04 Nov 1871
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1871
Page
1
Poem praising divine blessing on fields and toil. It contrasts grandeur of nature with humble human labor and asks what is given in return for suffering and sowing. A devotional meditation on providence, harvest, and earthly Home.
A backwoods Georgia planter guides a Boston tale to a pool known as Frog Pond where a weathered apple seller toils with a willow basket. Her tale of poverty faith and charity follows a stranger who aids her family and learns a Christian revelation through acts of kindness and sacrifice.
The Susquehanna River through Pennsylvania is praised as grand yet useless. The North Branch joins with the West Branch near Allegheny headwaters. The West Branch valley runs from Northumberland to Lock Haven with varied scenery and distant towns Danville Lewisburg Milton visible from Blue Hill.
Miscellany notes praise sun baths as a remedy for headaches neuralgia and dyspepsia while urging moral progress through overcoming evil with good. It reflects on early Christians transforming sun festivals and discusses music instruments from ancient harps to grand organs and cultural musical progress.
The article cites Milton’s blindness from overwork and dyspepsia and urges careful eye care. It advises avoiding sudden light changes, reading away from bright sources, lighting from above, not reading at twilight, and not forcing eye effort. It recommends rubbing only if eyelids cling, using warm water, and washing the face after waking.
The article recalls Thomas Jefferson's later years, his Monticello retreat, modest income, generous hospitality, and ongoing duties as he faced debts. It notes his pivotal role in founding the University of Virginia and his lifelong commitment to education for white Virginians. He dies July 4, 1826, eight decades old, near Adams in a shared national anniversary.
A Nile fishing method uses a windlass boat with a buoyed goose and shark hooks. The goose attracts a crocodile, the line is hauled in after a struggle, and a shot is fired into the crocodile’s eye to end the chase.
The quotation contrasts a boy pulling a heavy sled uphill for the fleeting thrill of riding down with the example of a young man who toils through the week and spends his wages on Saturday night. It emphasizes prudent labor versus frivolous ease.
The report notes a meeting with Company W despite mixed impressions. It emphasizes the need to maximize outcomes from the engagement and to pursue practical solutions and partnerships, outlining cautious optimism and a focus on concrete next steps.
The iron gray Scotch terrier Pinch, owned by the late Hod Morse of Memphis, showed a remarkable display of grief upon seeing his master's body. The dog walked to the coffin, removed the cloth from Hod’s face, leaned over him, and began licking Hod in a poignant, mournful scene witnessed by Morse’s friends.
Reports from Meshed describe a famine that has killed about 80 000 people in a city of 120 000, with 20 000 fled and others enslaved by Turcoman and Afghan bands. The Shah’s hunting amid distress provokes seditious cries. the vizier is tortured, and bakers burned during grain shortages, leaving hunger unsatisfied.
The article notes Encke's comet will reach perihelion in January and be visible telescopically months earlier. Its period is about three years and a quarter, with a closest sun distance of 32 million miles and farthest distance near 387 million miles. It mentions a slight shortening of the period over eighty years and debates ether theory and solar system fate. A parable about a mother and her son follows.
The tale recalls Cooper meeting Gen Lafayette in 1888 while a wary Louis Napoleon Bonaparte slipped away. Lafayette joked that Louis sought to marry his granddaughter to unite factions, while Clementine later married into diplomacy. Fortune later crowned Louis Napoleon as ruler, then exile again, and Clementine became Austrian ambassador’s wife.
A method converts pure rubber into a paste resembling ivory by dissolving in chloroform, saturating with ammonia gas to bleach, washing, drying, and reprocessing with chloroform. The paste is mixed with phosphate of lime or zinc carbonate, pressed in hot molds, and colored to imitate coral, wood, or other materials.
In a British Tichborne trial moment a governess testifying to the claimant’s identity faced sharp questions from the solicitor-general. When asked if the young man was polite to ladies she replied that gentlemen always are polite, provoking a loud courtroom laugh as the exchange highlighted class and gender tensions.
A cattle dealer named Favier and a farmer named Telford riding together were accosted on a public road between Appleby and Ashby. Favier faced the robber’s demand while Telford sprang from behind and knocked the assailant down, leaving the bandit jailed in Appleby.
A newlywed couple travels to Switzerland for their honeymoon. On a high peak ascent the bride, who had never climbed before, is carried by guides with her eyes blindfolded. The groom speaks softly as the danger unfolds, asking why happiness fades above the snow line.
Lorenzo Dow confronted a supposed theft during a preaching engagement. He claimed a man’s watch was stolen the night before and used a hidden stone to threaten the audience. A man in the crowd ducked, a search found the watch in his pocket, and the incident ended as a public exposure.
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