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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1880
Page
1
A sentimental verse to a beloved sister praising her south wind tropical charm and radiant beauty. It blends romantic affection with devout Christian imagery, promising joy, solace, and heavenly peace in the City of God as Christmas 1877 dawns.
A gambling scene in Ilamburg opens with Pearl and a desperate gambler Harry Clayton whose love and artistry redeem a ruined life. Years later Clayton paints Miss Rayburn whose cold reluctance hides a deep bond that floods back with revelation and forgiveness.
A miscellany piece on gratitude describing debt to those who help and the limits of obligation when gratitude becomes a reasoned matter. It argues that grateful feeling can be reframed as choice rather than duty and suggests various ways people justify not paying or returning kindness.
A brief remark highlights how communities often praise public acts of courage yet overlook the quiet bravery shown by neighbors. The note calls for recognizing everyday actions that safeguard others and strengthen local bonds.
A reflective aphorism notes people grow easier at tolerating faults in those they care for than recognizing the virtues of those they dislike, suggesting bias shapes judgment toward loved ones.
A concise quotation notes that only through observation and experimentation can humans discern the governing laws of the universe, underscoring the empirical basis of scientific knowledge.
A maxim on personal growth asserts that a person’s vitality is built by current labor and effort rather than by relying on future possibilities or hopes. It emphasizes steady present action as the source of strength and development.
A metaphor compares a person’s wavering resolve to a toy balloon blown by shifting winds. It depicts aimless drifting through varied directions and ending in nowhere, illustrating instability of intent and lack of clear destination.
A concise adage notes that twenty men who live by their professed beliefs are worth more to any good cause than five hundred hypocrites, emphasizing action over mere words.
The article explains that persistent southeast trade winds bring moisture from Africa across the Atlantic to Brazil and the Andes. As winds cool on the Andean summit they lose moisture, reverse as dry winds down the Pacific slope, and deposit little rain on Peru’s coast. This creates arid coastal conditions.
The speaker seeks religious teaching over amusement, asking for doctrine leading to godliness, guidance on providence and judge ment, and preparation for duty. He longs to hear of Jesus interceding for transgressors, the Holy Spirit as comforter, and the cross yielding grace, life, and eternal hope.
Prof Levi Stockbridge at Amherst Agricultural College presents a dew formation theory opposite to common wisdom. He finds soil warmth at night exceeds air temperature, suggesting dew results from air condensing warm soil vapor rising upward. Experiments with soil boxes and plant cases support soil-origin dew, with near-surface evaporation driving surface moisture and dew appearing beneath ground objects. The piece also notes Bos Ingersoll on liquor traffic and its social devastation.
In a letter to the Dublin Fireman's Journal Mr. Micheal J. Doherty, a teacher at a Charlestown school, describes severe hunger among 250 pupils. He notes thousands lack meals, with orphans and a widowed mother eating meager fare from discarded potatoes and borrowed meal, and urges direct relief to Kilbeagh parish to avoid red tape.
A humorous note claims that staying with a married friend awakens a man with a crying infant for hours. It touts Hop Bitters as a remedy for “cross and crying babies,” urging young men to remember the tip.
The passage contemplates the soul moving from strength to strength and forever shining with new accessions of glory. It envisions continual addition of virtue and knowledge, matching an ambition natural to the human mind.
A woman not a physician, whose husband suffers an internal malady, told a friend that she gives him a lot of bread and milk. She said the mixture travels to the affected part and serves as a poultice.
In letters from Killimore Indiana and Baltimore Maryland readers praise Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe efficient remedy for women’s diseases and weaknesses. They claim recovery from long illnesses and relief from painful procedures, endorsing the medicine.
The document outlines Chapter 789 as an amendment and addition to existing Public Laws including Chapter 773 and Section 7 of Chapter 690. It specifies changes to fiscal year establishment and related provisions within the act.
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