30 Sep 1876
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1876
Page
1
A 1976 letter from T F Palmer of Fayette Me requests three dozen LINs Voltaic Plasters, noting the previous batch sold and more wanted. He encloses payment and asks for delivery as soon as possible, aiming for tomorrow night.
Post mortem shows heart on right side and liver on left in Philip W Snow of Plainfield. The rare condition puzzled doctors Sleeper, Davis, Currie, Brockway, and Manchester. Snow, a German-born giant, once lifted half a ton. coffin had to be custom made. He died of heart disease after long illness. Anecdote recalls Beecher at Twin Mountain House with Asa Barron. Beecher admonishes him for interrupting prayer with hose request.
An old poem ponders fate and time noting joys sorrows hopes and fears will vanish in a century. It contrasts kings and peasants and the passing seasons with a tone of resigned reflection on life’s transience.
On the Purple Island, Captain Burton and Asa recount Ed Swayne and Susan Coffin in a tale of love, miscommunication, and a Cape Horner voyage. Ed returns to health after a hospital reunion with Asa, who shares Lois Macey’s family and a final wedding with Susan amid island lore.
A miscellany of maxims on speech, memory, temperance, and moral conduct. It urges silent restraint, lasting impressions of ideas, disciplined mind and body, and giving God the glory for victories to avoid later defeat.
The excerpt reviews Dr Gill as grim and distant and recalls a Spurgeon anecdote. A garrulous visitor asks about long white bands, the doctor jokes on length, and a lady trims them, then is asked to shorten the doctor’s own issue. The piece notes the pastor rebuking gossip.
The Shanghai to Woosung line, built with a two foot six inch gauge and an English designed engine, began operation on July 8 after a public test phase. Six trains run daily, with free rides initially, and observers hail the venture as a potential global industrial advance guided by British and Chinese collaboration.
Lyman Abbott writes in Harper's Magazine October on Oriental music noting it differs from Western harmony and requires instrument reform. He describes instruments from the Kanoon to the drum, outlines the role of music in daily life and rites, and contrasts professional bands with universal musical presence in East.
A historical geological overview argues the Pacific coastline, especially California, is rising while the surrounding land sinks. It cites Lake Erie–Ontario outlets, shifts in watershed lines, and Chicago River diversions, noting Texas coast uplift and a sunken Pacific continent with high volcanic mountains and Polynesian islands.
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