The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17
From Late Foyeio.u .Jo,lrn1le.

received the first Annual Report of the Register
General Of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in
England. presented to both Houses of Parlla-
ment Ivy command of her Majesty 1t contains
a vast deal Of very important information, and
fully proves the great advantage Of an efficient
civil registration, particularly regards Births
and Deaths. We regret that our limits will not
permit us to give any very copious quotations ;
but the following summary of the first annual
abstracts, ending June 80, 1888, will, we doubt
not, prove interesting TO the public.
Total number of persons misunderstanding
to the rites of the Established Church, 107 ,20I :;
not according to the rites of the established
Church, IL ,4Sl. Number of persons married,
not full age-Maes, 5,575 Females, l6, SOB
Total number of Births registered 399,7l2; to-
number of Deaths registered, 325 056.
In contrast with the evidence of the large
proportion of persons who attain to old age in
the more thinly populated portions of the king
dom, we find results extremely different where
the population is densely congregaed. In the
metropolis and its suburbs The proportion who
have died, out of every 1000 denths, at 20 and
upwards, has been only lO4 : and even this
proportion is favorable, when compared with
that of other large towns the proportions in
Birmingham being 81, in Leeds 70 and in Liv
erpool and Manchester only about CD.
A capital prize Of $4,000 in the Rhode Is
land Lottery, WINS drawn 10y gentleman in Al
bany last week and the same gentleman also
drew another prize of $4,000 in the same lot
terry.
1t became our duty some time Since to hold
special conference with apcrson who had fallen
into sud dilemma in money matters. How,
said we, could you with snch Il fine patrimony,
constant salary, and neither Il drnnkard n
gambler-how could you reach such total deS-
ttution MS you now are in g
He looked round with anxiety to see that
there was no third person present, and leaning
forward, he said, with loud whisper and with
a counenance disturbed with pain and mortif
CATION ....... ...... ..-..
Il had the misfortune to draw fifteen thousand
dollars in the - Lottery'-U. s. Gazette.
The SIX BusineSs-The Northampton Cour.
Ter states that there are growing in that vcn-
ty at least one million mulbury trees, not inclu-
ding innunerahe seedlings. These trees are
not owned by mere Spectators, but by persons
who engaged IN the manufacture of silk.
Ofthe raw material more will he manufactured
in the town than for the last ten years taken to-
gcthcr, as the bounty given by the safe will
make il most lucrative species Of employment.
1t is father stated that five or six individuals
are feeding from one or two hundred thousand
worms each, and mnny have smaller quantities,
besides the immense number which have
wound their cocoons.-BoSton atlas.
Pronunciation. The difficulty of applying
rules to the pronunciation Of our language may
he illustrated in two lines, where the combna-
ton Of the letters ough is pronounced, in no less
than seven different ways, viz: as o, N Of up,oaD,
90, and ock. ... -. .
Though The tough cough and hiccough plough
me through, . ...,.., .............
Der life's hard Tough my course still pursue.