29 Jan 1870
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1870
Page
1
A lyrical meditation on the long ago as a garden of memory. The speaker recalls a flooded golden light and a guiding boat on a bright river, then weighs sweet dreams and buried hopes against moving forward into an uncertain future. The poem laments past joys while hinting the future may hold new light.
A stormy afternoon gathers Captain Hughes and seamstress Mrs Cricton as Simeon Cantelope is introduced to Norton neighbors. Cantelope pursues a wife, flirtatious missteps ensue, and Miss Pecksniff’s objections spark social humor. The meal ends with a playful proposal and a cautious, moral note from a narrator about conscience.
The article discusses the value of flattery as a social lubricant and argues that complimenting others’ virtues fosters friendship and wit. It cites an analysis by NT Lupton on Alabama mound burials and notes a carved wooden ornament atop a stake found in a burial mound, suggesting ritual significance.
A Vermont girl asks if the women’s rights movement includes courting rights and backs it given local men are bashful. A irritable man, after a boot disappointment, threatened the shoemaker but settled matters by drinking a cobbler.
The piece argues that indoor warmth and polluted air cause widespread illness in winter. It urges two hours of outdoor weather daily, rain or shine, as the best health aid for all classes to counter croup scarlet fever and sore throats in children.
The article explains observing snowflakes on cold glass with a microscope, noting three main crystal classes: Prismatic with three or six sides, Pyramidal triangular or hexagonal, and Lamellar flat plates. It mentions Dr Nettis highlighting ninety one varieties and Captain William Scoresby ninety six varieties in Arctic Regions.
The article rails against evil speaking as mean cowardice and marks slander as especially harmful since its effects are unpredictable once spoken. It cites family quarrels, ruined friendships, and even murder as outcomes of detraction, urging avoidance of such talk.
Instructions for cleaning marble using gum arabic as an absorbent. Brush dust, apply thick gum arabic coat, sun dry until cracking, peel off, wash with clean water if residue remains. If needed repeat. Then make a soft soap and whiting paste, apply two to three days, wash with warm water and soap.
An article argues for teaching daughters simple cookery over elaborate dishes. Emphasis on bread making, mashed potatoes, and proper boiling techniques to ensure health, wholesome tastes, and sound constitutions. Warns against overseasoned meals and luxury.
A French metallurgist explains the gong alloy of copper and tin and the delicate heat and hammering process. The method requires heating to dull red, hammering, cooling, and repeated re heats, making gongs tedious and costly.
Insertions cost 25 cents per square after 61 000 square for one week. Twelve lines or less count as one square. Special notices before marriages and deaths double the rate. Transient ads paid in advance. Yearly contracts offered on reasonable terms. Privilege limited to immediate business of advertisers. Ads must be handed in by Thursday 28 to appear in the next issue. Religious obituary and political notices treated as ads.
A Missouri captain known for sociability travels to Washington with a thickset man who resembles Senator Lewis Cass. The duo drinks and jokes until the captain, mistaking the stranger for Cass, playfully prods him for a drink. The real Cass objects and rebukes the captain, ending the mistaken identity tale.
Sumner Smith the auctioneer entertained the crowd with jokes as a firm worked through furniture and glassware until a mysterious wink from an unnamed agricultural spectator caused a miscue. Smith accused the man of signaling to bid, but no further goods were sold that day.
A fragmentary look at how periodicals of the era handle reader queries and letters. The text mocks various contributors and editors, noting debates over essays and poems and selective publication choices in a lively, opinionated tone.
Levi Henry shot a five foot black snake on the hills back of town and cut it open to learn why its abdomen was swollen. He found a false china egg the size of a hen’s egg inside, explaining the delay in the snake’s winter sleep and the likely theft from a nearby nest. The Ironion Register notes the observation and its imprint on the snake’s body.
A poet strolling with Talleyrand recited verses when a man nearby yawned and Talleyrand whispered to his friend not to be loud since the man might hear.
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