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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1882
Page
1
The transcript describes Oscar Wilde recounting a Saratoga event where Judge Jady spoke at Congress Hall. A large female audience followed, filling offices and billiard rooms in crape and lace, with public stares and whispered remarks creating a painful scene.
A man in a hot room meddles with an old bell rope and unknowingly triggers a false alarm. A servant, mistaken for a visitor, leaves. the man then pulls the bell rope, panics at the imagined catastrophe, and waits all night for police arrival.
Nettie a poor, motherless girl, toils at Wellmans while seeking school and a kinder life. A chance meeting with Mr Stearns family friend inspires a plan to move Nettie to better care and education, promising a brighter future away from relentless drudgery.
A feversickened child tells her family she still feels unworthy of heaven, uttering a hopeful remark about not yet being summoned. The remark reflects a child's raw faith and longing for recovery.
A newspaper style blurb promotes Parker's Hair Balsam claiming it keeps hair abundant and glossy and preserves youthful color for lasting vitality.
A collection of quotes urging kindness and virtue. Remarks from Patton Hood Kip and Pascal emphasize doing good, avoiding ill speech, and recognizing the divine presence in nature and daily acts. The passages highlight the power of kind words to comfort, inspire, and shape character.
A folk saying compares life to a blanket too short for all needs. If you pull it up to cover feet the shoulders are bare. some people manage to position themselves for a more comfortable night.
A quotation by H. J. Savage argues happiness comes from a well ordered life. Breaking laws of body mind or soul diminishes the chance of happiness and harms the harmony of the inner self.
The text advises keeping a warm parlor over saloons, saving on liquor, placing books on the table, and nourishing clear minds to honor the family. It urges marrying into cheerful families, inviting gossip for mercy, avoiding excess, valuing children's bodies and souls, and being one's own almoner to secure happiness now rather than at death.
A meditation on how Christian joy grows from trials. The turning point comes when God darkens life to train the heart to its true song, much as a cage teaches a bird to sing a single melody. Many peaceful, trusting hymns arise from sorrowful experience.
In a Youth's Companion passage, a mother and daughter are contrasted as the daughter enjoys leisure while the mother labors in the kitchen. The piece condemns the daughter for exploiting her mother's sacrifices and urges accountability for a selfish upbringing. The text highlights fatigue, classed blame, and social judgment of neglectful offspring.
The piece argues for eight hours of work eight for meals and amusements and eight for sleep, citing Alfred, physicians, and various opinions. It mentions Americans needing more rest, suggests nine to ten hours for some, and critiques long sleep or too little. It ends with humorous vignettes on sleep and health.
A humorous tale recalls Col Tom Clark of Brooklyn and a cat that seemed to be fed a pound of meat daily. The boy Bill brings scales and the cat to prove the pound is real, but the animal is missing, prompting a crotchety exchange about mislaid nourishment. Later, a stage hopeful seeks Hamlet critique and is advised to start with Romeo and Juliet or an early death in the play.
A historian notes a $50 million value in finger rings worn in the country while criticizing people who refuse to invest 25 cents in Dr Ball's Cough Syrup. The remark highlights social tensions over medicine and frugality.
A wheezy old man in the corner trims a joke you just told and notes that his memory offers the older version. The remark captures a moment of aging perspective and the clash between living recollection and fresh retelling.
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Nerve Pills for nervousness and dyspepsia, often paired with Carter's Little Liver Pills. It claims one pill of each after meals relieves indigestion. Available in vials for 25 cents, sold by J. H. Young & Co. and druggists.
The piece recalls frontier life where grandmothers improvised fulling by inviting neighbors to a kicking frolic in soap and water. Men and women, in laughter and sun, create a working social event to ful l woolen flannels. A stock editorial mocks Texas sheep raising claims with fables of Romulus and Remus.
An advertisement touts Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh, claiming a complete treatment using witch hazel American pine Canada fir marigold clover blossoms and balsam and pine for healing. Priced at $1.00 for the full course.
A schoolmistress recording pupil and parent details at term start asks a boy his father's name. The boy responds that the father is too old to attend school with a woman, prompting a lighthearted moment.
A 1881 testimonial from Masor Downs Mt Pleasant Academy Sin Sing NY describes Hiy's Cream Balm curing catarrh in two days after severe head and throat pain. It also cites a Orwell PA resident endorsing Elys' Great Balm for catarrh hay fever and other ailments with multiple cures noted by Dr P F Hyatt Bordentown NJ.
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