Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-17
Some Small Things.


Diamond is the smallcs, movable
type in the world. 1t often gets under the
hngernails of compositions.
Watches made as early as 1900 We're so
delicatcly constructed by hand and so
small as TO easily fit on the top of lead ZEN
Gil.
Bismarck is easily offended. A Berlin
butcher named one of his products 1.-THE Bis
marck sausage" and for small thing was
arrested.
1t is worthy of remark that mosquito
has concealed in its bill six complete
surgical Instruments each so mixed as TO
be indscrlminatc to the naked eye.
Gen. Longer, the editor of newspaper
called the Key West Uemocrdt, is twenty
years old, forty inches high, and weighs
thirty-tivc pounds. The General was
born in San Domingo and raised in
| Florida.
The sting of honey bee, when compared
with the point Of fine needle under pow
erful magniying glass, is scarcely discern
ble. The point of the needle seemed to he
about an inch in breadth.
A very curious little toy is the microscope
containing the Lords prayer. The whole
prayer is on piece of glass not larger than
the head of a pin, yet it is magnifed to such
an extent that it can be read easily by look
ing through the microscope.
Probably the smallest and youngest sea
lion in captivity is the one now in the ZOO
logical garden in Philadelphia, Penn. lie
is only nine weeks old When about four
weeks old he appeared one morning with a
glossy coat of grease, Up 10 that time his
hair was rather tough and non-repcllant and
not at all calculated to shed water The
mother is teaching him to swim.
The smallest baby was born in Chandcl-
aria New, few weeks ago The father
and mother are strong and healthy, weighing
100 and 100 pounds The child is a male,
perfectly formed. When it first saw light il
weighed eight ounces, Its face is about the
size of a horse chestnut. The mothers wed
ding ring was pulled over its foot up to the
knee. Three such babies could play hide
and seek in cigar box. 1t is in good
health.
The will of the late Peter Maltzbergcr
who recently died in Reading, Penn, la.
just been filed in the registers Office. 1t il
, the shortest ever admitted to probate il
Barnes county. 1t is as follows: Reading
Penn, Jan. 80, SOL, Peter haltzbergcr
do give and bequeath to my wife, Lens
Maltzbcrger. all my personal and real prop
, erty, absolutely, and appoint my said wife
: executrix of my last will and testament, Pc
ter Maltzberger."
An ingenious mechanic of jamestown, n
i Y, has constructed perfect locomotive, sal,
: to be the smallest in the world. The engin,
v is only eight and half inches long, with {
/ tender twelve inches long. The pump
l. throw drop of water per stroke. AS man,
:, as $50 screws were required to put the part
Il together. The engine itself weighs poun,
Ne and half, and the tender two pounds tw'
/, aud a half ounces. Two mechanics were a
work on the locomotive at intervals for eigh
years.
- The city Of Texarkana, though small il
,, comparison to some of the other cities o
n, the Union, is the most phenomenal. 1t lie
," in two states, Texas and Arkansas; henc
" its name. The state line runs through til
:, centre of its chief street. Its population
>, =. 5000. 1t IS considered the gateway of tn
> Southwest. 1t is only eight years old, bu
,, ,. has the airs of city of twenty-five years
:, Fonr railroads centre there, the climate
io like that of Italy, and tramps are not tolel
=, atcd. Money is plenty and the people ar
~ : prosperous.
"a The smallest steam engine in the worl
I'd was made by ID. A. A. Buck of Waterbury
a Conn. The engine, boiler, governor, an
III pumps stand in space seven-siXteenths {
Of an inch square, or the area of gold dola
=, and e,eights of an inch high. The engin
v. has 14S distinct pieces of machinery, hcl
n together by SO screws Three drops of Wi
l. ter fill the boiler to overlooking, The dian
ic eter of its cylinder is sixteenth of an incl
Y, The whole engine weighs three grains.
G, The youngest pensioner In the Unite
~ States is James W. Crandall, aged 10 year
I'd He resides in Philadelphia, Crandall had
tn natural love for the sea, and his mother s
cured his enlistment IN the United Stat,