23 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1879
Page
1
A Commercial correspondent recalls Harriet Martineau in Cincinnati where she and deaf old man Pace converse via ear trumpets. The playful scene unfolds in a lively bookshop with bystanders watching their loud exchange, unaware of the comic sight.
The text praises Pennsylvania farms with large, comfortable stock buildings, old and new stone or brick houses, broad piazzas, shade trees, and abundant vines and flowers. It notes farmers favor shaded lanes over main highways and view the spring house as essential to dairy operations, a view shared by Chester county farmers.
A London charwoman description notes women entering the service through hardship. Some stay years with one family, keeping a house intact. Wages run fifty to seventy-five cents a day with meals included.
In Warren Pennsylvania mountain village Seaford family hosts all. Duff the deaf pauper becomes nurse to Andy Seaford sick with smallpox. Duff saves Andy with care, roof repairs, and doctor. Andy returns home to mother and family, praising Duff’s steadfast charity.
A Washington reader praises Hop Bitters, condemning quack medicines and praising a meritorious remedy trusted by physicians. The note asserts Hop Bitters is unequaled for family use and reflects skepticism toward public figures and dubious cures. The quirky line about a watch under a pillow appears as a stray memory.
An 1851 plan by nine Alsace firms creates a pension system for workers aged eighteen and older. Workers contribute three percent of wages, matched by employers, two thirds added to deposits and one third to a fund for expenses and higher pensions. A large asylum building shelters 256 retired workers, with total funds near 200000 francs. Employers reduce their matching to one percent, and the idea becomes a standard practice in Alsace industry.
Ruskin argues that the beauty of pictured glass lies in light interwoven through the design. He compares viewing from outside versus inside a Christian stained glass cathedral, noting light reveals splendors unseen to onlookers.
A parlor clock in a glass case illustrates transparent mechanism yet trust in time need not require full understanding of all workings. Similarly, one need not grasp every detail of divine providence to trust the Lord, for Scripture shows promises, commands, and rewards guiding belief.
A sermon-like reflection extols constant work and movement as essential to physical and Christian vitality. It contrasts stagnant water with a lively stream, warning that idleness breeds illness and spiritual decline, while active life keeps one upright and protected.
An aged minister urges brevity for speakers writers and readers, praising condensation and elimination of useless matter. He notes the difficulty of being brief, argues that five minutes can contain core points, and uses brief examples to illustrate that thoughtful trimming preserves meaning. A traditional tale links shared labor to temple ground, highlighting mutual aid and wonder.
Washington accepted Arnold’s breakfast invitation but delayed by a night with an officer. A dispatch arrived as he and Lafayette dined, he read it quietly then sobbed softly in private. Lafayette recalls this as Washington’s rare moment of emotion and the only such display in a long struggle. Lipincott’s Magazine.
The article extols the Amazon as an immense water basin, not a single river, covering about 26 000 square miles with flood-time growth. Depths range from 40 to 70 fathoms, and the flow near Obidos exceeds 500 000 cubic feet per second.
A wealthy Spoleti farmer Carlo Maronni murdered a doctor who failed to cure his fourteen month old child. He had promised 2000 lire if cured, threatened to kill if the child died, and later shot the doctor after the funeral. The court sentenced him to ten years in prison and fined 25,000 lire.
A young English statistician wooed a maid with a long arithmetic preface. He lists absurd consumption totals from meals across years, counting animals and foods. The frightened maiden rebels and leaves, later marrying a prosperous grocer, avoiding the scholar’s peculiar math.
A beefy man wagers on a dog’s nose being sharp while a sober rival challenges him. The crowd swells as both men argue, then a street vendor on a box hawks Great North American Wart Corn and Bunion Extractor for twenty five cents, and the crowd buys, losing interest in the nose debate.
Mrs Clark of Piopeek burying her twelfth child meets a stranger who notes twelve white butterflies lighting on the coffin. He says they are the children she buried. The mother returns home. that night Francis, the last child, conveys from heaven that twelve butterflies will illuminate her dying hour and light her path to heaven.
A satirical note mocks beliefs about telegraph wires as tea box nails and a supposed ancient Chinese invention. It claims children cut telegraph posts, misunderstandings of alphabets, and a hoax history crediting Kung Foo Whing with telegraph origins in 960, with Prof Bell unbothered. An unrelated line reports an elephant burned to death in Detroit trying to free its trunk.
The piece hammers at how lawyers badger witnesses to trap facts, showing a countryman pressed by an attorney to reveal mundane details, only to be browbeaten and confused. A harsh portrait of courtroom tactics ends with the judge threatening contempt for stubborn testimony.
A medical observation notes malingering linked to low physical sensibility. A young girl in a country doctor’s care spoke softly to have a decayed tooth extracted and endured it without visible pain. She returned the next day seeking another extraction from a sound tooth, suggesting a pattern of avoidance and potential benefit.
A Boston artist reports witnessing a volcanic scene as columnar smoke over Autna shifts into giant forms. The cloud-smoke drifts eastward, overhanging the zenith, and settles on the horizon, veiling the waning moon as it glows like a red hot ball.
A Newburyport Herald note observes that children spend pennies on candy and later learn to save, buying bigger items as they grow, illustrating how money habits evolve with age and experience.
The New Haven Palladium profiles a Norwalk iron moulder born in Sweden known as the hardest working man in the state. He works from 4am to after 7pm, carrying soup and black bread to his bench, drinking soup mid task, and producing about 200 moulds daily. He shows singular focus, avoids social contact, and seems driven by a past calamity or a secret goal.
General Cunynghame recounts a Transvaal anecdote about a schoolmaster who taught that the earth moves, the pupils telling parents, and local elders asking the minister for guidance. The minister suggests keeping the sun moving around the earth for a few years to avoid abrupt change.
In San Antonio Texas the old town shows narrow winding unpaved streets and low walled stone houses with earthen floors and flat roofs. Beggars on shaggy donkeys circle for alms. They are brawny Mexicans with quick eyes and a habit of slipping coins into hidden pockets. A jacal home on the town outskirts is built from posts boards cloth and straw housing potatoes garlic and peppers.
A 19th century advertisement touts Allan's Anti Fat by chemist J. C. Allan claiming it safely reduces three to six pounds per week. It asserts proven results in hundreds of cases and notes availability from druggists.
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