The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-11-12
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England does onc-third OF all the
banking in tho world,
The house in which General Grant
first saw light had only two windows.
There are five hundred persons en-
ploycd in the United States signal
service.
1t is estimated that GS churches in
Paris possess works OF art valued at
S1,6l5,7i0,
Fashionable people on Murray Hill,
New York, employ man by the year
to feed and take care of their cats,
Two hundred and fifty million per-
sons quench their thirst every year at
the London puzzle drnking fountains.
Too United States produces nearly
80, 900 lawn mowers annually, and eX-
ports TO every civilized country on the
globe,
There are 445, 00O,000 acres of forest
in tEo United States, and this area is
reduced ut the rate OF 25,000,000 acres
annually.
Durham, n. c., now Il famous To-
bacco town OF six thousand inhabitants,
was n hamlet of less than one hundred
souls 20 years ago.
Mrs. Low Wallace uses for paper
weight turquoise, from the Santa Fe
mines, which is said to be one of the
finest in the world.
In San Francisco there are 800
Ian ltin ~. y
men, the value of which is roughly
estimated at $250,000.
Many of tho spring chickens sold in
New York city are fattened on sun
flower seeds, which are said to impart
to the flesh q very fine flavor.
In the region Of tho Catskills there
arc more than 1000 hotels and board
ing houses, in which some 500, 600
visitors are yearly accommodated.
A Venetian gondoler makes on an
average four francs, about eighty cents
a day, the year round. On this he will
marry, rear family, and put some
money away.
Hercules Wilson, colorcd, has re-
signed his seat in the Georgia Legisla-
tnre. giving rs reason that he can
make more money by laying brick at
81 to So day.
In Germany women do tho main part
of the mental outdoor work. Not in
frequently Il woman and COW arc
seen pulling q coal cart through the
streets, man behind gently touching
them up with whip.
A new system OF drying lumber by
surrounding it with common salt is
just now attracting attention. The
peculiar power of salt Tor absorbing
moisture is well known.
Texas is progressing wonderfully
fast. In 1870 the grand total value Of
farm products of the state was S49,-
600, COO Now it has swellcd to the
enormous sum of $8l, 0G6. 900.
Over 5000 women arc employed in
tic railroad Offices in Austria. They
oct from S15 to $50 month. Nearly
all of them are widows OF men who
have died in the railroad service.
From 1871 to May 1874, inclusive,
the French government has expended
on the purchase of pictures and sculpt-
urc5 by living artists y, 700, 4l2 francs,
averaging moro than 100000 francs
per annum.
As many rs 200 needle pointed light
ning-rod tips (mndc in Philadelphia,
by the by lave been fixed upon the
rods mt the top OF the Washington
Monument to catch any thundcrbolts
that may come flashing down.
The present production of the Rus
sian petroleum field is between 30, 900
and 80, 0C0 barrels per day. 1t could
probably be increased to 10000 bar
rcls from the same wells. provided
they were allowed to produce all the
time. .-
Albert Ulysses Simpson Grant Baab
has become known TO fame not SO
much Oh account OF his odd name as
hrcausc h. collected purse for the
Cant monument i'll New York. A.'U.
S. G. Is. is Il boy of eleven, and he has
as many pockets rs names.