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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1873
Page
1
A meditation on the tiresome round of daily duties that wear down the spirit. Even saints and martyrs show momentary complaint before sunrise to sunset, as small pains and petty demands persistently press upon the soul.
Widow Blatchford recounts Doremy Fletcher who adopted the Hapgood twins after their mother Roxy Hapgood dies. Doremy and her mother Susan raise the boys with love, read to them, and decline a marriage offer from Squire Luce. Eben Hapgood later offers to take the boys, but Doremy refuses to part with them, until a kin from the West, Silas Hapgood, convinces her to join a new family. The tale highlights Doremy’s patience, courage, and the community support that sustains her and the boys.
Be careful not to trust the person who repeats what others say about you. An old saying warns that those who fetch will also carry, implying shared responsibility for gossip and misinformation.
A celebrated saying compares goldsmiths shaping metal to God selecting base stones from brooks to form immutable love gems. The passage praises divine artistry turning common pebbles into lasting jewels used in a golden ring of mercy.
A biting ache in the tooth or a tiny mosquito can unleash overwhelming fury. The piece muses that minute irritants, like worms in coral rock, can bring down even mighty forces.
A collection of aphorisms on virtue, prudence, and social conduct. It contrasts honesty with cunning and warns against vanity, envy, and folly. The sayings highlight restraint in speech, careful friendship choices, and the value of steady effort over easy pleasures.
A Sheffield paper recounts a burglary at a southern country house two or three years prior. The lady prayed fervently after finding a man under her bed, later learning the intruder became a reforming preacher who attributes his change to her prayers.
The article extols apples as a nutritious food rich in sugar, mucilage, acids, and aromatics that act as refrigerants, tonics, and antiseptics. It notes Cornwall workers' view of apples as nourishing as bread, cites 1801 scarcity with baked apples sustenance, and observes widespread European use and culinary versatility.
A fragment outlining core moral duties: temperance, justice, gentleness, truth, charity, almsgiving, self sacrifice, firm defense of right, industry, and universal love. Emphasizes applying the same moral rules to all beings and urging compassionate, truthful conduct.
A sermon-like reflection on happiness through consecration to service beyond self. It argues joy comes from love obedience devotion and duty and describes shedding impulses and selfhood as one rises, with duty becoming a crown.
Simple yeast recipe using dried hops and water with flour brown sugar salt and boiled potatoes. Mix boil ferment strain and rest three days with periodic draining. It yields a quick rising yeast that stores well and requires no commercial yeast to start.
Instruction suggests sprinkling powdered salt on the candle wick to reach the black portion and maintain a mild steady light through the night, using a small candle as needed. This remedy is offered as a practical tip for moments of sickness or when matches are unavailable.
A tale tells how a rich landlord crushes a widow tenant then faces a moral judgment when her son, an artist, paints the scene. The painting haunts him, proving every person bears an invisible painter on their soul recording past deeds. The piece urges virtuous living and shunning dark deeds.
Historical observations claim the Earth is gradually cooling across the globe. Indicators include the southward shift of Arctic peoples, loss of forests and grain lands in Iceland, and harsher climates in Norway Scotland and northern Russia. Domestic records note limited evidence due to a short historical span.
A refined but eccentric French philosopher dismisses a servant who proves overly exacting. When ordered to fetch the doctor the servant lists every eventuality from doctor to undertaker, explaining he reasons through every possible need before acting.
The essay extols good nature as a priceless, practical benevolence that benefits many without detracting from the giver. It argues that bright spirits ease strife, uplift others, and that truly radiant individuals are like walking suns, deserving admiration and quiet reverence.
The passage describes medieval and noble sleeping customs with beds large enough for families and animals, contrasting them with modern ideas of personal space. It notes belief in shared beds causing loss of vital force, hospital norms requiring air between beds, and the shift to single beds for royalty and the poor practice of airing bedding daily.
The Brattleboro tale recalls a boy who built a kite with a paper lantern containing a candle. After dark the lantern exploded from hidden powder, seen as a supernatural omen for about 20 minutes. The boy, unseen, hidden the scene and later revealed the prank in a Brattleboro newspaper many decades later.
A viewer wonders what TD initials on New England clay pipes stand for. The tale traces to Dexter of Newburyport Mass who called himself My Lord Timothy and funded a pipe factory so every pipe bore his initials Timothy Dexter, embedding his name in every sale.
A wandering American sits with local youths and asks how much they think his dog was offered. They guess up to fifteen dollars, then he reveals the truth: he has received no offer at all. The tale ends with the punchline that no one offered a cent.
An innkeeper questions a postilion about having only one spur. The postilion replies with a wry remark implying the horse’s movement makes the other spur unnecessary.
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