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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1882
Page
1
Cloves grow on tall evergreen trees native to Malacca now cultivated across Indian Ocean spice islands. Most production comes from Amboyna in Ternate. prices rise due to crop failures in Ternate and Acheen war. Cloves are flower buds dried to a brown color and sold, not the fruit.
In Spruceville, a secret sin scare erupts as Deacon Pilgrove and Miss Strickland confront Parson Howard over nightly visits to a back chamber reported with lights and sounds. The parson reveals his sin is smoking and a harmless gym routine, exposing town gossip and exposing their propriety.
A miscellany of maxims on effort, self mastery, and virtue. It urges perseverance and wisdom, urges aiding the drunkard toward reform, and contrasts paganism with Christianity focusing on love, justice, and holiness as the core of faith. It cites Rev. Dr. Deems on Sinai and Calvary and the contrast between fear and love in religion.
Johnny Sansome, a Folsom prison convict, spent nine months secretly hollowing a hole under his cell floor. He used a smuggled chisel and a wooden bar to breach granite, then entered a three foot thick stone sewer blocked with cement. After six more months of digging, he finally reached the sewer and escaped but was recaptured within three hours by an officer.
Frank White of Leadville recounts a perilous Grand River journey during a deep snowstorm. Lost for days, he survived by burrowing into a snow bank using latent heat to protect his body, then slept through a frigid night and resumed his trek with frostbitten fingers healed by sheltering snow. Industrial Mexico and other topics follow in editorial notes.
A tale contrasts frugal eating with plenty, recounting Colonel Fitzgibbon living on sixpence daily after remittances failed. He made bread and sugar puddings, milk used for one meal, and survived a month until funds arrived. Similar anecdotes cite ten dollars per year for Johnny cake and seven dollars for thirteen weeks of rice and corn bread, arguing luxuries drive costs more than necessities.
A matron recalls a blind inmate who learned to feed herself. A cat watched her meal for days and then stealthily stole a morsel, leaving the girl unaware. The cat concluded the girl could not see and used reasoning to steal dinner, as noted by Nature.
A reflective meditation on death and the Christian voyage from earthly sorrow to heavenly rest. The speaker envisions crossing from stormy life to an unbroken shore and the celestial air of immortality as they meet God’s hand.
An advertisement touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a reliable remedy for obstinate coughs colds and throat and lung irritation promising relief to users.
Dr Myers of Paterson New Jersey was summoned at midnight to treat a woman in agony after swallowing sixteen false upper teeth. After scans and searches proved no injury, the teeth were found inside a pillowcase lining, causing immediate recovery and the doctor’s dismissal.
A letter from H T of St Paul in the Pioneer Press says after beginning Hep Bitters his wife, previously ailing, recovered in less than two months and has stayed well for eighteen months. He condemns such humbugging and praises the cure.
A London Truth tale recounts a gentleman who suspects theft at Rome’s Coliseum arcade only to discover the thief had his own watch, which the man had forgotten to wear. In the end the robber is chased, the watch recovered, and the man earns a boastful nickname for the comic misdirection.
Druggists Cyrus Lawall & Son Easton Pa and Christine & Boping Trenton N J endorse Ely's Cream Balm as superior to rivals for Catarrh Hay Fever and related ailments. Advertisers claim widespread praise from customers including a man with over 40 years of Catarrh who improved significantly. Price listed at 50 cents. Feb 28 1881.
Mr Joseph Jefferson is an actor and skilled artist who carries painting materials on professional tours. He spends odd minutes sketching and often visits picture stores. This season he travels with fellow actors who sketch and paint, and his special car is equipped with easels for all.
The advertisement proclaims blood purity as vital to overall health, claiming diseases arise from an obstructed cause. Hood's Sarsaparilla is presented as renewing blood vitality, eradicating impurities and scrofula, and preventing illnesses, sold by dealers.
A young boy testified in an Austin justice court that the affray occurred on a Sunday. He explained he used the saloon back door to obtain beer, not the front entrance.
The Father notes that as a girl his mother gave her sulphur and molasses to purify the blood, and now she gives Sulphur Bit ters to her grandchildren, calling it the best medicine she has ever seen.
A witty exchange wonders where a biblical act text lies. A boy suggests hatchets as the source, then corrects to Acts, preferring the idea of a cut. The pun riffs on cutting and scripture, delivering a lighthearted moment.
An old advertisement extols San ford's Radical Cure as a pure balsamic remedy for consumption and related catarrh. The copy emphasizes its efficacy and frames decline from illness as linked to neglected catarrh, urging use of the remedy.
Parsons Exterminator clears rats mice and ants from barns granaries and houses in a single night. Advertises no fear of bad smells and claims to be the best and cheapest vermin killer in the world. Sold everywhere.
In 1608 Hans Lippersheim, a Dutch optician from Middleburg on Walcheren, and his daughter accidentally discovered the telescope while experimenting with lenses. He built a pasteboard tube housing two lenses set at their focal distance and sent three telescopes to the government. Jacob Adriaz or Metius claimed prior discovery, but Lippersheim’s quick wit and his daughter's chance observation likely birthed the instrument.
In parts of New Jersey goats are placed in sheep-pens to deter wolves and dogs. The experiment in Hunterdon and Somerset counties shows goats with strong butting power drive off dogs, two goats enough for moderate flocks. The goats confront intruders, send dogs rolling, and the flock remains calmer than before.
A Nevada miner named Rowe, badly injured weeks ago in the Forman shaft, suffers nightly from imagined blasts. He told his doctor he feels some improvement, noting he now dies only once per night instead of two or three times. The physician says such trauma hinders sleep in explosion victims.
A correspondent asks if good character has value and notes that with recent backing circle developments it is prudent to keep doors locked when a man of good character is present, indicating wary sentiment about trust and security.
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