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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1879
Page
2
Two B figures meet and Europe may feel long term effects statesmanship in Europe sparks revolutions. The Old South fund in Boston will rise again with a fair. The piece critiques British influence and Harper's publications as cultural anchors for families.
A Maine party vows to become infamous and act on it. Officeholders resisting the people's will will face swift, ignominious end. Republicans may be counted out by corruption, but may not stay in place. An outraged public will demand rights and assert integrity. Politicians' lunacy will lead to rapid checks, as folly has not yet seized Americans.
The author notes Bayard as the best Democratic presidential pick yet, but laments the South's low interest. It urges the South to rise socially and politically, rebuke corrupters, and demand worthy leaders, warning ambitious factions should not guide the nation. It argues broad public interests exceed self-serving claims.
The article warns that lumber supplies are dwindling and timber lands are being destroyed for tillable soil. It urges prudent use of resources to avoid future scarcity and a shift from wealth to poverty. It cautions prodigality and wasteful expenditure as dangers to national wealth.
Our correspondent surveys Christmas traditions from early carols and the nativity feast to Tudor and Puritan contrasts. It recalls the yule log, decorations, and the evolution of Christmas trees, with notes on English and Druids origins and Shakespearean references, plus regional shifts in New England.
The text extols the virtue of labor and the rest it allows. It contrasts the hard life of wealth with the simple pleasures of poverty, noting health cannot be bought and a humble bed offers peaceful sleep. It emphasizes home’s meaning in humble life and the value of a frugal meal.
A sequence of Advent Chapel services begins tomorrow with Elder Norman P Cook of Providence preaching Tuesday and Elders Durfee Miett and Davis leading meetings. The Original Jubilee Singers of Fisk University set a January 5 concert in Bristol under Prof George L White. A special town meeting discussed Fire Department needs and steamer repairs with a five member committee appointed to assess repairs and costs for April.
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