12 Jan 1878
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1878
Page
1
A London businessman seeks a country retreat for his daughter Cobweb and hires a gifted painter Grantly to do her portrait. Jealousy flares as Grantly and Cobweb fall in love, provoking a painful reckoning, forgiveness, and a new family bond built in a rural idyll.
Peanuts or ground-nuts grow underground attached to roots with harvest by hand. Major producers are Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina in the United States with Africa India and Brazil also growing them. Last year Tennessee led with 235 000 bushels Virginia 450 000 and North Carolina 100 000.
A Harper's Weekly caption features a drunk man flagging a hearse driver and joking about a ride to Twenty-ninth Street. The quip plays on the morbid propriety and dark humor of urban life.
A professor rebukes a loafer claiming he was cut out for idleness. The student retorts it is useless, and the professor quips that whoever cut him out understood the business. The exchange highlights a witty clash on effort and talent.
The text extols virtue and friendship over profanity and urges gentlemen and ladies to avoid swearing. It argues forgiveness arises from harmony with the spirit of love and God and compares forgiveness to two notes in tune in an organ, learned within the family.
The piece describes a German washing day with women lifting clothes to a town bleaching field and describes the scene. It also reports Gideon Welles's Galaxy article on Abraham Lincoln’s ancestry detailing connections to the Winters and Boone families in Berks County Pennsylvania.
The article presents Dr B W Richardson of England arguing against the belief that moderate alcohol is harmless or beneficial. He says long term use weakens small vessels, alters red blood cells, and raises fatty globules, reducing oxygen uptake. Alcohol offers only temporary relief in failure, then harm, like a fire that leaves desolation.
The article reflects on Windsor Castle as a enduring quiet witness to England’s royal history. It describes how successive kings and queens left marks through builds, restorations, and art within its walls, while the castle remains a hospitable, neutral home for all. It notes Victoria’s era and the timeless vaults and graves beneath St George's and Westminster, with the castle preserving memories of the sovereigns.
A traveler arrives in San Antonio from a Galveston railway town and stays at a hotel without paying. The landlord delays billing, treats him well, and even harbors a plan to exploit him for a bet. The guest eventually agrees to return, while the hotelier confesses the motive: the guest’s hearty meals drew many other diners, and a $2,000 bet on his choking was lost when the man is kicked out.
The passage links speech to inner disposition, comparing spoken words to a vessel's contents. It cites the idea that a person’s character and fate are revealed by what they say, invoking a biblical teaching that by words one is justified or condemned, and calling for gratitude and trust in God.
A discussion on fire as a transformative discovery enabling humanity to spread across the world. Loss of fire would confine humans to tropical regions, altering species distribution and making vast areas uninhabitable. Fire allows artificial climates and winter warmth, shaping civilization and exploration.
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