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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1879
Page
4
The American horse Parole is described as odd looking with a rough coat and curious hocks. Yet on the track his preliminary canter shows superb action and great spirit, while a remark on Derby history compares the journey of horses from Diomed to modern travel across the ocean.
In the Philadelphia suburbs farmer Mr. Starkey sent the Times 32 stalks weighing 12 and a half pounds, 20 inches tall, each as thick as a child’s wrist. He notes a three day growth and that asparagus can sprout seven inches in a day, over an inch per hour on warm days after showers, with eight o’clock harvests and late afternoon growth.
Dispatch from Helena reports Lloyd, camping twenty miles from Fort Belknap, attacked by fifteen Sioux warriors. He dug a rifle pit with his hands and fought for two hours, killing three attackers before driving off the remaining foes. He saved his own life despite cartridge shortages.
In Lisbon town ship Wisconsin a limestone quarry yielded several petrified creatures including a large frog embedded in a four inch thick flat stone and a pair of petrified stress tiers about two and a half feet long. The limestone stratum runs through the county supplying building material in places.
Experiments in California show the soil and climate suit tea and mulberry trees, with tea cultivation hindered by high leaf-picking costs. Tea grows along the Pacific coast and in the Southern States, but labor costs and lack of labor-saving devices prevent profitable silk and tea industries at present.
A Batavia mob storms the jail after the elopement of William Allen alias Storey from St. Louis with Jennie Atchley. He is pulled from a bridge rope attempt and sinks, later rescued near the river bank by officials and bystanders, with no further disturbance as officers restore order.
The piece argues that final moments bring little pain, noting consciousness fades rather than pain. Dr. Edward H. Clark is cited saying the dying process is painless, with unconsciousness preceding death as respiration slows and oxygen declines. The body’s natural anesthetic aids the spirit’s departure, leading to sleep, stupor, and the end.
In Austria an ambitious clothier repeated Sir Roger Throckmorton’s famed wager byshearing a sheep at dawn and producing a wool coat by night. The Austrian finished the task in eleven hours outstripping the Berkshire baronet who took from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Report of a steam launch accident at Little Hell Gate New York that drowned James Hall William Adams and Ross Stengelin aged forty eight and fifteen. It also recounts Judge Asa Packer of Philadelphia dying aged seventy two, detailing his rise from a Susquehanna county apprentice to Lehigh Valley railroad magnate and congressman with a noted fortune and residence at Mauch Chunk.
The Senate discusses a Treasury reply on the 1861 direct tax with totals by state and the amount uncollected. Debates on the silver bill include deputy marshals, jurors, and currency proposals. the House adjourns after votes.
Reports indicate Switzerland voted 191,197 for restoration of capital punishment versus 177,273 against while Afghanistan's Amir agreed to England's propositions. Agreement includes British control of passes as frontier, a British resident in Kabul, and Afghanistan foreign relations oversight. Also notes mining meeting at Consétt England and regatta matter, a fatal mill accident at Elora Onno, and a Turkish insurgent clash at Perlasin with 450 died or wounded and 70 insurgents killed or wounded.
The report requires the board of finance to present a financial results report to the U S President after the exhibition. The transfer bill was debated but action stalled during a call of the House as Republicans blocked votes. Warner silver bill resumed with amendments setting a twenty dollar minimum for silver certificates and removing extra issue provisions while other amendments were rejected. The session adjourned.
A plasterer near the canal faced a rat infestation that ruined flour, bread, and pantry supplies. After failed guns and scrubs, he fed the pests a mix of flour and plaster of Paris. The rats ate it, grew dozy, and died by the second day, ending the nuisance. The incident was reported by the Rome Sentinel.
The essay discusses Hindu Yogi practices and the states of reverie and apparent death. It cites Colonel Townsend's illness where he appeared dead, then revived at will, as doctors recorded no pulse or breath yet Townsend claimed control over consciousness and sensory signals.
The piece catalogs extraordinary claimed heights from historical figures and artifacts, noting eight to nine feet and taller specimens in various museums, legends of a ten-foot girl, and reports of unusually bright boy. It also critiques tenement and church ventilation in New York, and briefly advertises Brown's Bronchial Traches with testimonials and price.
The piece discusses Hosteller's and Pierce remedies, advertising their use for malarial protection and personal health improvements. It blends testimonials about mountain cures with promotional notes for Dr. Pierce's prescriptions and related products, ending with ads for cigars, pianos, tobacco, and a Lancaster paper mill for sale.
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