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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1879
Page
2
A New Year meditation urges genuine good wishes toward friends, offering help over money and stressing the sorrow of lost loved ones. It reflects on changes, vacancy at the family table, and resolves to live truthfully before death comes with the new year.
The author contrasts Christmas joy with modern church politics and poverty, urging Christlike charity and rejection of fear driven by wealth. It calls for social economy rooted in mercy, promotes humane policies, and critiques government and religious leaders for opposing Christ’s teachings.
State news notes Meriden workingmen passing resolutions to abolish convict labor and appointing a committee to urge Meriden representatives to act. The Stamford Herald reports oyster fisheries remonstrance against proposed state law to regulate shell fish beds.
A quirky collection of anecdotes features a lawyer joking about Abel and Cain as the first criminal case and a doctor retorting about Adam’s rib as the first operation. Lady Dover’s wit about Scotch husbands and an unnamed rifle captain’s fearless march to the canal’s brink appear alongside tales of Anamboo the African prince and London belles. The longest piece recounts a husband forced to churn butter repeatedly after his wife schemes to keep him from noting his earlier mistake, ending with tense, silent meals and a lingering sense of guilt.
The Washington letter reports Congress adjourned for a holiday break until January 6. Four days in session, most members left Friday for three weeks of travel and rest. Among recent bills, Mr. Gillette of Iowa introduced three measures, two of which are notably significant.
A Vermont rail collision left several dead and many injured when a freight train struck a passenger car. An elderly woman, new to rail travel, sat placidly after a backward tumble, asking the conductor if she was hurt and noting she feared the event might be routine.
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