21 Aug 1869
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1869
Page
1
A reflection urging Christians to emulate the unity and sympathy of secular secret societies. The text argues humanity and mutual aid should bind Christians closer than factional divides, warning that disintegration and selfishness threaten community welfare. It calls for individual compassion as the core of true charity and social unity.
The narrator travels from St Petersburg to Moscow by winter train and recalls the opulent sights of Moscow and the practical companion Fred Allifact. Delays, discomfort, and slow progress frame a journey where a sleep-touched Fred arrives pale and shaken after a long absence, prompting a tense breakfast moment and a warning promise of a tale to come.
In Petersburg a traveler recounts a tense train journey where a muffled man hides a dangerous secret and a loaded bundle. A companionship of officers and a mysterious stranger yields a shocking discovery as a head is found in the bundle. The narrator links the incident to a later royal murder report in Moscow.
A brief exhortation to choose a cheerful countenance and kind acts. It compares smiling and pleasant speech with fretful disposition, arguing happiness comes from a kind heart and helps others, while negative mood brings misery to those nearby.
Some persons think their personal freedom justifies guiding others according to their wishes. The remark probes how individual liberty can collide with collective autonomy and invites reflection on social responsibility and power dynamics.
A proverb notes a tie has no legs yet can fly far and wide, while criticizing people who show virtue for others but not themselves. The saying reflects on self hypocrisy and communal perception.
About thirty years ago Brain tree citizens founded a temperance tavern to curb social drinking among youths. They funded a hotel and hired a landlord, then town reform shifted poor relief to work farms. Now the poorhouse farm has no paupers, and the town has no drinking or drunkenness, as noted by a stage driver quoted in the Evening Post.
A satirical guide notes that neglecting church attendance fends off a good pastor. It warns against sleeping through sermons, criticizing preaching, failing to pray for the pastor, withholding support, and complaining about salary, concluding these acts ensure a poor pastor.
A reflection on child behavior and home atmosphere. It argues that lack of sunshine and harsh, fault-finding talk drive children away, while warm smiles and kind conversations with parents, especially toward younger children, foster happiness and trust.
In a St. Louis case Michael Wigand, 33, died of apoplexy after delirium tremens symptoms, with wine and tobacco immoderation cited as the implied cause. The text contrasts wise and less educated reasoning on temperance and fate.
A writer defends working girls especially shop workers as independent and honorable. They argue against the stigma of being “only a shop girl,” praising industry over idle luxury. The piece urges girls to take pride in labor, seek suitable jobs, and view work as a means of social and personal worth.
In Richmond a former slave who bought his freedom eighteen years ago, later purchasing his wife, now owns the state’s finest stable and back lots valued at about thirty thousand dollars. His former master, rich before the war, lost much after Lee’s evacuation. the former slave cared for him, funded a lavish funeral, and the widow now lives in a house donated by the man he once served, who provides for her comfort.
Washington Irving and Lewis Gaylord Clark are caught in a thunderstorm near Sleepy Hollow. Irving seeks shelter under a tree while Clark declines, recalling his father’s lightning scare and warning his twin boys.
A bachelor friend routinely uses his tea kettle on the stove then naps on the lounge until the kettle sings. One night after a street quarrel with Simpkins's daughter he places himself on the stove and only realizes his mistake when the kettle sings.
A critic questions a supposed wonder, noting three million Londoners living from hand to mouth. A passerby claims one man pays for his paper in advance and never experiences illness or hardship. The piece challenges readers to see themselves in the anecdote.
Dr Nichols of the Russian Journal of Chemistry reports an experiment with one acre of red-top and clover hay. Cut June 19 and stored separately, it fed ten cows from March 1 showed a ten quart per day increase in milk yield compared with hay cut after mid July. Early cut hay consumed equally and valued about a dollar per day more. He notes hay dries too much and that very dry hay cures better in the mow with sufficient sun exposure in six to eight hours of May weather.
The article discusses cleaning and reinforcing wells to remove impurities from rocks and soil, advising repeated draining and refilling, avoiding porous stones, and deepening to rock foundations. It also covers hogs needing sulfur, feeding mustard, drying tomatoes for storage, and home remedies for wart removal and fabric care.
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