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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1878
Page
2
A vivid, archaic style scene depicts winter's approach as snow rings foliage and chimneys, trees creak, and the town sleeps under a starry, icy night. The moon reveals a fairy noon and the children laugh while townsfolk greet the season with a cheerful, hopeful tone.
In a stormy Christmas tale Magda and Hulda welcome battered Marley family members seeking shelter. Bob, once city clerk, arrives with three hungry children while Marley & Brothers faltered, exposing strained loyalties, housing needs, and a fragile home life.
A widowed caretaker recalls Bob’s decline as a doctor concedes his work is done and a visiting friend prays with the dying youth. The household, including David and Hardy, endures quiet vigil as Bob passes away on Christmas Day in a Harper’s Magazine narrative.
Historical notes describe opium as the dried juice of poppy cultivated in Asia and India. It outlines sowing, plant management, and harvesting practices with incisions made in capsules to extract milky juice that thickens into opium.
The article notes the United States will produce about 10,000,000 bales of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1878, with Great Britain at 40,000,000 and overall domestic consumption rising. It calls the crop the largest since 1859-60 and nearly matches that peak, with 3,340,166 bales in total supply and 1,546,298 bales for home use.
Lieut Sandeberg of the Swedish navy has returned from a natural history expedition to Russian Lapland with numerous rare specimens. He plans to distribute them to the museums in Stockholm Christiania and St Peters burg. He notes unprecedented whale abundance in the Gulf of Naranger and White Sea last summer, with one Norwegian boat capturing a hundred.
Mrs. Nancy Slocumb, aged 1038, dies in Bloo Ind. after ten years under her daughter's care. The daughter, now 65, dressed and undressed her, sang her to sleep, and treated her as a infant. The old lady called herself baby and craved treats, asking for food with infant-like pleas.
Child actress Baby Benson after travels in California Australia and West Africa returns to the United States with a fortune. She resides with her mother and father in a handsome Nomport cottage fitted for schooling. She expects a good education and refined society. Gifts include rough diamonds watches crosses and bracelets kept in a safe.
William L. Stone argues a yet unclassified race, likely Aztec, inhabited parts of central and eastern New York. He cites pipes, copper and bronze spear heads found near Seneca Falls and Saratoga Springs in the last year or two. The terra cotta pipe shows an Egyptian style, unlike typical American Indian work, while the spear and spear head resemble items from Lake Superior copper mines.
In a European marriage dispute, a Swiss man Bohren returns claiming his wife while her second husband Zambrunn resists. A civil suit decides marriage status while a criminal case follows Bohren's attempted murder of Zambrunn, leaving the wife in a perilous legal bind.
An Australian writer notes that telegraph wires emit sound even without wind. He observes vibrations occurring in still air and frost coated lines, suggesting inherent acoustic effects beyond wind motion. The piece highlights close observation of wires and accompanying sounds.
An article surveys Corsican feuds across history from direct kin vendettas to distant clan reprisals. It cites mass murders, legal changes, village sieges, and famed figures like Paoli and Andrea Romanetti, noting peace brokers Parolanti and the social weight of large families. A later poem reflects on a bereaved parent and a baby’s innocence.
The Home Circle extols chess as ideal family recreation for long winter evenings. It notes chess fosters mental discipline, suits a family of six, and educates patience and deliberation while offering lasting, enjoyable evenings.
A fragment describes inscriptions on two tombs: Elizabeth Washington widow and her husband Robert, with dates around 1622 and a brass plate on a stone. The narrator mentions making a rubbing for the Herald and a brass shield with faded heraldic details and Latin phrases.
A collage of quips on mire and charms, Peruvian sunflowers, and Ohstanqua Lake. It notes Chinese consul Chan Pat Nam in California and a quip about lies versus half truths. Birds nest on seaweed and dreams are but snares, ending with a reflection on wealth and ragged bedclothes.
A New York Herald correspondent recalls a trip to Brington near Northampton, England, home of George Washington's ancestors. He notes two tombs in the Brington church and describes the inscription on the grave of Lawrence Washington who died in 1622.
The body of Lawrence Washington Sonne and heir of Robert Washington of Soulgrave in Northamptonshire, Esquire, who married Margaret Butler of Tees in Sussex. He died December 13, 1616. The verse laments life and fate, noting a future return after death.
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