02 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1886
Page
1
In a Beechville summer, Roselle’s flirtations drive Standing to heartbreak as Roselle accepts Hugh Hamilton’s proposal. Hamilton defends Roselle’s name, sparking a romance, while Standing wrestles with jealousy and a looming betrothal that Roselle ultimately rejects to wed Hamilton.
A Miscellany reflects on health as central to living and warns against undermining faith. It extols laughter as a bridge between day and night and quotes a Universalist chapter on homiletics about preaching that suggests more than it says. It argues for good nature, truth, good sense, and breeding as esteem builders and calls for steadfast effort and self denial.
A reflective line notes that a idle person feels entitled to respect when a busy person cannot devote equal time to him, framing entitlement and time use as a clash between leisure and obligation.
A reflective meditation compares wisdom to an ocean without shore, a horizonless prospect, a center that exists everywhere, and a circumference that is nowhere, suggesting limitless understanding beyond boundaries.
The text urges pruning both old and young trees in a spiritual plantation to remain faithful through life seasons, aligning with discipline and growth across time. It frames pruning as necessary for steadfast devotion and maturity in faith.
A terse reflective line urges action now, comparing unfulfilled desire to danger. It cautions that delaying effort invites misfortune, using imagery of a wolf and a sheep to stress mortality and the need to pursue good deeds today before time runs out.
The piece traces Jay Gould growing up near the Delaware headwaters in a cattle region, limited schooling but strong educational aims, composing a county history, making maps, and working as a surveyor. He enters tanning, acquires an old railroad, then sells it, leading to railroad property gains and later business moves.
A practical rule advises faithfulness in small tasks. Tidy the workplace by collecting scraps and be willing to help briefly when needed. Indispensability to the employer earns security, while those who skimp time or waste resources lose future work.
The article presents sun and cloud interpretations for predicting weather, including red dawns and halos, versus clear mornings and mist. It also contrasts weather lore with the need for proper eyewear fitting by experts, urging professional eye care and referring to the New York Optical Institute.
The article extols protecting the eye as nature’s masterpiece and urges consulting a skilled optician for diagnosis and proper glasses. It warns that improper selection of eyewear can worsen vision and emphasizes using art and science to restore lost sight or improve imperfect vision.
The article argues that girls should be allowed the same activities as boys up to a certain age, urging mothers to guide rather than thwart girls. It notes the value of strength and exercise for girls, while warning against excessive roughness, and highlights nurturing equality within early development. In Northampton County Pennsylvania slate cutting grows as a major industry with skilled splitters and dressers shaping roofing slates and school slates using diamond saws and planers.
A young woman lured by an ad for a seamstress gained work but learned her mother, a minister's widow, died from exhaustion. She refused alms, saying she was born a lady, and died in a city where many would have helped. The piece urges finding discreet relief methods for the needy.
The passage argues nasal membrane diseases require non irritating treatment and condemns douches snuffs powders syringes and astringents as irritating and ineffective. It promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a radical permanent cure supported by many sufferers.
A modern wit notes that a man pays forty cents for a twenty five cent item he desires while a woman pays twenty five cents for a forty cent item she does not want. The remark contrasts money and value in gendered purchasing behavior with sharp humor.
An old advertisement touts a medical guide, claiming it is the best medical book of one hundred pages with colored plates. It promises delivery after sending three 2-cent stamps to cover postage to A P Ordway and Co in Boston.
A reflection urges harmony in laughter, noting that a refined, musical laugh reflects gentleness and self-cultivation. It warns against loud harsh laughs in new communities and argues laughter should begin the journey toward daily cultural refinement.
The rapid sales are attributed to Hood's Sarsaparilla itself and the strong evidence of remarkable cures. Consumers are urged to request the company book from C L Hood & Co. in Lowell Massachusetts containing many cure statements.
C E Upton of Nashua New Hampshire reports eye humor relief after using Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and calls it the best blood purifier. Harris of Creel City Ramsey County Dakota says he suffered with dyspepsia for three years and began use six months ago.
A Tokio bookseller advertises advantages of his shop with exaggerated claims, mirroring a sensational era sales pitch. A Harrisburg, Illinois man reports recovery from a long leg ailment after using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve, praising the remedies' effects. Prices cited: Electric Bitters fifty cents a bottle and Arnica Salve twenty five cents per box, sold by J. H. Young & Co.
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