15 Jun 1872
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1872
Page
1
A verse about a land free of sorrow where light prevails and families reunite. It speaks of bearing a heavy cross without fainting, faith in God, and hope that earthly suffering is remembered in a crown. The poem evokes comfort and spiritual endurance in hardship.
A compact reflection on enduring care and pain from love lost. The speaker laments lost health heart and hope, seeking amends for the sorrow and ruin foretold by a doom laden trumpet.
In a sunlit English croquet scene Philip Kerr, capt. Royal Rifles, courts Theodosia Richley an heiress with a thirty thousand pound dowry. His dream breaks when Mrs Richley ends the engagement, only for fate to steer him to Rome where he marries Rosie Amherst, the true Rosebud, after a path of pride, change, and moral growth.
Rates are set for advertisements at $1.00 per square for one week and 25 cents per square for each subsequent insertion. Twelve lines or less make a square. Special notices for marriages and deaths are double rates. Transient ads require advance payment. Yearly contracts offered. Religious obituary and political notices charged as ads. Ads due by Thursday noon for next issue.
A miscellany reflection notes the contrast between racing to complete work before a personal deadline and filling an hour before dinner with tasks, observing how perception of time changes with pace and urgency.
A meditation on daily life values stressing that happiness lies in small courtesies kind words smiles letters and deeds. It notes heroic feats are rare but daily good acts form the core of a life.
A didactic parchment of maxims urges steadfastness after setbacks, urging belief in God’s promises to keep cheerfulness, caution against petty desires, temper control, and kindness to enemies. It extols patient effort, cheerful labor, and persistent improvement through repeated good deeds.
The text argues that studying great writers reveals the repeating core ideas they embody. It highlights Goethe’s prolific repetition and Shakespeare’s recurring theme of tolerance, noting how repetition reflects enduring beliefs rather than mere novelty. It suggests deep study uncovers what a thinker consistently thinks.
A flour mill description details how wheat is raised to storage bins, cleaned by modern machines, and separated into bran shorts and flour. The process uses a tsucker for ventilation, Archimedean screws for cooling, and steam driven pistons to pack flour into barrels, illustrating the scale of equipment needed.
Brower, long time American consul, notes rapid civilization growth in the Fiji Islands. He cites climate, fertile soil, a population around 154 thousand Polynesians and 3 thousand Europeans, and a strong missionary presence. The 1855 indemnity demand and settlement attempts shaped early colonial moves, with Melbourne capitalists granted 200000 acres to settle and trade, spurring immigration and profits.
John Smedley owner of Lea mill Matlock England writes of a mill with 1000 workers spinning merino hosiery. Operations start at 6, breakfast at 8, prayer and Bible reading, 9 work resumes. Five 10 hour days plus Saturday half day, 65.5 hours weekly. Christmas and Good Friday wages paid. Sick care provided, no strikes, low turnover, workers praised for loyalty and efficiency. He cites neglect of worker welfare as source of disputes between bosses and staff.
An astonished man on a ferry boat leapt as the chains released and landed far on deck. He stood stunned a minute then exclaimed in shock, the crowd realizing he mistook the open water for the slip. The scene, though amusing, shows how a misread moment can yield comic relief.
A rustic visits a large city banking office and asks what is sold. The teller sneers that money is the product. The peasant remarks with irony that the business seems to have only one left.
A wealthy Williamsport man promised a pastor to preach his funeral anywhere. The pastor, unable to attend, implied he could not close his church. At the funeral another preacher led the rite, and the will revealed a thousand dollar bequest to the pastor for preaching the sermon.
Elm Orlou warns against overextending sympathy for others as it drains personal strength and jeopardizes one’s own life. Persistently helping strangers can lead to ingratitude and neglect of one’s own affairs, risking bankruptcy of time, energy, and spirit.
A Chattanooga farmer recalls a war era raid when a stranger admitted taking a silver locket that belonged to the farmer’s dead child. The man, moved to tears, offered twenty dollars for the son’s locket, handed a fifty dollar bill and received thirty dollars in change. He departed, the farmer later finding the bill counterfeit.
Mr John Smith a Chelsea shoe mender received a surprise late Saturday night from friends who presented him with a new peg and braced handle presented for seventy five cents designed by Mr John Jones. John Brown gave a brief speech and Smith replied. The event was noted as highly enjoyable.
The account recounts Richard III's mortal wounds at Kosworth and his broken crown, armor, and defaced features as he was dragged from the slain. His naked body, rope around the neck, was carried to Leicester and shown in the town hall before burial in Gray Friar's church, later desecrated as a watering trough at the White Horse Inn. The White Boar sign was altered to Blue Boar and Blubber Lane name corrupted.
John Smith of California and his son Virgil take a promising young horse around the track. A pig hidden in the brush startles the colt causing Virgil to fall. The father laughs and mocks, while Virgil vows the colt will still run. The elder rider mounts again with Virgil in the brush to imitate a pig and they finish with the colt startled and unseated.
Dr Wall relates a case of biliousness cured by skipping supper and drinking lemonade. The patient woke refreshed each morning, blood cleansed by lemonade and fasting. He argues food can treat many diseases and cites salt for spitting blood, watermelons for yellow fever, celery for kidney issues, and cranberries for affected parts along with other foods to maintain health.
Monty argues that the pursuit of wealth corrupts human virtue from cradle to grave. He calls money the insatiable Moloch consuming humanity, trading sacred affections and even eternal solemnities for profit.
A playful vignette shows a child urging his father to stand on the hearth despite objections. The dialogue reveals the child’s mischievous reasoning about mammals and the desire to surprise his mother, highlighting domestic humor.
Henry IV awards a cordon bleu after a request by the Duke de Nevers. The nobleman, when presented with the collar, says he is not worthy. The king replies that the order is issued to please his cousin De Nevers.
Dr Johnson, in indigent straits, was offered a rectory if he entered orders but refused. He stated his conscience would not allow him to shear the flock he could not feed, acknowledging his temper's asperity and that he lacked requisites for the office.
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