21 Sep 1872
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1872
Page
1
The Norwich Advertiser prints an unpublished 1825 poem by George D. Prentice, aged twenty three, copied from a Norwich lady’s album. It laments parting, memory, and distant love as the speaker notes he is far away and memory’s glow keeps him tethered to the beloved.
A watchmaker Willow creates a precision instrument for coast survey as a stranger named Tressilian haunts the family. The mysterious benefactor aids Harry and May in adversity with a thousand dollar Bank of Spain draft. Willow’s grief, the stranger’s presence, and a final tragedy end in the clockmaker’s death and a young man’s nameless grave at Lookout Mountain.
An editorial note argues truthfulness anchors character and warns that forming bad associations damages respect for the virtuous. It contends a smile toward malice invites harm and makes one a participant in others’ mischief.
A brief sermon critique warns against cold, external displays of faith. It contrasts zeal with genuine enthusiasm rooted in Christ. The call urges believers to rest under Christ’s shadow and embrace simple, joyful trust that inspires songs in daily life.
Lord Collingwood advises his daughter on temperance and sweetness of manners. He urges gentleness in speech and actions, noting his own quick temper and the pain it has caused him. He praises his wife as a model of calm behavior and self-control.
A reflection on aging with a call to sustained effort and activity. The piece cites Washington Howard Young and Newton as examples of vitality, arguing that energy determines value in old age, not mere years. It asserts gray heads can outwork timid youth in important endeavors when they remain active.
A reflective meditation on saying goodbye and the weight of parting words. The piece urges heartfelt farewells, warns against cold goodbyes, and soothingly suggests expressing true affection before separation. It treats death, time apart, and remembered sentiments with gentle seriousness.
A brisk caution against fixed artificial smiles. The piece warns that perpetual emotional masking signals concealment and deceit. It contrasts mobile, genuine expressions with a motionless, hypocritical grin seen on some performers and in "saintly" portraits while noting how such masks mislead others.
A Boston Globe correspondent recaps 1816 as the year without a summer. The account lists monthly weather extremes across Europe and America, noting frost, ice, and destroyed crops, with prices for flour and wheat in Philadelphia and England, plus moral reflections and poetry interwoven.
A writer recalls Mr Blank's son John, once comely and gifted, who died a young drunkard. He reflects how the liquor trade funded a vast fortune, yet destroyed its bearer, revealing a moral paradox in a bustling New York city. The tale links wealth, vice, and memory across decades.
A satirical excerpt from Saunterings by C. D. Warner mocks sea travel's claustrophobic chaos. It parades the rolling deck, slamming dishes, and precarious berths, contrasting the ocean’s lure with its disruptive realities. The piece ends noting two weeks aboard suffices to spoil the romance for land lovers.
All petroleum located in the United States lies in a twenty mile wide strip running from Canada to Tennessee along the edge of the secondary formation near the Alleghany mountains. About nine tenths of current production comes from the Pennsylvania oil region, roughly eighty miles long.
A stage manager scolds a distracted actor with a sharp remark while filming. The actor replies he is paying as little attention as possible, highlighting a tense moment on the set.
An awkward man tries to carve two geese and drops one on the floor. His wife exclaims the meal is lost but he keeps it safe by placing his foot on it, claiming it is secure.
A London doctor who used microscope analysis to identify hairs aided in a murder conviction by linking a hair to a victim’s eyebrow. A juror later tested the method with a lock of hair and was told it came from a Norway rat. The tale ends noting many women would not submit their hair to such scrutiny.
Mayor Moore recounts a well to do farmer who wins a horse exhibition, grows reckless, bets his farm to fund racing. Professionals manipulate him, the horse loses, the farm and fortune collapse. Family splits, and the owner meets a premature grave.
A New York World correspondent in Berlin claims Prince Bismarck suffers sleepless nights and drinks with confidants into dawn. The piece suggests delirium tremens danger and urges treatment at a Washingtonian Home in Germany to avert a fatal outcome.
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