Branford Gleaner Briefs From August 27 1879
Local Branford notices and market notes outline community events and prices for late August 1879. Short items cover weather, crops, and civic matters typical of the Branford Gleaner publication.
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1879
Page
2
Hartford Suggests Biennial Legislative Sessions Debate
Hartford correspondent notes divided opinion on a constitutional amendment to hold sessions every second year. Lawyers favor the change, arguing current annual statute updates are hard to track. The column also comments on Rev. W H H Murray amid rumors and financial trouble, urging a return to preaching duties and valorous mission for the Master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Connecticut Letter From Hartford Presses Capitol Debate
Cor. Charles Hallock reports from Hartford on capital relocation battles and biennial sessions. The piece notes campaigns, prominent figures like Platt Hawley Jewell Eaton Barnum and Waller, predicts memorial events, and updates on real estate and clergy trends. It ends with short notes about catches: an eel of 10 pounds and a snapping turtle of 30 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Andrews
Platt
J. R. Hawley
Marshal Jewell
Hartford
Sumner
J. L. Barbour
Connectecticut
Oysters and Enterprise at Fair Haven Firm 8 Chipman & Co
The article profiles 8 Chipman & Co of Fair Haven Conn a leading oyster firm run by Sherman and Dwight Chipman sons of Joseph Chipman. It details their river grounds wharfs and extensive operation shipping oysters coast to coast with partners J E Bishop & Co at Chrisfield and a large workforce including 25 shuckers in Fair Haven and 70 in Chrisfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Quinnipiac
Fair Haven
Chipman & Co
North Front Street
Kair Haven Conn
Sherman
Dwight Chipman
Joseph Chipman
8. Chipman & Co
8. Chipman
East Haven
West Haven
Milford
J. E. Bishop & Co
Chrisfield
M. D
Atrain
H F Hemingway & Co
Baltimore
Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Cincinnati
Chicago
Milwaukee
North Haven
The Hermit Crab Describes Pagurus Shell Dweller
The hermit crab Pagurus lives in an empty mollusk shell, peering out with a defiant, theft-taunting gaze. Its front limbs are armored, while the hind parts remain soft beneath a membrane showing shell plates in sedimented form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagurus
Hermit Crabs Battle for Shells in Glass Vase
In a sea water vase I observed three hermit crabs, Charles Kean and Alfred Wigan among them, fight for shells. Kean repeatedly outmaneuvered rivals, occupying shells larger and smaller, while Wigan suffered defeats and remained shell-less at times. A whelk action did not yield Kean a new home as the mollusk expelled him, disproving a prior conjecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kean
Wigan
Alfred Wigan
C. K
Kean
C.K
Mr. Bell
Lewes
Oyster Ground Ownership Proposed Across Waterways
The author argues for staking out and taxing all sea, bay, and river bottoms to end disputes over natural oyster beds. By defining private ownership of submerged lands, conflicts would lessen and owners would be protected, similar to farm land rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Taxation and prosperity in farming communities
A reader argues that productive farming benefits the town and justifies taxation for protection. If one cultivator prospers, all share in the reward. if he suffers, all suffer. The piece extols farmers as the true custodians of productive land over depredators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igstots
Draw Bridge Delays Oyster Sharpies at Fair Haven
Sharpie owners and oyster dealers rally as the Fair Haven draw bridge fails to open for boats carrying four to five tons. With most oyster business above the bridge, litigation may test legal points, led by Ludington, a prominent oyster trader, as traders watch the case closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Haven
Far Haven
Ludington
Oyster farmers as true benefactors of the race
The piece urges support for oyster and fish cultivators, arguing they boost thrift and wealth, provide valuable food, and transform coastal areas into thriving communities. It compares sea to land cultivation, noting that patient labor yields significant property value and public welfare.
Taxing Oyster Grounds Sparks Calls for Legislation
The piece argues unequal taxation of oyster grounds breeds injustice as towns tax cultivators but not idle holders. It cites Branford practice, notes many grounds are held unproductive, and urges speedy legislative action to tax all owners alike to spur cultivation and resolve the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branford
Lobster Abundance Across UK and North Atlantic Coasts
Readable segments describe widespread lobster availability along Scotland's west coast and the Gulf of St Lawrence. Immense catches from west coast Scotland and Norway to England are noted, with lobsters even used to manure land in one area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre
Scotland
Norway
England
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Captain Boynton to be married in a nautical quip
A humorous note on Captain Paul Boynton’s approaching marriage and a string of sea life puns. The quips joke that a ship is the politest thing, a hammock is the pleasantest hang, and that courtship is a ship with two mates and no captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Boynton
Lobsters and their dramatic life cycle described
A lecturer extols the lobster as a remarkable sea creature with high fecundity and a yearly shell change. It carries eggs internally until fertilization, sheds its shell regularly, and regenerates limbs as needed, with vivid notes on its evolving outer shell and anatomy.
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Branford, Conn
W.H. H. Murray
Hamtford, Conn
Jewell
Eaton
Joe Hawley
Hawley
Washington
Litchfield Hills
Barnum
Strong
Connecticut
Reed
Charles Hallock
Bridgehampton
L. L
Robert van Allen
Baisly’s
Brooklyn Water Works
Quinnipiack
Hermit Crab
Klene
Donda A
F. Jourdan
Bumber
U. S
B.ashoninger & CO
Chapel Street
New Haven, Cgnn
Ely
Branford and Vicinity
Spruce
William A. Wright
Benedict Building Cor
Church and Center Sts
Corner Main and
Hopson Avenue
K. Gorham
Cedar Street
Harper’s Bazar
Notices OF the Press
Dreas
Harper's
Harper's Periodicals
Harper's Ween
Harper's Weekly Certe
Harper's Bazar
United States
Canada
Harris
Bazar
Brote
Harper & Rothers
York
W. T. Robinson
Cash Store
MAIN
Branford, CT
J. Tuttle
Attorney AT Law
Com
New Haven, Conn
Reece
Tonsain
A. Eagxez
Boston
Hemingway & Bradley
George Ehrer
New York
C. Moerlein
Cincinnati Lager
Wm. Massey
Charles Clawson
Massey
Bass & Co.’s Ale
Syphoihs
State Street
Madison House
A. Main Street
G. Elsy
Branford Point
Branford Station
Long Island Sound
Shore Line Railroad
N. H
Samuel H. Crane
Eliott
Conmn
Branford Point House
Harper’s Weekly
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Illustrated Ra
Ifine
Srooden
Bengheld
United States of Canada
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Esenee Wees
Harrzn
PER & Brote
Adress
Boneset
Ftters
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