02 Apr 1879
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1879
Page
1
In Monroe Commercial, a reflective poem describes the quiet town square with the courthouse and the town clock. The clock bell tolls to remind residents that time flees as seasons pass and life’s treasures fade, ending with the old clock vanishing and ruins remaining.
A village shop keeper recalls a life of quiet aspiration and a cut by past heartbreak. Toddles the foundling child brightens her world until a dramatic return of Richard Gray reveals their shared history and a chance at reconciliation. Richard lifts Toddles to safety and Jeannette must decide whether to renew love or remain alone, ending with a move west as a new life begins.
A facetious boy asks why a hardware dealer mirrors a bootmaker. The friend, puzzled, finally answers that the dealer sells nails while the bootmaker nails the soles, a pun linking their trades.
An English resident in India used a microphone attached to oil cans to trap a bearer suspected of stealing oil. He listened from his bedroom after locking the house and soon heard bottle clinks and pouring sounds. He then ran downstairs and caught the bearer filling small bottles to carry oil away.
The Paris Acclimation Society reports Japanese wheat planted in April or May ripens as early as European wheat sown five to six months earlier. If this can be replicated elsewhere, Japanese wheat may become universal due to comparable yields. The Tokio Times notes no explanation is yet supplied.
Don Cossacks use a fortune teller to name thieves after a trunk of government funds was stolen from a church. A separate report describes a mass execution in Burma where the king ordered the killing of prisoners, with women and children brutally treated and princes killed and cast into a river.
A biographical note on Henry Bergh president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals describes his dignified appearance and humane manner. An article in the North American Review presents Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces pleading for equal rights, justice, and treaty promises, urging an end to broken words and broader freedom for his people.
The Detroit Free Press recalls maple sugar days with nostalgia and humor. It contrasts genuine maple sugar with impostors, recounts old-fashioned sap gathering and sugar-off rituals, and notes today’s refined methods while celebrating the season's appeal.
The article warns ambitious farmers plow too much land in spring, risking late sowing and weed-dominated crops. It notes debt, new farms, and weather contingencies as causes, and urges careful planning to avoid poor yields and sickness from overwork. It adds practical household hints and health tips for general readers.
Two old men debate money and happiness. One claims money does everything for a man, while the other counters that some men will do more for money than money can do for them. The exchange reveals humor about wealth and virtue.
A violet in a meadow longs to be a stately garden flower and is crushed by a rosy shepherd maiden. The flower whispers a plea for a single hour of life and echoes how sweet it is even as it dies in the grass. The tale is rendered from Goethe in German.
A collection of short, quirky notes on topics from electric light at Mammoth Cave to dentists tools, stray leads of war memory, and curious poetry fragments. It touches on safe burglary, school enrollment figures for Connecticut, horse imagery, bonnet wreaths, a bronze lion and crocodile group, and a whimsical verse about Laura's fan and sultana curls.
A Boston Journal correspondent recalls Abe Parsons, aka Abe Bunter, famed for incredible strength. Born enslaved, he escaped to freedom and aided by his former mistress. He bent two inch planks and cracked grindstone substituted cheeses, aided doors at a fire, and remained vigorous at about seventy years old.
Advice urging plain wholesome meals and regular hours to ease indigestion. Avoid pork grease spicy teas coffee alcohol and pastries. Emphasizes fresh air bathing ventilation dry feet loose clothing and avoiding medicines. Also warns against tobacco and snuff and condemns the Indian weed as a dyspepsia promoter.
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