The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-28
POLITICS AND POWDER.
what II Cnst' to Run n Cunpu 'gu-Opiuiou
al II Fireworks NnkcT.
tFive million dnllnlsl

"""' II Cnsta t. Run "a Cnm2n .gn- Opinion
tRorhes'cr, " y. Demoyat)
Give million doais!"
IS, sir, 1--WE million dollars, of which two
millions are spent for fireworks and three
millions for uniforms, etc, every presidential
campaign
Thus said Mr. James Palmer. the Rochester
fireworks mixer to our reporters inquiry
- ne average spent in off years for fire
works is over ono million dollars
DO we import the bulk of our frcworIsl"
NO. sir, we import nothing but frecracll-
era We make the rest in this country.
There are only ten fireworks establishments
in America
Upon invitation of Superintendent Fred
erlck Fitz Fichner, the reporter inspected the
Palmer establishment not without some fear
and trembling at first When the superin-
tendent said he had been blown up twice. the
reporter lurtively asked:
" Is not this business a little risky"
" Yes, | suppose it would be so considered
by outsiders but | have encountered greater
dangers than any find here and don't feel
concerned
=" don't quite catch your meanngr
"Well, have been in this business many
years and the constant though unconscious
nervous strain has caused greater suffering
than the explosions | lave 'talien!' Many
a day | would be very dizzy, and every
thing would get dark. Atother times I could
scarcely breathe from choking sensations
Then my appetite left me and l grew thin,
weak and lieeSs. | was drowsy bv day and
Iwakcful 10y night My side panied me, my
back ached, my limbs burned, bloated fear
fully and one leg got paralyzcd. For ten
months suffered desperately and two prom
lnent physicians gave me up for dead
man, sure"
"You don't look it now ~
mo, that's so, but it was fact, Just tho
same; When found out my trouble, at once
resorted to Warmers safe cure and n dozen
bottles put me in possession of the best health
ever expected to enjoy, and I was pro
nounced iEcurably sick with Bright's dis
ease. it is the most wonderful medicine in
the world
"lndeed. You are fortunate man. Is
there any falling off in the fireworks business
this year,
Not at all On the contrary it grows
more POPULAR every year. and this year we
have done an extraordinary business The
American people are getting quite as fond of
display as the mercurial Frcnchman. and they
manifest it by rockets and volcanoes politi.
cal banner, campaign uniforms, etc. | reckon
that $lo,WO,OOO won't cover tho incidental
political expenses ola presidential campaign"
A Blind Prodigy.
Chanda Singh, blind student of St
Stephens college, Delhi, is, according to
the account given in 1HenS Iadian Mil
a prodigy. lie cannot read or write, but
possesses such a strong memory as to be
able to repeat all his textbooks, Eng
lish, Persian or Urdu, by rote, and to
work out sums in arithmetic with re-
markable rapidity. The unusual nten.
sity of his mental powers is shown By
his ability to multiply any number Of
figures by another equally large At the
last university examination he was eX-
amined viva vocc by order of the director
of public instruction of the Punjaub, and
he stood twenty seventh in the list of
successful candidates. On the recon-
mcndation of the same official the judges
of the local court have allowed him to
appear at its law examination.