23 Nov 1872
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1872
Page
1
Polly bakes two dozen pies for Thanksgiving including a famed leaf cake and a grand chicken pie. Phil Ralston returns with news of marriage to another, Polly mourns then forgives, and the couple reunites as Jowler the dog signals approval.
In a New England kitchen scene, Cilla, a freed woman, searches for her lost partner Zack during a bustling Thanksgiving. A wandering former soldier from the Union army returns to reveal Zack alive, and Cilla and Zack reunite, embracing freedom and a shared future. The Bakers note the pair as a strengthened, grateful couple now bound to their land and each other.
After a long night of celebration at Farmer Bakers, guests leave at two o'clock. Mrs Baker checks the doors while Cilla sits by the kitchen fire smiling, grateful for her newfound freedom and thanking the mistress for the blessing.
A brief miscellany musing contrasts the busy wind with youth's funeral. The piece laments the death of our own youth pampered by fond desires and ambitious hopes, likening life’s path to a tempting but poisonous cluster.
A reflective piece on how gentle words, though small in daily speech, travel like seeds. They spread beauty to barren places and bring light to lonely moments, carried by a stray thought or chance encounter. The imagery likens words to seeds that grow wherever they land.
A critique of society's bias toward wealth over virtuous poverty. The author laments the widespread choice of riches without wisdom or righteousness, noting it as evidence of selfishness and blindness in humanity.
A man questions the sun’s benefit to a religious man. A laborer answers that the religious man enjoys two suns: one shining on his body and another on his soul, a playful moral about inner virtue and outward light.
An exhortation to seek and savor beauty in all things as a field of blessing. It urges mindful admiration of faces, skies, and flowers as a spiritual practice and source of gratitude.
Scolding serves no one and causes mischief. It stirs tempers among servants and mistresses, leading to poor work and anger. Husbands and children suffer as households empty quickly when scolding prevails. Human nature is frail, and service is trying.
A moral exhortation urges steadfast resolve against spite and scandal. It compares to a celebrated figure who faced foes and advises ignoring slights, blowing away sparks of hostility, and living down prejudice through duty, so former adversaries may soften and acknowledge error.
The piece reflects on how sunshine alters perception and mirrors inner light. It asserts sunlight after storms parallels hope and joy in the soul. It notes every person affects others' happiness and that unselfish acts and Christian charity are sunbeams of the soul.
The piece counsels teachers to avoid harsh judgment toward slow pupils. It urges patience and kindness to foster effort, arguing dull children deserve sympathy not condemnation. It notes such students are typically affectionate and respond to gentle, supportive encouragement.
In New Orleans a sober bird merchant drives two to three hundred canaries ahead of him as they hop along in a drove. He trains the flock through gestures, guiding each bird to the right spot while his shop overflows with birds, snakes, alligators, and other pets. The man raises many birds, buys others from sailors, and dispatches cages via traveling children.
The text advises a wife to thwart her husband’s ambitions with petty refusals and exaggerated woe. It urges emotional manipulation by pretending envy of her former status, crying over expenses, and fretting at his evenings out to cultivate an irritable, distant husband who comes home only for meals and sleep.
The island of St Helena faces desertion as eastern trade wanes and Suez routing draws ships away. With commerce fading and agriculture abandoned, the English government debates keeping Ascension and St Helena as dependencies. The exile site may fade within Napoleon's century after death.
The Marquis of Westminster is furnishing his London home with a ceiling of Spanish mahogany two feet thick and elaborately carved. A cornice of polished ebony three feet wide is included, with a total cost reported as about $11,000.
A Marietta Ohio schoolmaster earns twelve dollars a month and voices fear over continuing to support himself as costs rise and schooling lags behind wages in rural America.
The saying associated with the Duke of Wellington holds that the first turn in the morning should be a turn out. The remark reflects a focus on starting the day by taking action and getting moving.
Borax previously imported from abroad is now reported to exist in inexhaustible quantities in Nevada. The claim highlights the state as a major domestic supplier and could shift regional mining and trade dynamics.
A Michigan couple recently married with jewelry valued at two hundred thousand dollars. The lavish display raises questions about wealth and social norms in a developing country context.
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