13 Jan 1877
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1877
Page
1
A young girl sits by a cottage door with a Bible on her knee. She offers water and hospitality to a weary traveler who asks for a seat. The skeptic learns to love the Bible after her patient reply and inner inspection, becoming a Bible loving man.
Two Michigan roses spark a quest as orphans Johnny and Sammy save for travel to a fabled land. They sell papers all summer, buy sailor hats, change their shoes, learn directions from newsboys, and depart on a western express with 50 cents each, promising to return home. Their parents are dead.
A pair of boys ride the Erie Railroad seeking a rose led to a farm in Michigan. They meet kind travelers, learn Bible tales, and are offered care by Farmer and Aunt Sally. The tale ends with the boys staying as Johnny and Sammy Laly, nurtured by the family amid postwar hardship.
A Scribner's Monthly essay urges farmers to attract youth by enriching farm life with books, reading rooms, clubs, social events, lectures, and improvement groups. It advocates building villages and nearby labor to reduce isolation that drives educated young people to cities.
A moral exhortation urges having the courage to confront hardship and to act with honesty. It encourages letting go of excess, speaking truth when needed, and treating all people with equal dignity. It also advises admitting wrongs and sticking to firm resolutions unless conviction demands change.
A printed slip found in a drowned Henry Clay victim’s pocket offers timeless maxims on character. It urges honesty, temperance, prudent living, debt avoidance, self control, and constant self reform, framed as a guide for young men to cultivate virtue and stability.
The speaker argues that fearing future evils is reasonable but useless if it hinders progress. He warns against dwelling on the past and urges forward action. Courtesy toward others is likened to treating a picture fairly with good light.
Ex Senator Nye recounts his upbringing in Steuben New York stressing his farm life prayers and doughnuts then mocks the Chinese bill by urging to fry a sample of suffrage dough before granting citizenship highlighting race and rights debates of the era.
A Food and Fuel Reformer piece argues mind and body act by the same law and that nourishment through air water and food sustains nervous force. Grief and despondency are seen as nerve waste from poor nutrition and proper diet can restore elasticity and treat nervous disorders.
Fraulein Fram mann recalls Goethe treating servants with dignity. A cook, believing he enjoyed a certain dish, prepared it for him in the garden-house. Goethe kissed her forehead, a gesture she described as consecrating his friendship, and the event left her with reverent memory.
A playful list questions why birds lay eggs in different materials and why animals display peculiar habits. It ponders flight, nesting, and instinct with curious contrasts between beasts such as beech trees, muskrats, minks, and hens, ending with a humorous note on life.
Elliott Evans of Hamilton College recounts an encounter with Chief Red Jacket at Tonawanda Swamp. On a log the sachem repeatedly orders Jo to move along, the agent complying each time until the log ends. Red Jacket gruffly repeats the demand and the agent notes his limited mobility in the mud.
The quotation describes a fashionable church where attendees linger after a toast, avoid thoughts of their stores and new hats, listen to a minister addressing sins, and hear a choir singing unfamiliar tunes before leaving refreshed after an hour of dreamy languishing.
A quirky line suggests progress in a town is marked not by pork or wealth but by the number of Ulster overcoats worn. The remark frames a local sentiment about development through practical attire.
In the Orient the cleric’s knot binds couples before suitors see their brides, a practice that also pressures a poor mother to work off her daughters’ cross-eyed condition.
A tribute to Daniel Webster notes his leadership in keeping a fractured nation united as sectional conflict rose. It praises his intellect and oratory that stirred harmony and strengthened the Union, arguing his influence helped the North bond ahead of war and that no figure compares to him after Washington.
The article describes Constantinople as protected by land walls and the Golden Horn on the north, with the Bosphorus dividing it from Scutari. It notes a population around half a million of Greeks Armenians Jews Arabs Europeans and Turks, the latter about half. It highlights the lack of planning in streets zigzag lines and a vivid bazaar scene, and mentions the mosque call to prayer and absence of churches and clocks shaping the city’s character.
Numerous remedies exist for chronic nasal catarrh but none match Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy in general acceptance. The preparation is praised for permanent cures and is noted as a specific for severe cases. Pierce's Pocket Memorandum Books are offered free at drug stores.
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