Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-03-25
From The Boston Olive Branch.
Interesting Facts,
BY D. c. coLEswoRTHY

:. swine will feed III kinds they will not touch.
nj horse will feed on 262 kinds of grass and re-
ID ect 2I2. COW will feed on 276 kinds and re-
SO ject 1876.
d Halter, who collected great number of ex-
q amples of longevity, found more than 1000 who
Is had lived from 100 to no. 60 from 10 to 1870 :;
1 90 from 100 tip $780, Is from 1870 to 40; 6
o from l40 to l6O-and enc who lived to the re-
a markable age of 1856 years.
In 1875 Troy, N. Y, contained but two dwelling
houses and Ii inhabitants Now it contains about one
! quarter as many people Boston.
Mr.. Urah Burkitt died in Hartford in 1901. aged
vi lie had been sexton 81 years and buried 2245
IT persons.
i In Orland, Me, in 1903, Mr. Micah Davis died,
t. aged %. lie spent so years in hunting game in the
wilderness. He was a native of Concord Mass. and
n died bachelor
>, The population of England, Scotland and Wales in
. 100, was G,5230OO. In 1850, 100000. In 1900,
II,3l4,l38. In England, in 1902, there were 1853,
392 houses. In Scotland, 394090 houses In Wales
Y ll564 houses.
+ There 100000 Roman Catholics and 10000 Jews
iii London.
At Berlin, the longest day has l6 10 hours at Ham
: burgh III at Stockholm, I8 l-2 at ST. Petersburgh
t 49, at Tornea q l-2. In Norway the day continues
i from May 81 to July % and in Spzbergen the long
), est day lasts three and half months
Paper is made Of beet after the saccharine mat
ter has been extracted for making sugar.
On memorable occasion Henry V. wore mantle
. Of RICH blue satin, full Of small eyelc holes as thcky
they could be made, and needle hanging by silk
thread from every hole
h There are supposed to be upwards of 1900 species
intestinal wornony Is Of which have been found
in the human body There are but four that live that
ARE troublesome viz the har-worm the pn-worn the
tho nd
The White mountains derive their name from the
n snow that rests upon them Their appearance is not
h white except when viewed from long distance.
= Mrs. Deborah Godfrey, an English lady, who died
~ in 1902, was the mother of 81 children, all of whom
= lived to grow up. Herhusnand was The Grand Sultan
n OF Radcliffe, and supposed to have been the father Of
" $50 sons and daughters
# The velocity ofthe wind varies from nothing to 100
miles an hour gentle breeze runs at the rate Of
G or 5 miles an hour and with force Of about two
ounces on the FOOT brisk wind runs flom 10 to Is
miles, with force of about 12 ounces; high wind a.
bout thrty-6ve miles with a force of six pounds; a
u hurricane roofing up trees and destroying houses, has
u velocity of 100 miles, and force Of 40 AZ pounds
u on the square foot
~ There is large mandatory in Ireland where soap
is mace out Of flint.
There are nearly thirty thousand persons in the
State of Illinois, upwards Of 20 years of age who can
' ' not read.
n In Boston there is church to every 2OO0 inhabit-
o itants. In New Orleans there is about 10000 inhab-
e. itantS to one church.
The value of fox skins taken in Maine is about So
600 annually.
IL In 1914 a bull which killed man in France was
sentenced to be hung. Parliament confirmed the
~ tence.
/ John Stewart, pcnsoner some years since was
s. married in Scotland to Jane Douglass. The lady's
,e age G0-the bridegroom's 108.
One quarter of the children brn die before they are
he year old. One half before they twenty one, and
e. not one quarter reach the age OF forty five.
- The female cod fish is supposed to carry in her
y ry more than 5C0,C00000 Of eggs
70 A canary bird eats its own bulk in day.
g The has been sounded to the depth of two and
Ell a half or three miles, and no bottom found.
y Before the caterpillar hangs down to rise butter
fly it eats 500 times its own weight
% One of the mountains in the moon is discovered t.
be l7,C00 feet in height They are generally about
5000 feet.
nj The greatest artificial cold is produced from mix
lure Of diluted suphurc acid and snow. Its tempera
ture has been known to be hundred and twenty three
rs degrees below the freezing point.
y In St Petersburgh where the population is abou,
in 4o0 Geo. quarter only of the inhabitants are le
"a males.
" The Lutheran church has lCC0 congregations in the
5r United States. 10000 people belong toths denomina
re ton
In 1900 there were IN Germany, 300 publishing book
sellers aIll5,lt Ii 01) arthp;s.
John Lopelond died in Reading, England, in 1901
aged 50. lie was printer by trade, and continued
us in one Office as pressman upwards Of 60 years.
In 1880 the shipping of the United States amounted
ut to 4500C0 tons. In 1890 it had increased to $4,000
en- TONS
es The buzzng of insects is produced by their wing
he and not by the mouth.
of Insects are incapable of suffering Pull out fly
RI leg and he will not mind it, but fly about readily
bo before.
or About so years ago a woman died in Germany a
- the age Of a hundred and two years. having had i
0' husbands and q children. She was followed to tn
le grave by more than $50 male descendants She ha
lot eight brothers and fourteen sisters all Of whom ha
of families, and she aunt to upwards oflO00 persons
on The books in the library belonging to the BIRTHS
mt Museum occupy ten miles Of shelf,
he During the remainder of the present century thcr
IA will be Only five eclipses of the central in
in part OF America, as follows: May %, 1864 Oct Is
de 1865; August Z, 1860, Sept 80, 1872 and May 2!
;s 1900.
no There are such things as ghosts. Those VIII
he pretend to them consummate liars insane.
~ Sometimes the organ of sight is diseased that W
10 really believe person standing before us when
lie may be IN his grave or thousand miles distant.
S. The noise called the death watch is produced by
ne little insect in the wall 1t pleasant to hear his res
The ular taps which once in superstitous times SCENE
to prognostcae the death of one of the household.
Constantia Grierson, an Irish lady, was one of tn
ent most learned women of which we have an account
She was we'll acquainted with the Greek and Lat
and understood history, philosophy, divinity, and matt
I'd ematics. She died in 1893 at the early age Of
in years.
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han Vermont and Canada-A great deal of int
sars est is manifested in Northern Vermont and
4 to Canada upon the connection of the Vernon
tate Central and Ogdcnsburg roads with Montrea
her, by the Vermont and Canada road Two app
in cations to Parliament have been advertised-bo
of them for charter from Montreal to the We