Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-30
Miscellaneous rte,,...


1t is said that VIM. NJ. Tweed has no desire to
enter the kingdom of heaven since he has read
Rev. XIV, ., and learned that there will be Har-
pcrs there.
The venerable Archdeacon Denison has caused
his name to he erased from the books of the
university of Oxford, because cit had become an
irreligious body" Arcldeacon Denison also
denounces the conscience clause in the schools
as an invention Of the devil.
One of the prettest of Christmas customs is
the Norwegian practice of giving, on Christmas
day, dinner to the birds. On Christmas morn
ing every gable, gateway, or barn door, is dec
GRATED with sheal Of corn fixed on the top of
a tall pole, wherelrom it is intended that the
birds shall make their Christmas dinner. Even
the peasants will contrive to have handful set
by for dis purpose, and what the birds do not
eat on Christmas day remains for them to finish
ut their leisure through the winter.
Boston paper having suggested that Co
chiSe, The Apache chiel, should visit that city,
the Tribune presents the order Of business as
follows: "lf he should do So there would, of
course, be ball. dinner, poem by DIR. o..
W. Holmes, chorus singing by the school chill
Winthrop, a visit TO Harvard university, anoth-
err TO Bunker hill monument, and another to the
state house."
Lately a prominent banker of New York
being over III Canada, and finding the weather
there too cold for his light overcoat bought Il
new one and wore it homeward. He was only
in Canada TWO days, and so admitted, and the
officer believing him to have bought his new
coat as a speculation on American prices, seized
it, In vain did the banker beg for his coat,
otferingto pay all duty, even to the full value of
the article. The officer was immovable, and so
the New Yorker departed cold and shivcring.
Some thirty years ago two young ladies' sis
tiers. were at school in London, where they had
been sent from jamaica, their native place.
After every one but themselves was asleep thew
Il. A. I....I
en-, and there catch and eat the cockrOacheS.
This extraordinary habit was not detected for
some time, but at last the mistress found il out,
and demonstrated with them. They, however,
defended themselves by saying that they had
seen her eat shrimps, which fed upon all man
ner OF carton, whereas the cockroaches were
clean feeders, living on tie crumbs which had
been suffered to lie about in the Kitchen Even
after the discovery it was almost impossible to
keep them from the kitchen at night, so strong
was their love of the cockr0aches.
A consignment of 1000 sailed kangaroo skins
was received in San Francisco, several months
since, from Australia, and purchased by parties
who propose to convert them into leather. The
skins are now being tanned ut tannery located
on the beach opposite Yerba Bnena island, on
the northern outskirts of Oakland. The skin
of the kangaroo is quite thin, but exceedingly
tough, and when turned into leather is very.
pliable and soft, wearing long time without
cracking, and turning water better than calf
skin. Tanned alligator skins, from Mexico and
Central America, are a common article in the
San Francisco market, and are used to Il consd-
cradle extent in manufacturing boots where
strength aud capacity to resist water are more
desired than fancy fit or elegance of appear
ance, but kangaroo is emDhatically Il new SEN
sation in the leather market.
The Russian st. Petersburg Gazette furnishes
some interesting statistics as to the revenues OF
the most important monasteres in Russia, adj
ding however. that these cannot be thoroughly