22 Nov 1879
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1879
Page
1
John and Peggy Donnel shelter a misted stranger on a stormy night a helpless boy who proves faithful and industrious. He is named Niel, helps the family prosper, and when a cattle heist is solved he is scornfully treated. A late test of mercy costs them their luck.
He who blackens others does not whit en himself Pintosophy is the attainment of truth by the way of reason. It is more honorable to acknowledge our faults than boast of our merits. Improve the wit you have bought at a clear rate, and the wisdom you have gained by a sad experience. In matters of love and appetite, be ware of surfeit. Nothing contributes so much to the duration of either as moderation in their gratification.
A Christian woman feels discouraged when she cannot share a heavenly experience. Her pastor cautions that each person is unique and should be oneself. The piece urges Christians to stop comparing themselves to others and to embrace individual differences for peace and effectiveness.
General Sherman spoke on his brother Charles's Mansfield law office and John Sherman's early path to the bar. A young learner, supported by his brother, saved money for clothes, travel, and hotel to appear in Columbus, pass a flattering exam, and form a Mansfield co partnership.
In Frazer's Magazine Mrs. Brassey recounts meeting a Bedouin of the Ben Issacher tribe on a hillside journey. The rider showcases arms and horsemanship, offers to sell a silverbound spear, and demonstrates lance work. He gifts a crescent charm before noting a wish to confront two travelers alone, dampening the party's sense of safety.
A historical note explains how life assurance tables estimate expected years of life. It lists approximate remaining years at ages 1 through 80, noting averages, occasional premature deaths, and that results reflect ordinary individuals rather than extremes.
John Lather of Dorsey county recounts a singular Little Rock Gazette story about his deaf daughter who lost voice years ago. She speaks in her sleep revealing daily household events, while waking silences return. A local youth, once seen as her suitor, mourns when she can talk only in slumber.
A loyal Boston boy walked the Common every morning for years, despite weather, ate oatmeal and loved mince pie. He shunned strangers not of the real Boston breed, staying silent on the doorstep until they left, then darting inside.
The writer argues that many people rely on the newspaper for opinions instead of thinking for themselves, likening it to buying ready made clothes rather than tailoring beliefs. The piece critiques herd mentality and urges individual judgment.
The hammock is affordable and practical for all households and ages. It should hang in afternoon shade with careful head to feet height for comfort. For children use a low setup, for adults keep the head higher than the feet and ropes sized to create the best curve.
A historical quip advises writers on publication etiquette. It warns to include your name, avoid knocking at printers doors, not loiter or damage type, refrain from reading proofs, not ask authorship, and resist begging for free copies. It notes editors provide news without prompting and condemns deadhead copies as cheap.
A Macmillan Magazine reflection on editors facing scant justice and mixed praise. It notes editors endure outside censure while protecting staff, often withholding passages they dislike to honor loyal writers, and the public’s blame when issues disappoint or praise when a piece shines.
A fragment notes that the struggle to maintain appearances is a strong factor in deteriorating health among women, highlighting social pressures on women’s wellbeing and the impact of public image.
A Loston Transcript item enumerates types of people desired in a community, from a clergy who can preach without Galileo references to a woman who accepts trimmings but cannot discuss them aloud. It profiles editors, pencils, married and unmarried individuals, a prudent pocket knife, and a mother and father modeling restraint and duty.
A gawky man leaning against a wood pile is challenged by a passenger seeking revenge for a stolen dog. The confrontation ends when the man delivers a single swift blow, knocking his pursuer into the river, then nonchalantly asks if anyone else is looking for him.
The article traces wheat’s arrival before Columbus, noting grains reached Mexico by 1430 via a Cortez slave, then Peru through Maria Escobar, and Quito through Fray Sodo so Rixi. It cites early plantings and seeds preserved by Quito monks, and that wheat entered the present United States with English and Dutch settlements.
A brief portrait describes Wilkie Collins writing daily in a Gloucester Place mansion. He stopped night writing and smoking due to ghosts and fatigue, preferring to finish each day’s work before rest. The article notes his second floor work room where he conducts the “small trade” of crafting fiction.
The Public Ledger of Philadelphia argues that school success lies in a lively atmosphere created by teachers rather than in books. It urges 2000 city teachers to foster clear thinking, fact observation, and independent answers, noting the shift from routine methods. Emphasis falls on primary classes as the work begins.
In Rochester a famed resident Peter Crag ate a 25.5 pound watermelon in thirteen minutes after ex-Alderman J Howard offered to pay for the fruit if he finished it. Bets tumbled as spectators watched the feat at a streetfront display.
On the first day of last January a youth aged 18, earning 300 dollars yearly, received a 50 dollar gift from his employer. He urged investing in stocks rather than saving. By yesterday he showed 4500 dollars after selling on a rising market. A Boston capitalist once wealthy, then ruined, now regains prospects, likened to Daniel Drew and Jacob Little.
A foreign journal describes winter life in Cabal Afghanistan as idle and frugal. Inhabitants subsist on dried fruits, gather around a sanduli a fire vessel or a ground hole with charcoal as fuel. A shared table, quilts, and longhis create a warm, makeshift living space. Last winter Mir Akhar died from a burn at such a fire.
Parker and his wife were working in a field while their two children stayed home. The children warned of a boogger at the house, but the parents dismissed the fear. Returning inside they found a large black wolf lying on the floor with its head on the hearth and, after a stone was thrown, the animal did not move and was found dead.
A man in Philadelphia paid $320 for a pure-blooded bird dog with a long tail. The next-door neighbor killed the dog with a brick in the hen house within two days of the purchase, while the young thoroughbred was reportedly eating eggs. The report notes blood is rare in dogs as in battle.
A Reader’s letter praises Hop Bitters claiming the product cured a long illness in two months and kept her well for eighteen months, noting the wife’s urgent insistence and the author’s satisfaction with being humbugged again. The anecdote showcases early 19th century patent medicine rhetoric from St. Paul.
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