The American patriot., 1855-02-07

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kHE last number Of the London Quaztsiy Re.
kSwyin curious article on the commisear3ak Of
Resl3itish Metropolis, gave us some idea Asv
RuGh beef, mutton, pcrs, fish, oysters, game, and
bread fruit Vegetables, mik, butter and chess y
consumed annually in that city. The encem0us
appetites offs town Of two millions Of inhabitants
can be realized only by bringing together statatics
like those furnished by the article in question.
Take, for instance, the amount eihahchsrs' NEST
eaten in London in year. Five hundred thou.
sand head of cattle, two million sheep, one hun.
dtsd and thirty thousand calves and one hund.sd
and sixty thousand pigs are slaughtered annually
for the British Metropolis. Some Of this meat q
PREPARED for market a. far off - Aberdeen, in
Scotland. It is curious fact that but little more
mutton Appears.to be eaten in London now than
there was twenty years ago. when the population
was half million less. 10 sa,s., :, te az S,sao,
The quantity d, ,lsh, oysters, and game eaten,
almost SURPRISES belief. OF oysters i've hundred
millions are consumed annually; Of fresh heryinGs
one hundred and seventy five millions Of macksrel
twenty-three millions; Of red herrngs fifty millions
Of ees ten millions, and soles ninsty.sev miions
The Holsters are one million and = quarter; the
salmon four hundred thousand crabs six hundred
thousand; the live cod four hundren thousand; and
other fish in proportion. Two millions Of domca-
tic fowls are annually sent to the London Market
a million and quarter Of rabbits; two hundred
thousand wild ducks; three hundred and my
snSussnu snS ano ascAs r hnrdraS thor.snd ~
cons one h;,nSred and fiftv thousand ployer. ono
hundred and twenty Ave thousand partridges, ono
hundred thousand grouse, and hundred thousand
hares are devourcd yearly by the epicures Of that
great capital. Not less than one hundred millions
OF eggs are eaten in London from new xear 70
New Year. Nearly five hundred million quarts OF
milk, some Of it brought from distance OF eighty
miles; is poured down the throats OF the cockneys
or devoured in the shape OF pudd'ngs eacn year.
Fruits and vegetables are consumed oy millions'
London uses annually sixty mAiions OF orangess
fifteen millions Of lemons, million and half
pounds Of grapes, five hundred thousand Pine:p-
pies. The amount Of homegrown Vegetables
thousand persons earn livelihood merely 6y nli-
ing the vegetable and desert dishes Of the British
metropolis. A single railway carried 70 London
last year forty-fivc thousand tons OF potatoes A
ported every year More than eight hundred mil,
lions of pounds Of bread aro eaten thousand
millions Of tumblers of porter and ale are drank
So great is the demand for water that tnc Lonoon
wells, for the last twenty-five years, have been
diminishing in depth at the rate Of foot annuaiiy
At least one huncrcd thousaha persons earn |.
subsistence directly and four hundred Thousand
indirectly by supplying London with eataoIes and
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t "A WILD MAN CAUGHT IN MAlNE.-A mr.. y. W.
Mcllenr who lives near Waldoborc,' Maine, has
actually captured wild man. On first seeing him
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me litVe le,iow Turned . most imPorihg loTk
upon me, ana then uttered sharp snriil shrek,
t resembling the wn'stle OF an engine. ! TOOK MN
70 my mouse ana trlea 10 inauce nm 70 cay some %
>. some meat out ialed IN tne attemp!; ihen oner
l Cd nm some water OF wMch ne d!ank small
q9annty. next gave MN some oriEo ccecn nuts
which ne cracked ana ste reediiy nc J. OF tne
male species, about eighteen lncnes IN nc.gni, ano
ms iimos are IN perfect proporuon WIN the ex
w'.n nalr OF a let olack nue. whoever may wlsn
sIc uls s.ramse spei'en " human nssu.e h. car y;
u sra'ly .neli ouI'osX ~ ~ Ia'.S ~ NY nousc, .n
a:,H tno e.ss1crn T par u hes. o t:o" y.
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