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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1883
Page
1
A 19th century meditation on the approach of autumn and winter as signs of mortality. The speaker laments decay in nature and life, contrasts winter’s gloom with spring’s renewal, and cites James A. Garfield in a Williams College Quarterly 1854 context.
Deacon Phenix, widower of Lucinda, schemes to visit Olive Wayne while courting a new widow, Miss Vance, after a circuitous plan to help Olive’s father stalls. He ends the Conference betrothed to the widow, only to be plagued by sciatica and doubt as rain and a limp complicate his promises.
In a small town a weary deacon grapples with an aging widow and a loyal friend Olive Wayne. He contemplates marriage yet weighs duty to vows and social expectations, while Olive and Mrs. Vance test his resolve and patience.
A jumble of 19th century advertisements and anecdotes from Monterey Michigan and local exchanges touts Thomas Electric Do not be beaten Blood Bitters and Sulphur Bitters. Mentions posturing matrimony with multiple spouses and a dying husband saved by tonics. The piece blends quirky claims about cures, beauty, and sensational marriage notes with a weathered civic note on steady supply.
A series of maxims on dawn and night, opinion and indolence. It mocks human stubbornness and calls indolence mind rust. Wise sayings urge self improvement, kindness, and caution about influence of neighbors. It also notes the empire of women as softness and tears.
A quip on overreach and invention. The speaker notes that he who narrates a task without sense must create twenty more to sustain a single effort. The line critiques pretentious diligence and self-imposed workload.
The quote asserts that a person with enlightened understanding and steadfast effort finds diverse pleasures beyond the grasp of the ignorant. It contrasts cultivated insight with limited perception, highlighting the value of perseverance in accessing richer inner joys.
A reflection on how dress signals status and how true refinement lies beyond outward appearance. The piece argues that pride and vanity mask virtue, urging readers to judge charitably, consider others with mercy, and avoid harsh, swift judgments. It cites Goethe and Johnson to support a stance of understanding and gentleness.
A historical excerpt outlines numerous arguments against alcohol use. It argues alcohol deprives reason, weakens intellect, fosters immorality, hinders civilization and religion, harms families, causes poverty and murders, blocks character reform, wastes property, and burdening taxpayers. It links prohibition to saving lives, reducing crime, and protecting sober citizens while opposing social and religious costs.
An essay compares reading to a locomotive guiding the mind along a track. Small triggers such as a word or idea direct life choices, with reading shaping noble aims or, if ill chosen, fueling negative thoughts. It urges careful, productive reading and warns against sensational fiction or coarse language.
A fragment from 1862 recounts the British schooner Francis nearing Florida coast and being hard pressed by a Federal gunboat until a calm and near collision leads to capture just as a breeze returns. The Detroit anecdote contrasts American carpenters’ orderly methods with a visiting Englishman’s impression, noting redundancy and routine in tool use. The column ends with an odd medical ad for Infalible tasteless carthatic remedy.
A biting north wind drives two youths, a boy and a girl under nine, to seek warmth. A 14 year old shoeshiner helps them reach a store fireplace, buys crackers and cheese, and arranges their supper. The storekeeper allows shelter, thanking him as the children head home, grateful for a near-heavenly rescue.
Gambetta was not a brilliant writer and never knew when to stop. He would enter with half a column in mind then fill page after page with feverish handwriting. He drank coffee and Burgundy, munched biscuits, and finally cried out Cribleu as his piece overflowed the front page.
A Detroit bound Lake Shore train carried a newly married couple and a Wyandotte passenger. After the bride mocked the woman’s bonnet and cloak, the wife turned and instructed the other woman to have her son close the window. The occupant complied, and the snub ended after sixteen miles.
An Illinois doctor sent a bottle labeled Carmel-prizen to a patient. The county medical society has cited him and ordered an appeal and show cause why he should not be expelled.
An old merchant rebukes a clever clerk for dressing and spending habits claiming the youth’s style and gin odor reveal improper influence. The boss orders the clerk to sweep the store and implies he will be punished for chasing drink, prompting rumors the man vanished into a gas pipe.
A lone humming bird pauses at a shade tree near a doorway and obligingly bathes. It lifts its head, flicks water over its back from moisture on leaves, then shakes, moves to multiple leaves, and ends by zipping off for breakfast at nearby flowers.
A traveler witnesses a dramatic grass stalk encounter in South Africa. A caterpillar fights off dozens of black ants by biting and killing, then climbs with the enemy on its back. The ants eventually saw through the grass stalk, topple the caterpillar, and kill it as the ants march away in triumph.
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