New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-23
SOME STRANGE AVOCATIONS
From Chambers,s Journal.

From Chambers s JOurNdi.
Said witness under CTOssexamnatiOn 81 am
an Early-caleT. / calls different tIaGesmen at early
hours, from till $50 in the morning, and that IA
how get my living. gets up between - and j
| goes TO bed at and sleeps till the afternoon.
calls bakers between ! and 2-tho bakers are
the earliest of all" What sort of a living
he made is not recorded. A pound n week
we should say, would be the outside figure and to
earn that he would need couple of scores OF Gus
toners The ear!y-callcTs fee IL well earned, since
but for his Intervention his clients womb OFTEN
lose days pay. If not be thrown out Of work
altogether. by failing to Keep time Not 80
deserving Of announcement arc the 'tup-pen-
Mes carrying on their vocation III those
quarters of London where pawnbrokcrs aud poor
people abound. They are. feminine intermed-
aries between the pawnbroker ana toiks anxious
to raise q loan upon their belongings, who
rather than transact such business for themselves
are willing to pay twopcnce for every parcel CON
ycyed TO eyeTVbOdy's "uncle or redeemed FROM
his clutches These gO-brtwccns, II is aycTred also
receive a quarterly commission from the tradesmen
they favor with their patronage; and 80; one way
and another contTive 10 make a comfortable living
ont of their neighboIs' necessities.
There are men IN Paris, birds of n feather with
the chiitOneT who go from hospital TO hospital
collecting the linsecd plastcrS that have
served the turn of doctor aud patient; aitcrward
pressing the oil from the hnsccd ana dispensing OF
the linen. after bleaching it, to the papcrmakcr
Others make n couple of francs Il day by collecting
old COrks. which being cleaned and pared fctCh 1t
is said bali a frame per hundred.
ady-resdent OF the Fanbourg st. German is
credited with earning good income by Matching
red. black and brown ants for pheasant pre-
servers. One Partisan gets bis LIVING by breed
ing maggots out of the foul meats he buys of the
chi1Onlcrs, and fattenlnR them up in TIN boxes.
Another breeds magGots for the special bchooi OF
nightngales: aud a third mdTchGRd dds'tc0tS
boasts Of selling between thirty ana forty millions
of worms every season for plScatOnal purposes.
lie owns great pit at MOntmartrc, wherein lie
keeps his store. Every day ms scouts bring HIM
fresh stock, for which hc pays them from to 10
pence per pound. according to quality; rCsclng
them to anglers nj Just double those rates. and clear
ing thcrcb, something over E3OO year.
This curious avOcatiOn Is not unknown IN Eng
land. Some twelve years ago. wo are told, Mr..
Wells "A fishing tackle maker of Nottingham, in
order TO insure a constant supply of bait for his
toners started farm for the rearing OF lObworms,
cOckspuTs ring-tailed brandlmgs. and other worms
in demand among the disciples Of Walton, who
abound in the ole lace town. To keep his farm
stocked, men and boys go ont at night collecting
worms in the meadows and pastures;
moist warm night yielding from two 10 six
thousand worms. As soon rs they arc brought
ill., they are placed in properly selected moss, field
moss for choice, to sCOuT until they become little
more than skin-ireshly caught worms being too
tender for the anglers 10 handle; while whom u
worm is properly educated, he is u5 tough rs a bit
Of nda-rubbcr and behaves rs n worm shOuld do
when nut upon the hoOk.N When this condition is
attained. the worms are packed in moss aud put up
i'm light canvas bags for the market. This worm
merchant does not entirely depend upon tho indus
try of his collectors nut breeds largo quantities
himself III his own garden-the component parts Of
his brcedng-heap being secret he not unnaturally
keeps to himself