Ten Years Ago in Battle Echoes of Pale Faces
Fragmentary verse recalls musketry and frontline courage ten years past. A speaker stands with a walllike formation, preserving homesteads while memories of the battle endure.
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25 Mar 1876
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Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1876
Page
1
A Flower in the Wilderness Blossoms in Meadow Brook
A narrator recalls meeting Lucy Reid Wheeler at Meadow Brook and the hard farmer Joseph Keep. after a family feud, Lucy’s tale of misfortune and a false marriage drives a debtor to mercy. The two seek work, a child appears, and Keep finds love and fatherhood, proving a blossom in the wilderness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Keep
Uncle Charlie
All Meadow Brook
Great Red House
Woodbury
Grandma Deane
Cora
Vera
Lucy Reid
Grandia Deane
Jennie
Justin Keep
Farmer Reid
Reid
Stony Creek
Lucy
Justin
Maine
Meadow Brook
Gera
Fammer
New York State
Squire
Squire Wheeler
Stillman Wheeler
Yender
Tll
Deacon Platt
Aunt Mary
Charlie
Bennie
Leod
Lucy Wheeler
Joseph Keep
Mamma
Wooden wedding prompts town meeting and household farce
A faulty invitation chain ends with a humorous domestic disaster. Mr Bloggs forgets to mail invites for his wedding to Mrs Bloggs, the couple hosts a parlor gathering. guests never arrive, and the scene crescendos with a light quarrel and absurd presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloggs
Bloggs
Brogg
Broggs
Tsays
Melancholy chords and the weight of habit
A reflective piece on how mood and routine intertwine. It notes that sorrow may lack obvious overt signs until it solidifies into unbreakable patterns, suggesting internal struggle and the quiet power of entrenched behavior.
Mountain Tops Shine First The Sun Honors Peaks Before Plains
A reflective line notes the sun gilds mountain summits before it illuminates the plains, emphasizing the order of light and natural prominence of high places.
True Religion As Poetry Of The Heart
The quoted line presents religion as heart poetry with social utility. It claims enchantments for manners, yielding happiness and virtue.
The Cause of Happiness and Misery
The piece argues that medicine can cure when properly applied but may destroy when misused through rashness or ignorance. It emphasizes careful treatment and the balance between healing and harm in medical practice.
Goop Mren Good Men as Human Suns
Read like a reflective tribute praising good men as human suns who brighten others lives. The passage laments fools who fail to recognize their value and notes the heroes’ lasting earthly and heavenly reward despite scarce poetic homage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Heaven
Be Sreapfast about Standing Your Ground in Debate
The piece warns against trying to please all and dodge enemies by changing sides. It argues for independent thinking and wearing your own coat despite winds of opinion. It cautions that vacillating costs more and true independence requires consistency and resolve.
Evergreens in Orchards for Better Crops
An evergreen tree emits warmth and moisture, improving microclimate within an orchard. Plant evergreen trees indiscriminately among fruit trees at distances no more than 150 feet to reduce cold injury and frost risk, promoting healthier trees and more uniform yields. Readers invited to share practical experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fahrenheit
Gabriel
Dan
Beersheba
Palestine
England
Holland
America
Russia
Germany
France
Appreciation as a spur to belief and effort
A Sunday Magazine piece argues that sincere, timely praise from friends and family helps individuals recognize their real talents and pursue success. It emphasizes the moral value of supportive, credible commendation and its uplifting effect on those facing doubt or disappointment.
Legends and the Solomon Temple Site Tale of Brotherly Bounty
A legend linked to the Solomon Temple site tells of two brothers sharing a field of wheat. Each night one of them secretly places the other’s shocks with his own, prompting both to guard the shocks. Their reward is a revered temple and shared wonder at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alassin
Toner
Prison Drag of Two Captains in Libby Prison Story
Two Union captains faced a mock execution in Libby Prison as the Confederate commandant announced a retaliatory death lottery. Captain John W. Sawyer and Captain B. F. Flynn were drawn but spared, enduring weeks of fear before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizpy Parson
B. F. Porter
New Jersey Cavalry
Libby
Port Richmond
Neal Dow
Streight
Irvine
New York
Turner
Ohio
Burnside
John W. Sawyer
Flynn
B. F. Flynn
Sawyer
Winder
Irans
Fitz
Hugh Lee
War Department
Richmold
Toasted backslap at dinner fuels Washington anecdote
An uncle recounts a Revolutionary era scene in New York where Gov Morris playfully slapped George Washington on the back. The room fell silent as Washington responded to a wager about a liberty with the general, ending with a quiet breakup of the gathering. The narrator, John Cochrane, notes his deceased relative Major James Cochrane witnessed the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Cochrane
Army
New York
John Cochrane
Military Hospital of
Gov. Morris
Man’s fortune tilts heads of friends and foes alike
A proverb-like remark noting that a man’s good luck may win him attention while misfortune often shields his associates. It contrasts how fortune shifts perception among those near him.
Advertising Rates and Submission Rules Updated
Public notices explain advertising charges for a week and subsequent insertions. Rates include a dollar per square for initial placements, twenty five cents per square for each later insertion, with twelve lines per square. Yearly ads limited to immediate business. submissions due by Thursday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana Jemente
Dr Pierce’s World’s Dispensary and its medical reach
The passage explains that Dr. Pierce’s proprietary remedies cover many chronic ailments but some severe cases require thorough examination and specific treatments. It notes the World’s Dispensary in Buffalo with a specialized faculty for throat and lungs, kidneys, digestion, nervous system, and eye and ear diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Sage
Buffalo
N. Y
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