The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-07-09
sTsArcE AvocATroSs,
Singular Ways In which Some Peope
Earn q Living.
cbambers' journal.

Chamber Jourha.
Said witness under crossexamination
al am an early caller. | calls different
tradesmen at early hours, from TIL $50
in the morning. and that 10 how l gets my
living. get up between 70 and !; goes
TO bed at 0 and sleeps till the afternoon.
calls bakers between and 2-the bakers
are the earliest Of ALL
What sort Of living made 10 not recordedP
A pound week, we should say, would be
the outside figure, aud to earn that no
would need couple Of scores OF customers.
The early callers fec il well earned, since
but for his Intervention his clients would
often lose days pay, II not be thrown out
Of work altogether,b by failing to keep time.
Not no deserving of encouragement are the
tup-penpies." carrying on tteir vocation
in those quarters OF London where paw
brokers and poor people abound. They are
the femeniue Intermediates between the
pawnbrokers and folks anxious to raise
loan upon their belongings, who, rather
than transact such business for themselves
are willing to pay two pence for every par
Gel conveyed to everybody's "uncle." or
redeemed from his clutches. These go.be.
tweens, 1t Ii averred, also receive omar
terly commission from the tradesmen they
favor with their patronage; and 30, ono
way and apother, contriye TO make CON-
Portable living out Of their nsighbors' ne
cessities.
There re men In Paris, birds OF feath-
or with the chiffonier. who 90 from hospi-
tai to hospital collecting the linseed p'as-
tiers that have served the turn Of doctor
and patient; afterward press the oil from
the l,nseed and dlsposing Of the linen. after
bleaching It. to the paper-maker.
There are others who make couple oil
francs day by collecting old corks which,
being cleaned and pared, fetch half franc
per hundred.
A lady resident OF the Faubourg st. Ger.
main IL credited with earning good In
come by Matching red, black and brown
ants for pheasant preservers.
One Partisan gets bis living by breeding
maRgots out Of the foul meats he buy
from the chiifoniers. and fattenipg then
up In tin boxes. fFg3f9 AyA Cf III
Another breeds maggots for the specia
behoof OF nightingales; and third mar
chand d'asticots boasts Of selling betwee'
$4,000 900 and 40, 600, 900 Of worms ever,
season for piscatorial purposes. he own
great pit at Montmartre, wherein be pm
his store. Evory day bis scouts bring hin
fresh stock, for which be pays thea iron
5 to 10 pence per pound, according to qua
ity, reselling them TO anglers at just doubl
those rates, and clearing thereby over c3O
year.
This curious avocation ID not unknow
In England. Some 10 years ago. No ar
told, Mr.. Wells, . fishing tackle maker
nottingham, in or der to insure constan
supply OF bait for his customers, started
farm for the rearing OF iobworms. cockspur
and ringtailed bradlings, and other worm
In demand among the disciples of Walton
who abound In the old lace town. To kee
bis farm stocked, men and boys 20 out q
night collecting worms In the meadow
and pastures--a moist, warm night yisldin
from two to six Thousands wornA A
soon as they are brought in they are places
In properly selected moss--feld moss 70
choice to scour until they become littl
moro than skin-freshly caught worms Be
ing too tender for the anglers 70 handle
while 9 when worm 10 properly educate'
he ID ~ tough - bit Of India rubber, ant
behaves a. worm should do when Pot up
on the hook" When this condition p .
tanned the worms arc packed In moss an
put In light csuvas bags for the market
This worm merchant does not entirely Dc
pend upon the industry Of his collectors
but breeds large quantities himself IN hi
own gardsn--the' component parts Of 81
breeding heap being secret be not unnat
urally leeps TO himself.