Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-18
Facts and Fancies.

The population of Sweden at the end
of 1867 was 4, 1876, 900 in 1869, only A.
15s, ,OOO 1870. 4,l6s,0O0 and in 1872
again, A, $50, 200.
They are looking for a man in Lon
don to regild the ball on the top of st.
Pauls. Twenty pounds in money and
lie insurance will be given for the
job. '- y
Two boys at Aurora, Ill, who were
stealing q ride in grain car, we're
killed in curious way. The car cap
sized, and they were buried under its
contents of wheat.
During a recent speech at Quaker
meeting, Mr.. John Bright stated that
he had no decanters in his house, and
had not bought any wines or spirits for
thirty-four years.
A patent has been issued in Eog-
land for glass type, to be used instead
of wood for posters and other kinds OF
printing. The type is mounted on a
base of wood, OF other material, and
secured by cement.
An old farmer in Orange county, n.
Y, has a beautiful cemetery for all
horses. dogs, cats, and other animals
dying In his neighborhood, and allows
each of them tombstone. He keeps
his own coffin under his bed, and it has
been there eighteen years.
A timid man wants to know show to
tell mad dog" We don't know what
he wants to tell him, but the safest way
would be to communicate with the dog
in writing. Send the letter from gun
in the shape of wadding, followed by
small shot to see if he gets it. ~
A California paper says that twenty
years ago a Senator of that common
wealth remarked 81 would not give
six bits for all the agricultural land in
California" This year the State will
harvest wheat enough to load thou
sand ships, each of a thousand tons
burden, and have enough left for home
consumption. r.E
Some fellow in England makes q
living out of gullible people, who stop
ped growing at an inconvenlently early
period, by advertising to make short
people tall. At London Police court
recently a little woman who had in
vested eleven shillings in the hope of
adding to her stature applied for re-
dress, her investment not adding one
inch to her height. ...
At the late gathering of the old line
Abolitionists in Chicago, an interesting
account of "the man with the branded
hand was given. Jonathan Walker is
his name, and he was, in 1843, branded
in his right hand with two letters. "S.
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of the United States Marshall OF Flor
ida. He is now seventy-three years OF
age, and lives in Muskegon, Ill.
A large proportion of clergymen in
the Church of England to-day are as
poorly paid as the Vicar of Wakefield
was in Goldsmith's time, for el50 at
present, considering the cost of living,
is no more than equivalent to the Vicar
of Wakefeld's 940. There are now
1886 benefces in the Church of Eng
land under e200 year, and no less
than 1,211 under G100 year in value.
A most remarkable instance of family
rotation in Office exists in the selection
of United States Consul to Falmouth,
England. President Washington ap-
pointed as our first Consular repre-
sentative at that place MIR. FOX, VINO
held the Office many years. Upon re-
tiring therefrom he was succeeded by
his son, who occupied the position un-
til recently. Howard Fox, son of the
last above mentioned, was nominated
to succeed his father few days ago.
It is definitely established at last
that cork leg is not a life-preserver.
A few days since deck passenger on a
Louisville and Cincinnati packet sprang
overheard. A boat and crew went i'm
mediately to his rescue. AS he tioated
on the surface of the water no one sus-
pected that he was in any danger.
When lifted into the yawl he was dead.
A patent cork leg that he wore had
kept the body from sinking; but, as
his head was not cork, it sunk just
enough to drown the unfortunate man.
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