Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-22
Miscellaneous Items.

Literary men, who have made patient re-
searches in the matter, ale pretty well united in
( the opinion that the first book printed on this
continent was by Combeyer in Mexico, in the
year 1544
More law books have been sold in the city of
Chicago, within the past three months, SAYS The
Chicago Legal News than were ever sold to the
lawyers OF any other city in many times that
period.
Frank auckland of England writes to Seth
Green, the great fish breeder of this country,
that he has successfully introduced American
brook trout inlO English waters. From eggs
sent him three years ago by MIR Green, he now
has trout of two and three pounds weight.
A gentleman in London, lately, in making
return of his income TO the tax commissioners,
wrote on the paper, 'For the three last years
my income has been somewhat under f150; in
future it will be more precarious, as the man is
dead of whom borrowed the money"
A twenty-five inch object glass telescope has
been constructed at York, England, which, how
ever, cannot be successfully used in that coun-
try, owing to the thick atmosphere. 1t will
therefore be taken out of England in order TO
give its power fair scope.
A Chinese doctor spoke as follows in response
to the application of a suffering American OF
California: "Me thinkee you git well; me no
know; God see inside; me no see 'em, God
heep can tell when you git well; you take him
medicine, and Mclean mans Josh by'm by heep
helpee you; may be SO; me know some keep
insulance office, top side alice seem Mclean doc
tor. You pay me twenty dolla light now; you
hkee inSulance office you go Glas-a VALLEY, me
tbinkee so you ketchee him insulance paper"
Witty, but severe Madame Boiver, having
tried in vain to get pay for some cravats, which
young fop had bought of her, at last sent in
her bill in this style: "Io two dozen fancy satin
policemen, 200 francs" "What do You mean?
What are satin policemen" asked the dandy.
Your crayats, for they take thief by the throat
every morning"
DR.. Prime, in his ''Travels in Japan" saws:
Passing through a street and seeing some forty
or fifty copperS hanging on as many nails at
the front of shop, 1.-THE copper coin has a hole
In the center,) | inquired what they were for,
and was told they were placed there by the shop
keeper to save time and trouble in answering the
calls of the medicants. When one came along
he simply took a copper and passed on, never
abusing the charity of the shopkeeper by taking
twO"
Many of the newspapers referring to the Itch
borne case, speak OF it rs The longest trial on
record, and of the speech Of the attorney gener-
al in opposition to the claimant as the longest
speech. As matter of history this is not cor
rect The trial of Warren Hastings upon arti-
Giles OF impeachment for high crimes and misde-
meanOrs, before the British parliament was
much longer, and the address of Edmund Burke
upon presenting the articles Of impeachment is
probably the longest legal argument on record
This remarkable trial began by the presentation
OF articles of impeachment to the house of COM
mons April 4, 1886. The answer reply, reioin-
der, &C., consumed the time UNI the beginning
of February, 1888, The trial before the house
of commons began February 10, 1888, and ended
March II, 1894. Edmund Burke commenced
his opening speech on the 18th of February
1888, and closed eleven weeks later, on the 7th
day of May following.