The Morning herald., 1878-04-09
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About one couple in sixteen married IN
o.rmont are divorced y tlra q 70 "a3qi9
They say that Macon, Ga, is lighting its
..reats by locomotive headlights. 10 sGin,
The yearly consumption Of cheese in
ENGLAND is about ten pounds to each in
habitant. . ssH b g3sea ~ni#s#gE
An onion weighing four pounds seven
ounces was raised on Amelia Island, near
Fernandina, Fla. . a2 ll5A,@t. ..." ot
The rats in an Ohio barn rose In their
MIGHT and killed the dog that had been
sent in to exterminate them. cai 4. Es9. +.
dinner was given in Warrenton, Va,
N twelve old ladies whose aggregate ages
was 800 years. They danced q quadrille
and the minuet ant ~, '-E.
Tn 1927 John Med Donald, footman, car.
ried the first umbrella ever seen in Eng
land, and strangely enough, it wasn't his
own. .,.r-. d. u ..a 81
check for $500 recently passed through
one Boston bank and the Clearing House,
and when it reached the bank upon which
it was drawn it was found that it was
neither signed nor endorsed.
Arecent wedding at Williamsport, Pa,
had gloom cast over it by the discovery
that, through some unaccountable mistake.
the bridesmaid had been married insteas
of the intended bride. m..
AHigh Church Vicar advertises in an
English paper for curate, to whom he
will pay $3.50 week. By way of in
ducement it is added that the curate can
find eligible lodgings for $l5.75 a
week.
In the town Of Wethersfeld, Conn,
stands an English Pearmain apple tree,
nearly eleven feet in circumference one
foot from the ground. It yielded fruit
uearly century before the Revolution,
al,dis still in good bearing condition.
Baptist Pastor Batcheller, of Stafford, is
q banCy sort of minister. 1t is said that
he has been accustomed to shingls and
repair the church and do all the sexton's
work, besi,Ses attending to his regular pas
torial duties, and is also Judge Of Pro.
bate
A German has invented clock in
which the winding machinery is operated
by the alternate expansion and contraction
of glycerine or other suitable liquid, acting
on piston, motion in either direction sery-
ing to wind up the weight.
A French physician named Bartharand,
residing in Algiers, has for thirteen years
been collecting vital statistics in that coun-
try, and has on his list !, 800 cases of death
at ages exceeding eighty years, 1862 of the
persons deceased having been centen-
arians.
Death from joy ia a rare occurrence in
this sober, cloudy world. A shefie Id
blacksmith, who had been in prison for
two months, returned to his home, and on
seeing his wife and child, was so over.
powered that he ruptured his heart and
and died before a physician could be sum-
moned.
runaway bridal couple from Cleveland,
Ohio, turned up at Louisville recently,
penniless, and had to beg lodging The
bride had pawned her ring and both were
in great distress, but full of pride. They
said their trouble arose from failure to re-
ceive money from the groom's parents, who
are wealthy.
Among the shipments to Europe by the
Waltham Watch Company was lot of 200
stem-winding watches, by order Of the
British Government, for the use of con-
1uctors and engineers on the State railroad
Of India. This order was obtained in
direct competition with foreign manufac-
ture
The Russian nobility are numerous and,
as class, by no means rich. Previous to
emancipation, about twenty years ago, a
land proprietor was not thought wealthy
unless he possessed at least five hundred
serfs But only 3,sO3 proprietors had
more than chat number, while 1000 had
less than twenty-one.
John Young, the inventor of the clothes