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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1874
Page
1
A verse by Caleb Dunn reflects on life’s joys found in humble daily pleasures and inner birth of happiness, contrasting hardship with the sweetness of personal fulfillment. The poem emphasizes heartened contentment and the rich, quiet joys that endure.
A reflective prose poem recalls wind fragrant with memories of the dead, the daisies of graves, and the promise of immortality. It contrasts earthly sorrow with eternal peace, envisioning loved ones resting beyond the daisies and in Jerusalem the golden.
In a village near Curonde, the aging Earl of Carondel dies without an obvious heir. The porter Jessamy Monk learns a secret letter revealing he is the Earl’s heir, tying his luck to Eva Beauchamp his employer and cousin. The revelation shows a bloodline merged with plebeian life and ends in a marriage of two Carondel clans.
In Manchester the irritable Rev Josa Ta Brookss orders the beadle to interrupt burial rites with a grim line. He cites heavenly voice to command: knock that black rascal off the wall as a chimney sweep walks the churchyard parapet.
A California photographer sold a half length portrait after a bargain with a countryman who sought a cheaper shot. The sitter complained when the delivery showed the subject from the waistband down and used forceful language toward the artist.
A miscellany of aphorisms on imagination, honesty, earnestness, recreation, and mutual respect. The text asserts that a book is a letter to unknown friends, the body and mind grow from their sustenance, and true fruit requires spring blossoms. It cautions against idle recreation and stresses sincere conduct.
A reflective saying on virtue and reputation. It notes that most people ignore good actions and only a small fraction recognize justice, suggesting moral effort often goes unacknowledged by the public. The quote emphasizes humility over seeking praise.
A reflective aphorism on true nobility. It argues that self-forgetfulness sustains beauty in deeds, while self-centered thought erodes noble action, like a bloom fading from a soiled flower.
A reflective note compares happiness to money and lightness, noting it passes briefly. When tested, its alloy shows, revealing eventual loss and the difference between appearance and true value.
A prudent lady faces ruin from scandal just as fevers threaten strong constitutions. A frail reputation seems to ail even the robust, hinting that public judgment can wound more than illness among a hundred prudes.
A Cicero quote on loans and repaid favors frames a reflection on money, repayment, and kindness. The author notes that those who acknowledge a kindness retain it, while those who feel indebted keep the loan unsettled in memory.
A trimmed quotation discusses how seeking favors flatters the donor more than accepting favors, suggesting the obliged gain less vanity and the obliger seeks esteem through reciprocity. It reflects on social manners and reciprocity dynamics in relationships.
The passage argues that returning a favor promptly is virtuous but doing so as a discharge can appear to cast off a burdensome obligation. It contrasts good office with genuine repayment and warns against performative debt relief.
The reader recalls Thackeray’s pleasant lines describing night as home where elders and children rest under quiet roofs. Stars, past remorse, memories awaken in graves, and a soft autumnal calm pervades the town while a lone light watches in a sick chamber.
Dr. W. W. Hail warns that exercise can kill as well as cure and should be taken with judgment. If every step is an effort you should not continue, and rest is vital when weakness dominates. When better from a walk proceed but avoid great fatigue.
The piece sketches Otto von Bismarck as a tall bald man in military dress with a fondness for drapery and a towering work ethic. It notes his robust health only upon close inspection, reveals tense nerves, and depicts a domineering, jovial yet intimidating personality. His appetite for work and food is described, with a home in constant eruption and secretaries overwhelmed.
An old editor recalls his son Jack and the worn relics kept in a family drawer. He and his wife mourn daily, the child’s absence casting a pall over their lives as they cling to mementos and memories. They hope future strangers will handle the relics gently after they are gone.
The Atlantic Monthly essay surveys Japanese women from youth to old age, noting changes in gait and figure as garments and back burdens alter form. It praises aging dignity, respect, and noble bearing, suggesting a lasting allure in later years.
In Dublin a museum harp exceeds a thousand years in age and is said to have once belonged to Brian Boru. The instrument, now jewel-less, was lent to the pope as security for war funds and later returned without diamonds, which funded masses for Boru’s soul.
A man in sailor attire was tried in criminal court for stealing boots. Lacking counsel, the judge appointed a young lawyer who opened with a dramatic appeal describing the defendant as a waif of the sea. The defendant, once a canal boat cook who sold clams, was jailed for sixty days.
A man abroad with his wife and two daughters writes that progress is hindered daily as the ladies travel like locomotive whatnots. He notes belts with chatelaine fan portemonnaie and umbrella, plus tablets watches mirrors alms bags a left arm bag an opera glass a left shoulder strap for a clock or shawl.
A humorous Virginia City anecdote recalls a well where the bottom suddenly dropped out during water drawing. The tale explains miners tunneling beneath had forgotten the well above them and caused a sudden flood as the bucket jarred the water surface. The wife and husband remark on the odd coincidence.
A pointed critique argues for a religion that clamps down on petty theft and deceit, condemns shoddy production and fraud, and insists on paying debts and honest trade. It condemns luxury living while cheating customers and urges moral integrity in commerce and daily life.
A Dunbarton hotel guest recalls a waiter refusing hot water on the Lord's Day for shaving. To bypass scruples the traveler orders a toddy and provides the whisky. the waiter drinks the whisky while the traveler uses the hot water, illustrating clever improvisation.
An old Keene physician in a farm house improvised a hammer from a teakettle and used it on twelve pains spots to treat pleurisy. Boiled hammers were once common in the region and debated whether a claw-hammer or not was best, until tradition prevailed.
The St. Joseph Herald recounts a boy with a broken arm asking the surgeon which bone broke. After the operation the boy inquired which bone it was and learned the radius. He exclaims that he thought it was the ulna, adding a humorous remark.
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