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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1892
Page
2
A Mary M. Paice meditation urges readers to reflect on 1892 and plan purposeful deeds for 1893. It stresses deliberate daily resolutions, growth through past lessons, and viewing the Columbian Exposition as a motivation to improve record by record in the new year.
In a humorous scene Jean LaRue Bournett narrates a squire visiting a doctor. The squire’s antics with chewing tobacco and cigars end with him jokingly accidentally declaring a bet and promising the doctor a new suit after a misfired puff.
Maria Louise Pool author of Roweny in Boston has a new novel Katharine North in progress at Harper Brothers. A note on shoes recalls Mrs Leland Stanford’s many pairs at marriage. Chautauqua adds a Vesper Reading Circle for religious and ethical reading, aiding busy pastors with short courses. A British blue book reports Ireland wages for agricultural laborers from 36 cents to 60 cents daily, winter 24 cents, highlighting poverty and policy impacts on industry.
A holiday appeal urges sending ailing friends a package of Ayers Sarsaparilla and trying the medicine. It claims Ayers Cherry Pectoral is more effective than other cough remedies because of its combination of anodynes and expectorants.
The jovial Squire Muffleton, a New Year optimist and heavy smoker, jokes with Dr. Phiddlegrease about New Year resolutions. They recall Charley Paddlepool’s reforms as a contrast to the Squire's claim he can quit smoking anytime.
Local items note a white Christmas and last day to register. Events include a Providence Opera House performance, Naval Reserve rifle practice, a town hall entertainment, and the Hydraulion Engine supper. A bequest funds a Christmas dinner for poor girls. Town meetings, odd fellows elect officers, and a 1893 almanac promo follow.
An inventive method uses electro plating to harden inexpensive lace patterns by soaking in a quick setting material, shaping into lamp shade forms, then plating in silver or gold. The process costs little compared to hand crafted metal lace and yields a delicate, durable result. The North American Review notes many attempt to write stories, with vast numbers trying but few succeeding.
The article corrects a common history error noting that the first sewing machine was patented in England in 1760 by Thomas Saint, not Elias Howe. It mentions a replica machine exhibited at the Clinton industrial fair in England.
Central Vermont trainmen freed a deer caught in a wire fence near Pittford Vermont and returned it to Rutland to release it after learning deer capture is illegal at this season. They released the animal unharmed back on the return trip.
Advertises a free publication titled Life and Scenes Among the Kickapoo Indians detailing habits traditions and history of the Kickapoo people. Claims the book explains the publisher’s connection with a lie and offers a two dollar value even at free distribution. Appeals for readers to send two two cent stamps to Healy and Bigelow New Haven Conn.
A Rhode Island town observed Christmas week with a legal holiday on Monday post Christmas. watch night service at State Street M E Church Saturday at 9 pm. Friday class meeting omitted. Ice harvest begins as dealers start cutting eight inch blocks. Notable lectures and festivals held by St Michael s Sunday School and other local churches. Governor Brown and Mrs Brown to host informal reception Monday from 4 pm with American Band Orchestra providing music.
At the Bristol Hotel Mrs Samuel P Colt hosted a dinner for about fifty poor boys in memory of her son Roy. She supervised the event with help from several ladies and gentlemen. The boys expressed gratitude for the meal and notable generosity. John Shepard a Thames street fish market keeper fell overboard while hauling traps near Poppasquash shore on Christmas day. He crawled ashore using a leader line and, exhausted, was taken to a Point residence where friends aided his revival before returning home.
The Surrender company opens at the Providence Opera House for a week with a matinee. Charles Frohman’s Boston Stock Company, fresh from a Columbia Theatre run, returns for a second annual tour. The cast includes Louis Aldrich Rose Eytinge Maud Banks Burr McIntosh and other notable names.
Town churches observed Christmas with large congregations and festive decorations. Services varied by church with St. Michael’s at 10.30 am and 6.15 pm, State Street M E at 2.30 pm, Congregational in the evening, Trinity at 10.30 am and 7.30 pm, Baptist evening, St. Mary’s Catholic at multiple times, South Christian, Munro Avenue Mission A M E at 10.30 am, 2.90 and 7.90 pm.
The January issue features lead article The Columbian Celebration of 1792 by Edward F. deLancey and a lineup including Horatio King on Jackson, Edward Irenius Stevenson on Castine, Elizabeth era Glance by Hepburn, and pieces by Chambers Tulane on study methods. Excerpts cover Diodati, Mahan, Lodge, Morris and California history with a frontispiece portrait. Published at 743 Broadway New York.
In Suse Smarz a Mary B Mann novel joins Harper's Franklin Square Library with a December 30 publication. A smallpox case is reported on Green Island opposite Troy prompting health checks.
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