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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1873
Page
1
A somber meditation on mourning a great good lost and choosing to refuse lesser comforts, preserving grief within the present show of sorrow. The verse contrasts standing in mourning with the possibility of peace and joy today.
Bartholomew Jones, an older bachelor known for his good health and humor, struggles with missing buttons and tangled thread. After lamenting marriage as a solution, he advertises for a wife, listing money, a furnished house, and temper as key traits, aiming for a widow under thirty five.
Nellie and Minnie Smith, sisters with limited work after their father's death, answer a wanted ad for a housekeeper and meet Bartholomew Jones. Minnie secures the job on three months trial and transforms his home. A mixup over a separate ad leads to a comic misunderstanding before a wedding seals their union.
A MISCELLANY note cites a farmer’s saying about balancing discipline. If you want your boy to stay at home, don’t bear too hard on the grindstone when he turns the crank. The remark emphasizes moderation in work and family life.
The piece extols mirth as divine medicine and a cure for grim care. It urges everyone to bathe in mirth and rub themselves with it, likening a joyless person to a wagon with no springs that jolts at every pebble.
A caution against spreading rumor and magnifying trifles into deformities within a community. The piece warns some individuals misuse gossip to damage reputations and urges readers to avoid becoming such offenders.
The text argues belief and admiration lift minds upward while scorn sinks a person. It asserts the world is governed by wisdom authority and appearance with wisdom for thoughtful people, authority for rough people, and appearance for superficial people.
A provocative critique of moral neutrality praising bold action over quiet harmlessness. The author argues that people who avoid enemies or conflicts tend to be self serving and fail to contribute to others, leaving no warm memory or friendship when they die.
A Cincinnati Commercial correspondent notes Spaniards show strong local loyalty with Catalonia Andalusia Castile and Galicia identities while Asturians are called monianos for their mountain province. The piece contrasts regional biases with national unity and cites Galician views on marriage.
The piece urges placing flowers on the table from a single bloom to a nosegay to connect with nature and poetry. It cites Lord Bacon as a model for keeping seasonal flowers at every meal, claiming flowers brighten mornings and reflect grace, intellect, and cherished companionship.
A historical sketch contrasts Chinese life in San Francisco with exotic notes on the yak. It covers Chinese New Year customs in California, clothing, tea house life, burial rites, and secret tribunals, plus a brief geographic note on yak habitats and use in the Himalayas.
The piece explains why some lakes are salty, tracing mineral dissolution from rocks by rainwater, and notes inland basins with inflowing rivers but no outlets. It cites the Caspian Sea, Sea of Aral, Dead Sea, Lake Utah, and other salt lakes, discussing historical connections between seas and evolving salinity through evaporation and geological change.
The Dead Sea salinity arises as summer evaporation concentrates salts in shallow coastal crusts, with sea water feeding the lake through its flows from the Sea of Galilee. Similar aridity in the Himalayas and the Sierra Nevada regions causes inland lakes on plains to remain saline, continually increasing in salinity as water fails to overflow.
The article extols leaves as water pumps and electricity carriers, noting trees lift water and carry lightning. It cites an example of leaf efficiency and likens forests to energy and wealth generators. It then discusses land settlement, comparing Western homesteads with Southern and Iowa crops, and the economics of farming in each region.
A detailed note on lanterns in China noting their inseparable link to travelers, streets lit by lantern light even in moonlight, and the practice of inscribing lanterns with owners surnames or official titles. Lanterns mark shops and homes, guide social crowds, and play a role in processions, funerals, weddings, and idol ceremonies.
Mrs Leono wens, former governess at Siam’s court, describes Bangkok where about 9000 women live inside a walled capital district ruled by female magistrates. The king’s women, sailors, artisans, and slaves obey strict law, with Amazons enforcing order and boys banished at six while girls stay.
The London Society of Engineers examined an artificial stone made from sand and sea boulder fragments. Sand is dried and percolated, boulders are boiled in caustic soda solution, then combined with chloride of calcium and sand to form a cohesive, hard material. A four inch cube withstood sixty three tons after three months in the open air.
Western papers warn farmers face poverty despite abundance due to freights taxes and tariffs. An Iowa example describes buying boots with two loads of potatoes and oats for meals while mortgage and tariff profits erode farm income. A New York Chamber of Commerce tale notes a farmer selling fifty bushels of corn for a keg of nails.
A Boston girl’s youthful romance with a farmer’s son unfolds amid family pride and social pressure. The girl marries another chosen by her father after the lover goes west, earns a fortune, moves to France, and faces loss as both her husband and parents die, leaving the romance memory faded.
A businessman traveling in Europe on a Marseilles to Leghorn steamer fell in love with a passenger after a storm threw her overboard. They clutched a plank, were rescued, and married in Malta after reuniting in the dark hours at sea.
The essay extols music as a divine gift enriching home life and worship. It urges religious families to cultivate secular and sacred music with vocal and instrumental study, noting risks of misuse and proposing music as a core part of child education and moral culture.
In Clark county two lisping notables Miss Sarah Hanson and Dr. Hubb Taylor meet at a party. Jim Gay introduces them triggering a comically earnest exchange about speech. Hanson quips she cannot prosper without the proper prop, and the scene ends with a lighthearted reconciliation.
The piece extols steady labor as a cure for grief and fear. It urges directing distress into daily duties, arguing toil reveals purpose, turns dark waters into fertile effort, and frames grief as selfish unless it serves others.
A farmer named Tim Pickering outwits a boastful man who claims easy wall building. The colonel challenges him, and Pickering explains that true stone walls rely on joints and the sturdy balance of stones, not mere stacking.
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