03 Oct 1874
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1874
Page
1
A narrator buys a haunted Hungarian castle to find a mad staff and a mute girl named Viola. A hidden world sundered by secret passages, an enchanted song, and a living dream guides him. Viola reveals a sheltering rescue and a path to marriage vows.
A compact column of moral sayings urges letting go of past misfortunes to achieve happiness. It notes that wisdom begins with the agitation of thought and warns against being trapped by passion.
A sharp Holmes quip compares social noise to mob law and propriety to the magistrate reading the riot act, illustrating chaos and order with a wry legal analogy.
The passage argues that happiness comes from cheerful passions and hopeful joy, while sorrow and fear represent real poverty. It asserts that true wealth lies in a hopeful and joyful disposition rather than in gloom and melancholy.
A maxims style remark arguing that a person who never alters opinions or recognizes personal faults will not extend charity to condemn the errors of others. The aphorism emphasizes self-awareness as basis for fair judgment.
The passage argues that a false gravity indicates a serious symptom and compares slow rivers gathering mud to a rigid, unvarying life. It suggests that constant stiffness in life signals deep mental stagnation or muddiness at the brain’s bottom.
The appeal of flowers transcends mere surroundings as people instinctively gather blossoms and cherish their fragrance and beauty from youth to old age. The impulse to possess and bring flowers closer reflects a timeless human affinity for nature’s blooms.
The quote argues that praise without judgment weakens the mind and flatters a false sense of greatness. It warns that flattery blinds a person to the critical scrutiny that reveals the flaws in his ideas and theories.
A moral exhortation urges vigilance over daily duties. The speaker commands thrice reviewing yesterday’s transactions and asks self interrogations about deviations from right conduct. It concludes with admonition to trouble over wrongs and rejoice over good done.
The piece cites Gail Hamilton on how children spoil without lasting harm when stock is strong, noting nature values substance over training. It recalls a personal anecdote of a child slapping a kiss and the lesson that adults overstep liberties yet demand perfect propriety from youngsters. Two maxims conclude the excerpt: do not borrow trouble and avoid a newspaper.
An 1874 London Standard correspondent recounts a sixty strong party’s descent from Place du Chatelet into Paris sewers. They ride in horse drawn, lamp lit carriages under Rue Rivoli to the Concorde and Madeleine, noting clean walls and practical safety measures amid foul air and wet steps.
A lumber merchant's daughter travels with a Pennsylvanian and a Western suitor. The old man notes how a mountain once worth ten thousand dollars in timber is now stumped and worthless, claiming the girl’s dowry financed her upbringing. He concludes he would take the stumps over the land’s former value.
A teacher ends a strawberry festival with a tale of berries from his garden. He asks if they’d taste as good if they had picked them without permission, and a student replies no because they wouldn’t have sugar and cream with them, illustrating earned sweetness.
Daniel Webster compared Refus Choate’s signature to a gridiron struck by lightning while General Spinner’s signature on greenbacks was likened to a drunken crab’s track with a corkscrew.
The passage discusses how private temptations tempt us in many ways and how our self assessment ignores inner anguish. It notes that external judgment exposes the gap between initial resistance and eventual yielding, leaving only the final state and erasing intermediate excuses.
A New York drug firm hired a small, faithful boy after he persisted in staying late and guarding the store. He scissored labels at night, helped deter a thief, and recovered goods during a wild beast parade. His diligence led to doubled wages and, by 1870, partnership in the business.
In a brief exchange, FaTser asks why printers deliver the paper when he claimed not to have paid. Johnnie replies that the paper is still sent to him like everyone else, prompting questions about billing and distribution.
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