14 Oct 1871
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1871
Page
1
The poem reflects a gentle melancholy as summer fades in September. It contrasts bright autumn skies and green gold foliage with hints of decay, urging readers to heed nature's analogies and inner reflections.
A witty observer recalls Cora Lee and Edward Douglass, whose marriage collapses from Cora's vanity and neglect. He notes Douglass's tidy habits erode to match hers as she insists her fortune is made. Their home and social life deteriorate until appearances vanish and a social gathering reveals the breakdown.
A vivid scene shows Edward arriving in shabby clothes, avoiding grooming as he claims fortune frees him from dress. His wife Cora reacts with mortification, tears flow, and the couple's dilemma ends with Cora never appearing slovenly again, implying a quiet resolution. The piece shifts to a brisk comparison of Prussians and French, noting casualties, habits, and emigration hopes, ending with comments on work and beer culture in Vienna.
An extended meditation on silence, its expressive power in love, opinion, respect, and negotiation. The piece argues silence can prevent domestic strife, curb hostility, and protect reputation, fortune, and even life through prudent restraint.
A Boston social figure, intoxicated, is driven home by police under a pretense of illness, while another intoxicated Irishwoman is hustled to a station and jailed as a common drunk. The piece condemns relabeling crimes from fraud to irregularities and urges naming wrongdoings truthfully to protect mercantile honor and integrity.
Henry Wilson sails the Rhine and visits Munich 400 miles from Cologne. He attends a Franco Prussian war division review with the King and Crown Prince present. He notes the officers, soldiers, and old fashioned women attire as the French claim they will whip the outcome.
A quiet evening prompts reflections on the earth’s rotation and a child’s education, explaining the one thousand mile per hour passage. Also retold is The Skull That Had a Tongue, recounting Dr Donne and a graveyard skull exposing a grim truth about a brandy‑loving husband’s widow.
A morning scene watches dew drops on grass as a child learns from a dew drop about purity through Jesus. The dew drop explains heaven reflects in a pure heart while earthly life ends as the sun draws it up. Christians are the dew drops of Jesus, staying on earth until heaven calls them home.
In Cheyenne a crowd formed after a woman fell into Crow creek. A committee dived for her but she died. Mr. M A Arnold chaired the meeting and led a debate over tariffs and the Alabama claims as resolutions were passed.
A new signal light tested in England burns automatically when placed in water and cannot be extinguished by wind or storm. It yields intense brightness for about forty minutes and can be discarded after use. The lamp is non explosive, inexpensive, and useful for marine signals, lifeboats, life buoys, and railway accidents.
The London Times questions whether current cholera is the Asiatic disease from the Ganges. It traces origins to Russia, notes spread from centre to circumference, and doubts Atlantic crossing while urging precautions and basic preventive measures.
The author notes that flowers appear in both garrets and palaces as signs of inner refinement. Flowers cultivated by the lowliest and most debased often show a hidden goodness, suggesting that emblems of purity reflect hope and a heart’s goodness where present.
A short ad promotes a lime based dental treatment. It describes mixing quick lime the size of a walnut with distilled water to cleanse the teeth, wash with clean water, and claims to preserve teeth, prevent toothache and harden the gums.
A pithy adage warns that leisure, while pleasing to view, harms in practice as it can lead to ruin for millions.
The text explains that nitro glycerine was discovered in 1847 by an Indian named Sobero and developed by Alfred Noble. It describes glycerine, its derivation from fat or tallow, and the chemical process to make nitro glycerine using nitric and sulphuric acids with a freezing bath. It notes the substance is highly explosive and poisonous, with properties including a pale yellow oil, odorless, and a sweet taste, stable to fire but prone to friction-triggered explosion at room temperature.
Professor Agassiz explains that soil forms mainly from ground rocks carved by glaciers. He notes ice acted as the continent wide agent, grinding rocks into powder and leaving distinctive angular boulders. He cites observations from the United States to Italy showing glacially formed soils and stone textures.
The Crown Point Mine executive guides a reporter 1000 feet underground where air is pumped in and temperatures range from 100 to 120 degrees. Workers earn four dollars daily for eight hour shifts with three relays and continuous operation. He notes the vein may extend beyond known depths and grows warmer deeper. Correspondent N. Y. Tribune.
A reflective meditation on time moving like wind, eroding life and foliage, while people feel the unseen currents of history tugging at them. The pieces imply a sense of inevitability and change over eras, with no clear origin or destination.
The passage contends temperance is essential to public virtue, warning that intemperance degrades citizens, defeats senators and statesmen, and weakens soldiers, bringing shame, danger, despair, and misery rather than honor, safety, hope, or happiness.
Zion's Herald recounts Father Taylor of Bethel Church Boston with humorous quips. anecdotes include youth’s stormy journey on his mother's coll and mock sermons spoiling rivals. remarks on Lincoln Voltaire Emerson and sailors. He taunts pompous speakers and tests moral pretensions at camp meetings.
An English writer argues every child has a taste for music and that cultivation preserves it. He says playing an instrument refines character and heals the soul, offering solace when singing or attending concerts is unavailable. He notes music should suit the listener’s mood and remains a harmless, pure indulgence.
A benevolent man is happy by making others happy and lacks envy malice and pride. Selfishness breeds deceit fraud and crime, while benevolence cleanses the heart and aligns with the truth that it is more blessed to give than receive. Bunyan’s riddle echoes the more he gave away the more he had.
The piece reviews the cent from 1792 with Washington’s head and thirteen links, noting the shift to French Liberty and then back to the classic dame with a fillet. It traces the coin’s changes during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and mentions Jefferson’s naming and Robert Morris’s proposal.
A 19th century job list seeks a cook tailor (able to cook his own goose), a trustworthy fish-monger, a willing lawyer, a versatile gardener, a capital company builder, a clever forger blacksmith, an industrious baker, and an alert shoe-black. Strike agents welcome. Immediate readiness required.
Notices describe ad rates: $1,000 square for one week, 25 cents per subsequent insertion, twelve lines equal a square, special notices before marriages and deaths at double rates, prepaid transient ads, yearly contracts on reasonable terms, yearly advertisers limited to their immediate business, submissions due by noon for next issue, obituaries religious and political notices charged as advertisements.
The article argues humans favor the right hand due to instinct and lighter left side. It suggests the right leg has greater power aiding straight movement and that keeping the working arm away from the heart minimizes impact on delicate functions.
A Prussian officer recalls passing a once bustling Orleans cafe chantant now closed after the German retaking. He found a Prussian train soldier at the piano while a large audience pressed in, with horses gathered around the platform, ears pricked, listening to the music amid the town’s recent battle chaos.
A London News correspondent, citing a Paris physician, says the French war history will be alcohol influenced unlike prior conflicts. He blames epidemic violence on ardent spirits and notes brandy and absinthe use surged among Paris workers under Haussmann. City life and higher wages fed the frenzy.
A London wager required one man to write a million pen strokes in twenty eight days. He averaged 36 000 daily, then rose to 41 000 with Sundays off. He finished on the twenty third day, the record confirmed by the claimant rather than Royal Society archives.
A Boston writer warns against drying cotton rags soaked with boiled linseed oil in closets. After mixing oil with turpentine and a tint, a cloth from an old dress lining self-ignited in a bathroom closet within about an hour and a half, urging caution in storing damp oil-soaked fabrics.
A mother writes to her son on the birth of his eldest child urging education to make life useful and religion to ensure a happy death. The sentiment emphasizes practical guidance and spiritual well being in early parenthood.
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