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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1871
Page
1
A short tribute by William J. Tilley honors G. R. Meneely with a quiet dedication and ceremonial note reflecting esteem and friendship.
In a city two poor friends Andreas the porter with a huge nose and Caspar the humpback cobbler trade harrowing complaints about misfortune. After a quarrel over who suffers more, a small comic figure sits atop Andreas nose, offering an unexpected turn to their plight.
A dwarf offers a swap of faults with two men Andreas and Caspar after they befriend him. They exchange hump and long nose for a chance at wealth via a wishing tree. Misused wishes strain marriages, bring riches then reveal the folly of envy, ending in renewed contentment and a proverb.
A miscellany meditation notes that each new day brings an unknown future with unborn thoughts hopes and actions whose consequences may echo beyond the present. The piece ponders how today’s reflections may endure and shape eternity.
A preacher compares efforts to quit bad habits to scraping frost from windows. He urges kindling the fire of love to God and neighbor through prayer, so true change and melted one habit follow naturally.
The piece defines true Christian faith as external divine gift rather than inherent endowment. It describes faith as spiritual, renewing the soul, shaping character, and directing conduct toward heavenly rewards. It contrasts earthly honors with eternal crowns and urges heavenly delight over earthly pleasures.
A Herald and Presbyter correspondent recounts a Unit ed Brethren preacher who dodged rebuking noisy congregants after recalling a past mistake. He had once rebuked a laughing young man who turned out to be an idiot, teaching him to fear missteps in church discipline.
The piece urges teaching children that labor builds property and that careful preservation and steady effort lead to growing comforts. It advocates showing a thrifty, industrious couple in a neat cottage as an example of honest labor creating independence and rising prosperity over time.
A Chinese tale describes a father leaving seventeen elephants to three sons in unequal fractions one half one third and one ninth. A neighbor adds one elephants to make eighteen then assigns nine to the eldest two to the second and two to the youngest, leaving all elephants equal to the original seventeen after the neighbor takes his own.
A fragmentary historical notice presents a satirical or cautionary list of maxims about government, debt, secrecy, forgiveness, passion, and temperance. It critiques public behavior and personal conduct with pointed aphorisms about legality, politics, and moderation in spirits.
A theatre night with a family pet inspired a quirky anecdote. The child Frankie, moved inside though not crying openly, confessed she felt sorrow inside, leaving observers amused by a quiet, inner reaction to the stage tragedy.
A sharp businessman named Pitts tries to buy a wife as he tests the market. He visits a female acquaintance and proposes marriage, then declares he will “look about” and return only if he finds someone better suited. The woman accepts, citing his status and prospects.
An old frog and a field mouse debate the sounds of geese owls and crickets. The mouse defends the noises as pleasant while noting the frog’s croaking is especially harsh. The tale ends with the mouse conceding frogs croak louder than the others.
Sir Astley Cooper, visiting Paris, is told by the surgeon in chief that he has performed a feat once and saved eleven of a hundred sixty operations. The Frenchman says he saves none but the operation is brilliant, implying ministers and fame may be praised despite limited results.
An inveterate drunkard asks a Quaker for a cure. Broadbrim says it is as easy as keeping the hand open. When a glass of gin tempts, he should open and keep the hand open, breaking the glass but not breaking sobriety laws.
A new side drum was introduced in England with a single steel head. It is powered by sticks with India rubber tips and claimed to resist damp and temperature changes, be practically indestructible, and tune more easily than conventional drums. One prize in a recent volunteer encampment reportedly featured the drum.
The Louisville Courier Journal disputes Joaquin Miller’s claim that he sings because he cannot help it. It suggests he could avoid poetry by taking an editorial job, implying true divine poet fire would fade if he quit.
A man fails to carve a fowl and rants about buying an old hen as a young chick en. His wife defends Mr B H who planted the town’s first corn hill, while the husband insists the hen scratched it up.
A Louisville Courier Journal report describes a spring six miles east of Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, at the base of the Cumberland Mountains. The well overflows daily between four and five pm with ebullition and carburetted hydrogen gas that flames when lit. The phenomenon, repeated for years, defies explanation though one theory links atmospheric pressure shifts to gas release. The water tastes saline yet remains cold after flaming.
A grieving husband, seeking to prove joy in life after illness, orders pallbearers to bear his wife’s body. Slippery pavement on a sharp turn causes a fatal fall, the wife dies, and the husband endures a grim vigil. In summer he again leads the cortege and whispers to the bearers to ease the corner.
An American bound vessel carries many Irish emigrants from a port in Ireland. A head wind delayed departure until steam-tugs were unknown. A frightened young Irishman Pat rushed on deck crying Och while the mate urged him to move. He feared being left in the cellar below.
A Yankee topsail schooner en route to Leghorn out-sailed an English nobleman’s yacht on a pleasure cruise in the Mediterranean. The English lord Milor toasted Brother Jonathan’s health while the Yankee skipper joked that his craft had never beaten anything before. The two captains shared wine and good humor after the race.
A five year old questions if expressions like by telegraph constitute oaths. The grandmother explains that terms with by are oaths, and when the child asks if by telegraph is an oath she replies that it is only lying, not an oath.
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