The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-17
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IoH uIi XII curly -ctllcf, CttIlS Ql1-
tercnt tradcsmcn ut early hours, from
] till $3.50 in the morning, and that is
how gctm my living. ! gets up be.
tween II aud |; goes to bed at 6 aud
sleeps till the afternoon. l calls ba-
kers between 1 and the bakers arc
the earliest Of ali.".> What sort of u
living he made is not recorded. A
pound week, we should say, would
be the outside figure, and to earn that
he would need couple of scores of
customers. The carly-calIcr's fec is
well earned, since but for his intcrveu-
ton his clients would often lose Il
days pay, if notbc thrown out of
work altogether, by failing to keep
time. Not SO deserving of encourage
ncnt arc the "tup-pcunics," carving
on their vocation in those quarters of
London where pawnbroliers and Door
people aboliud. They are feminine in
.crmcdiaics between the pawnbro-
ker and folks anxious to raise Il loan
upon their belongings, who, rather
than Transact such business for them
selves, are willing to pay two-pcncc
for every parcel conveyed to every
body's "unclc" or redeemed from his
clutches. These go-bctwccns, it is
aycrrcd, also receive q quarterly conf
mission from the tradcsmcn they favor
with their patronage; and so ono way
and another. .cOntrivC to make COM
Portable living out Of their mcimhbors'
necessities.
There are men in Paris, birds of q
feather with the chitlonicr, who go
from hospital TO hospital collecting the
linsccd plastcrs that have served The
turn of doctor and patient; atterward
pressing the oil from the linsecd and
disposing Of the linen, after bleaching
it, to the papcrmakcr. Others make Il
couple Of francs day by collecting
old corks, which being cleaned and
pared, fetch, it is said, half franc per
hpndrcd.
a lady-rcsitlcnt ofthc Faubourg ST.
German is credited with earning Il
good income by llatchiny rcd, black
and brown ANTS for pheasant prcscrv-
crs One Parisan gets his living bv
he buys Of the chifloniera, and iutlcn-
ing them up in tin boxes. Another
breeds maggots for the special bchoof
OF fniGhtingalcs; and a third mdrchdnd
daSiicotS boasts OF selling between
thirty and forty millions. Of worms
of every season for piscltol ial pur-
poses. IIe owns great pit at Mont
matrc, wherein he keeps his store.
Every day his scouts bring him fresh
stock, for which he pays them from
five TO ten pence per pound, according
10 quality; rcsclling them to anglers
at just double those rates, and clearing
thereby something over E30O Il year.
This curious avocation is not un-
known in England. Some twelve
Years ago, we arc told, Mr.. Wells, q
iishing-tacl;lc maker Of Nottingham,
in order TO insure constant supply Of
bait for his customers, startcda Il farm
for the rearing Of lobworms, COCK
spurs, ring-tailed brandlings, and 9TH
CT worms i'll demand among the dis
ciplcs of Walton, who abound i'll the
old lace town. TO keep his farm
stocked, men and boys go out at night
collecting worms in the meadows and
pasturcs;a u moist, warm night yielding
from two to six thousand worms. AS
soon as they are brought in, they arc
placed i'll properly selected moss, field
moss for choice, TO scour uutil they
become little more than skin-trcshIy
caught worms being too tender for the
anglers to handle; while "whcn Il
worm is properly educated, lie is as
tough rs Il bit Of findia-rubbcr,. and be-
havcs as u worm should do when put
upon the hook" When this condition
is attained, the worms arc packed in
moss and put up in light canvas bags
for The market. This worm-mcrchant
does not entirely depend upon the i'll
duStry ot his collectors, but breads
large quantities himscliin his own gar
ucn-thc component parts OF his breed
being IL secret hc not unnatu-
rally keeps to himsclf.
AN ENTERrRIsING WoMAN.-Somc
days ago a curious case, illustrative of
the length to which deep ycarning
for emancipation from the conjugal
yoke will carry ladies of rcsOlutc and
temper, was tried at Lille.
The wife of Il Belgian officer had insti-
tutcd proceedings before the High
Court ofTournai some months previ-
ously with the object of obtaining di-
vorcc from her husband. Failing to
bring her case TO Il conclusion as she
desired, and highly irritatcd by "ihc
laws delays" she happened one day
to notice 4 newspaper paragraph in
which Monsieur Lorcdun, Il fencing
master residing ut Lille, was cnthusi-
aSiically praised for his extraordinary
deXicrity with the small sword.
Forthwith she travelled to Lille, sought
on, NJ. Lorcdan and offered him q
handsome sum Of money to make her
husbands acquaintance, pick quar-
rel With him in such sort as to provoke
a challenge, thus securing the choice of
weapons, and then by the exercise of
superior skill deliberately to slay him.
Lorcdan struck Il bargain with her,
received 800 francs on account and
actually started for Tournai to execute
his homicidal mission. On his road to
the station, however, he dropped into
a carbarct which he was III the habit of
ircqucn'ing, and finding several of his
Intimate acquaintanccs there assem-
blcd "stood treat" to such purpose
that, his tongue being unlooscd by
"potations pottlc-deep," he confldcd
his enterprise TO all present. His az
rest, as well as that. Of his fair client,
followed these revelations, as a matter