Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10
Strange ArocatIons.

Oaiu WIttleSs uuueI NEOoS-cHtiuiH.
ion: 81 am an early-caller." call
different tradesmen at early hours from
,ne until half-past five O'Clock in the
morning. and that is how get my l!v-
Ing. l gets up between twelve and one
o'clock; goes to bed at six o'clock and
sleeps until the afternoon. calls the
bakers between one and two o'clock "a
The bakers are the earliest Of al
What sort OF living he made Is not re.
,orded. Five dollars a week. We should
say, W Guild be the outside figure, and TO
earn that the would need u couple OF
scores of customers. The early cilleis
fee is well earned, since but for mis- in
tervention his clients would often lose q
days pay. if not be thrown out OF work
altogether, by failing to keep time. Not
30 deserving of encouragement are the
tup-peunies," carrying on their voca-
ton in those quarters of London WI ore
pawnbrokers and poor people abound.
They are feminine Intermediates be
tween the pawnbroker and f,lss anxious
TO raise loan upon their bc'ongirs g,
who, rather that transact such business
for themselves. are willing to pay two
pence for every parcel conveyed to every
body's "uncle" or redeemed from his
clutches. These go-betwens, IL Is aver
red, also re- Give quarterly commission
from the tradesmen & ey favor with their
patronage: and 80. one way and another.
conirive to make comfortable, living
out of their neiehbors' necessities.
There are MN in Paris. birds Of
feather with the chifonier, who go from
hospital To hospital collecting the I'm.
seed plssters I, ut have served the turn
OF doctor and patient; aflerward press
ing the oil from the linseed and dispus.
ing OF the linen. ait"r bleaching it, 10 tie
paper maker. Others makes couple OF
francs n day by collecting old corks.
which being cleaned and pared. fetch
II is said. half franc per hundred.
A lady resident Of the Fauhoure 81.
Germain Is credited with earning good
income by Matching red, black and
brown ants for pheasant preservers. One
Partisan gets his living by breeding
maggots out of the foul meats he buys
of the chifroniers and fattening them
up in tin boxes. Another breeds mag
gots for the special bchoof of nightin.
gales; and third boasts OF selling be-
tween 80, coo, 900 and 40 600 900 Of worn 5
every season for piscaiorial PURPOSES.
He owns n great pit ut Monimartre,
wherein he keeps his store. Every day
his scouts bring him fresh stock, for
which he pays them from five 10 ten
pence per pound, according TO quality;
reselling them TO anglers at just double
those rates. and clearing thereby some
thing over f500 n year.
This curious avocation Is not unknown
in England. Some twelve years ago. we
are told, Mr.. Wells, tishing-tacklc
maker of Nottingham. in ord r 10 insure
a constant supply of bait for his custom
ers, started farm for the rearing o!
lobworms, cockspurs, ring-tailed brand
lings and other worms in demand
among the disciples Of Walton, who
abound in the old lace town. To keep
his farm stocked, men and boys 20 out
at night collecting worms in the mead
owe and pastures. moist warm night
yielding from 1900 TO 6 900 worms. A
soon as they are brought in they are
placed in properly-se!ected moss, tf d.
moss for choice, 10 sccur until they be-
come little more than sk.n-freshly-.
caught worms being too tender for an
glers to handle; while "when worm
Is properly educated. he Is rs tough as "A
piece Of india-rubber, aud behaves rs n
worm should do wien put upon the
hook" When this condition is attained,
the worms are packed in moss and put
up in light canvas bags for the market.
This worm merchant does not entirely
depend upon the Industry OF his COL
lectors, but breeds large quantities him.
self in his own garden-tne component
parts Of his breeding heap being Il secret
he not unnaturaliy keeps to himself.
Chambers Journal.