27 May 1871
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1871
Page
1
A nostalgic poem centers on an aged tree by the speaker's birth home. The tree shelters youth, evokes family memories, and connects past and present. The speaker finds comfort and identity in the tree, imagining it as a living link to a deceased father and departed brothers.
Official record of Rhode Island laws enacted during the January 1871 session. Summarizes statute titles and enactments with formal citations.
A bitter winter night and a mistaken carriage spark a grand misdirection. June Tracy travels to meet unknown relatives and falls for Fred Buswell after a comic yet tender error. Eva Buswell and Prudence Griswald temper the romance as illness and fortune redraw the family map, ending in a quiet but firm engagement and a rebuilt life at the Griswald mansion.
A cheerful household is not confined to city or country but arises where all under one roof share the duty to contribute to everyone's happiness. It takes effort and forbearance, yet yields lasting reward as the dearest spot on earth.
Miss Bremer extols knowledge as a universal fountain that will quench mankind’s thirst, bring peace and joy, and health to civilization. It promises clear vision and a restful destiny, inviting fortune favored individuals to drink and feel at home anywhere with friends, nature, and antiquity accessible.
A critique of daughters idle lives and mothers overworked, urging responsibility and duty. The text argues against blaming fate or God for roles and urges readers to rise above troubles, embracing work and service in line with moral guidance attributed to Mary Ames Aiken.
A speaker argues health powers achievement, saying steady circulation and strong digestion let intellect and effort shine. He notes few people combine heroic intellect with tough bodies, insisting energy with talent yields more than talent alone in any field. A strong body enhances judgment, imagination, and eloquence.
Bishop Lowth lauds Isaiah as a superb model of prophetic poetry. He highlights elegance and sublimity, force and ornament, elevation of sentiment, and clarity amid obscurity. The lines praise Hebrew meter and call Isaiah the exemplar of wisdom and beauty.
A passage on lessons from nature and virtue explains water air metals soil and life improving with use. It cites Barrow and asserts faculties flourish only with continual exercise, linking effort to success wealth honor wisdom virtue and salvation as divine rewards.
An exchange offers a home remedy to rid old bedsteads of bedbugs. Pound green tomato vines into pulp, stain the bedstead with the juice, fill crevices with vine pieces, and lay leaves under the slats. Reapply twice yearly to keep clear of bugs.
An editorial urges rapid payment of small overdue bills to lubricate commerce. It argues that prompt discharge of debt, including newspaper bills, would renew cash flow, stimulate markets, and end the current cautious pause in trade, with money already in hand ready to be spent.
A satirical survey contrasts New England climate talk with Rufus Choate style observations on dramatic shifts in weather. It then condemns officious people who meddle in health and home matters, offering comic examples of unsolicited medical and domestic advice.
A historic note describes an accompany table of letters by columns A to Z used to spell names. It details how to locate the first letter in upright columns, sum the top letters’ positions when the letter appears in multiple columns, and repeat to reveal the full name Jane as an example. The passage claims the table will arouse curiosity among readers unfamiliar with the explanations.
An Italian bishop explains his happiness rests on a single practice. He looks up to heaven to recall his earthly goal, then down to earth to see his small footprint, and finally outward to others to compare burdens, ending with gratitude. This discipline keeps him content through trials.
Observations declare the healthiest people are those most fully employed, for both women and men in mental or physical labor. The saying it is better to wear out than to rush out holds, yet rusting out proves faster than wearing out as disease thrives on sluggish blood and idle muscles.
A proverb notes a PoG is deemed mad if he refuses a drink, while a man is labeled mad when he drinks too much. The saying contrasts restraint and excess in social judgment.
A father teaches Robert by showing a rotten seventh apple spoiling six good ones that were left to mellow. Eight days later the good apples rot, proving bad company corrupts. Robert learns to avoid wicked peers and stays apart from bad friends.
A short stark sermon traces Frank, a once promising youth, drawn to drinking, lured by ridicule, and ruined within six months. On Thanksgiving he returns home to drink and ends in a hut fire with a drunken companion, both perishing in flames.
A moral vignette contrasts two men who begin alike but choose differently. One keeps cool and succeeds while the other drinks and descends into ruin. Near the end the drunkard laments the luck of others and his own failures.
A May 12 Erie railroad accident in Buffalo killed five children and severely injured twenty adults. A freight train delaying to recouple an emigrant car and caboose twice broke loose, then collided as the signal was reset, crushing the surrounding cars. The report notes a chain of mistaken actions and warnings linked to the down grade collision.
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