sister was bought out of her share, and the family is said to be wealthy and highly respected in the county.
The Norristown Herald urges to protect babies, arguing they grow into players, jockeys, politicians, and caregivers. The piece humorously defends saving infants instead of harming them, stressing their role in society and future contributions.
A compact reflection on fashion, linking beauty to costly tastes and the drive for perpetual novelty, voiced in a Lowellian tone about clothing as expressive yet extravagant.
The notice outlines advertising costs at 1.00 per week for first insertions and 0.25 for each subsequent insertion. One inch equals twelve lines nonparcel type. Special notices for marriages and deaths cost 0.15 per line. Prepayment required for transient ads. Yearly ads offered on reasonable terms with limitation to the advertiser's business. Submissions due by Thursday noon for next issue. Religious obituary and political notices charged as advertisements.
A Boston initiative establishes a Whittling School for boys with four foot long benches two and a half feet wide, each with a vise and tool drawer. Thirty two boys attend twice a week for twenty four lessons, free instruction and tools, at minimal cost, aiming to train hand control for future trades.
A pompous older man aboard a New York and New Haven Railroad train proclaims the scene exhilarating, then the conductor calmly corrects him that they are at Mount Vernon. The brief incident centers on mistaken location and a polite correction aboard a commuter journey.
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