20 May 1876
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1876
Page
1
Simon Wadso returns home to a disaster as his wife launches a spring cleaning with carpets up, fire out, and chaos. Amid torn clothes and a broken stove pipe, Wadso endures a chaotic night of cleaning, injuries, and a soggy supper, ending with a ruined bed and a splash of fish.
Wadso endures a clumsy morning as a baseless row and clumsy stairs cast him into comic domestic chaos. A neighbor and Mrs. W react amid a change of mood before a regional political essay argues that labor and moral progress must rebuild the New South.
A reflective piece urges pleasant conduct as essential in life. It warns that relying on future trouble or happiness can mislead people, urging present steadiness and prudence.
The adage notes that cheerfulness sharpens thinking and improves appearance. It links a sunny mood with clearer judgment, brighter expression, and a more attractive overall bearing.
The mind possesses vegetative power that must be actively shaped. If not cultivated into a beautiful garden it will grow weeds or wild flowers on its own.
A reflection on the value of a cheerful home highlighting harmony in the domestic circle and the duty of each person to foster amicable family relations. The piece urges calm, positive interactions to enhance happiness at home.
The passage extols balance in art and life, urging when practice ends and we move forward. It warns against both excess and deficiency, stressing finishing well while advancing beyond past efforts.
A small wild bird entered the Grand Union Hotel dining hall at Saratoga and could not escape for six days. Despite open entrances and servants' efforts, the bird fluttered among chandeliers as guests dined below and died of starvation, later picked up from the floor.
The text asserts that true value is measured by fire and vigor of injury memory and resolve to live or achieve. It argues extraordinary actions spring from the heart and that seasons arise when reason fails and emotion provides safety.
A historic anecdote recounts Fox asking Hopkinson to craft patriotic verses to the president's march in 1798. Hopkinson writes the verses, Mrs. Hopkinson sets them to piano, and Fox performs to a packed house amid roaring applause. The song becomes a citywide anthem.
The text praises French household economy noting careful portioning of bones and leftovers, frugal guests handling, efficient stove use, and saving small surpluses. It claims cooking is both an economical and sanitary science and suggests French cuisine supports national financial resilience compared to American wasteful habits.
A New Orleans crowd watched a mouse caught by a spider’s web at Greatman street near Marigny. The spider used a thread pulley to hoist the mouse about an inch as hours passed, leaving it suspended despite the weight. The event, witnessed by spectators, ended with the shop closed and the spider still at work.
An French artificial coal facility yields about 200000 tons yearly using a 10 ton per hour machine powered by 80 horses. Weighing 65 tons, the unit produces coal bricks with heating equal or superior to natural coal, washing removes five percent impurities and ash content is six to seven percent. Used by railways, navy, and households for cleanliness and high heat.
Paris newspapers marvel at an American Buffalo grooming machine that cleans and grooms horses in under three minutes. Stables buy many units as horses reportedly calm under the device, marking a major time and labor saving.
An exchange requests a person to create a dance for the girls, promising lively participation. The idea shows young ladies dancing around the house while helping the old lady with breakfast, dishes, and laundry in a wash-tub scene.
Readable passages describe a state coach said to have served Queen Elizabeth I from 1492, later used by James II and Charles I, captured at Marston Moor, moved to Boston, loaned for state occasions, and eventually preserved by archaeologists in Salem along with Mehitable Higginson’s harpsichord.
The article recounts Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena with vivid details of his appearance, noting his height around five seven, corpulent but well proportioned, yellow complexion, sharp eyes, and his habit of shaving to the ears. It also describes his enjoyment of the climate and water, his solitary walks, and his occasional acts of charity toward passersby and workers.
A Florida correspondent for the Hartford Times describes a twilight voyage by a negro pilot guiding a lighted craft up a dark river. The pine fire casts dramatic shadows on water and trees, startling cranes and limpkins, and yielding a eerie, unforgettable sense of night and mystery.
A Pittsburgh Ledger critique repeats metropolitan pressures urging country young men to move to cities. It mocks farm life duties and portrays urban temptations, promising a chance to steal an overcoat after enduring curbstone summers, lunch spots, and earfuls from street life.
A historical piece argues that compressing children's feet harms circulation, causes headaches and weak eyes, and stresses the cost of ill fitting footwear. It urges freedom of movement in clothing and footwear, notes parental economic misjudgments, and consoles owners of unattractive hands or feet by valuing well made work over appearances.
A Western editor accuses his rival of being mean enough to steal the swill from a blind hog. The rival fires back saying he knows the editor lies and he never stole swill.
Symptoms of catarrh listed as dull headaches nasal obstruction and various discharges. Claims Dr Pierce's Nasal Douche and Golden Medical Discovery plus Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy cure even long standing cases. Presents as scientific safe method for treatment.
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