20 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1879
Page
1
A long excerpt blends romantic verse on a lone rose near Lake Lucerne with an overlong comic tale on a London to Dunscombe Hall journey. A flirtatious pairing unfolds between Thomas Rand and Miss Dunscombe, leading to a mistaken engagement and faux family twists, amid later stray notes on 1978 medical grads and 19th-century trade news.
A witty remark from Andrews' Bazar notes a man who asks how many yards a silk dress costs before marriage will fearfully recoil after marriage if his wife asks for a sixpenny calico. The quip ties to views on human nature and masculine calculation in courtship.
A well at Washington believed to contain impure water turns out on analysis to be mineral water with medicinal value.
A toxic incident from Paris warns that peach kernels contain hydrocyanic acid. An unnamed boy nearly died after eating kernels thought to be a nut. Writers note an ounce of kernels yields a grain of poison and recommend ammonia as an antidote if sickness occurs.
The article tracks the growth of U S stamp and postal card issues totaling 29 530 020 pounds in the last fiscal year, an increase of 671 866 over the prior year, and outlines early revenue in 1790, milestones in 1815 and 1863, and shifts from mileage based pricing to prepaid rates, noting major revisions in postage and system abolition.
The Scientific American article by Langley uses calculations on Manhattan Island rainfall and global water flux to show the sun’s heat drives immense water movement. It compares rain volume to the Pyramid of Cheops and notes March sun power on a square foot equals about 0.131 horsepower, illustrating vast energy from solar heating.
A Cincinnati Commercial report recounts the 1847 Hartman mill pond snake sighting near Williamsburg Ohio. Col. J A Penn rallied a large pursuit across Monroe Township and Big Indian creek as the giant serpent, about thirty feet long, fled into the Ohio River. Witnesses describe havoc to fences crops and livestock, with a boatman from Capt Morgan spotting the creature in the river. A subterranean cavern near the old dam is tied to the incident and a search for the snake continues with a local purse raised for the farm owner damaged by the chase.
Captain Matthew Webb, famed Channel swimmer, completed a ten mile swim from Sandy Hook to Coney Island. The 31 year old Englishman swam with a distinctive breast stroke aided by rapid kicks and minimized hand movement, landing to cheers at Manhattan before returning to New York for a hearty meal.
A Detroit shopper recounted a Woodward Avenue store clerk describing a man's duster as usable for many roles from picnic to funeral. The conductor of sound and heart protection claims sparked concern about overstatement and potential farm mortgage fears.
A collage of trivia and anecdotes spans world war costs, mining output, iron production, monumental heights, gold value, and curious incidents. Readers encounter a pearl sale, a hearing-restoring Civil War episode, a typo poem, and a Philadelphia mission school bathhouse with strict discipline and swim rules.
General Robert E. Lee once described Daniel Webster in the Senate as a striking, princely figure whose speaking flashed like a livid light in darkness. He compared Webster to Paganini in music and noted reporters’ fragments failed to capture his eloquence, calling his speeches lofty yet not impassioned and correct but not fluent.
A poetic piece extols farmers riding an iron chariot through fields turning from war to peaceful harvest. It contrasts bloody warfare with harvesting work and celebrates abundance, freedom, and honor earned by laborers who reap golden cereals.
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