05 Jun 1869
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1869
Page
1
A crafty thief named Taraska robs his master while learning the trade from his deceitful uncle. He outwits the master with a dummy inspector, a crew of ruses, and a trick chest, slipping away with money and leaving the master foiled and fuming.
A man hopes to recover his money chest after a murder. He returns home with lantern to find confusion and a quarrel over who took the chest. The master rages at a cunning villain and contemplates ending involvement with the criminal.
The text contrasts Solomon with Jesus, describing a heavenly house not made with hands and a paradise beyond earthly decay. It portrays Jesus as surpassing Solomon, fulfilling righteousness, dying, and sowing seeds of truth that broaden to a universal mission. It ends with the vision of all nations blessed in Him.
An old story recounts a bishop sermon on drunkenness praising wine while joking that seven to eight bottles may be acceptable. He suggests restraint at higher amounts and boasts personal ability to drink many bottles without neglecting duties, urging gratitude if so.
A reader describes Naples graveyards where the rich enjoy grand chapels while the poor are laid to rest in 365 nightly pits. Bodies are exhumed after sundown and buried without shrouds or coffins, dusted with quicklime and sealed until the next year, a practice deemed heartless and heathenish.
The Rev. Dr. Bellows of New York received a gratuitous tribute to his moral excellence from a kindly deacon who guided him and his companion on a tramp among the northern lakes. After days away they returned and paid the pilot generously, who quipped that they were pretty respectable fellows since he hadn’t heard them swear.
Mr Pickwick lavishes attention on a clock and chairs in a comedy of manners, charmed by every detail and bidding farewell with polite bows and a cheerful departure. The piece shifts to sensational anecdotes about La Gizzi the executioner and a Virginia grandfather scene before offering a home remedy for felons.
The article warns about poisons in pots and pans from tin and lead in utensils and pipes. It cites a chemist’s findings, French government controls, and suggests avoiding tinware. It adds potato farming tips, noting eye counts per hill and the early rose price fluctuations.
The writing outlines fowl care methods focusing on weekly coop cleaning, ashes under roosts, lime whitewash, kerosene on roosts, oats as main food, and feeding once daily. It also prescribes soap pills for drooping birds and lobelia tincture in dire cases, with cautions about overfeeding. Planting seeds section stresses moist seedbeds, light scattering of strong seeds, rake use, and avoiding crust formation to ensure germination.
The article advises celery thrives in moist July weather with rich deeply tilled soil and manure in trenches for moisture, noting late crops fail in poor weather. It mentions delaying harvest to August when weather is unsuitable and warns against chilling potatoes as experiments show it reduces yield by about one quarter.
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