Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-04-07
SELECT SIFTINGS.

There are four mnts in the United
; States
Fruit trees acquire most Of their
growth by night.
Denver Is fcputei 70 have more WILL
dressed men on its streets than any city
q II size in the country,
The H,ndvo Neda~ or Laws Of Menu,
addressed Il civilized people, were
edited by kullncA. about so B +
William Finlay, Of Glasgow. Scotland,
has started 10 wheel a barrow to Rome
and back. He hopes TO do it within a
year.
George Peabody, the great American
phianthrophi>t, gave 5000, 600 10 anne
llorate the condition of the London
poor.
The earliest coinage for America was
made IN 1912 for the Virginia Company.
Na~saCliusetts made the first colonial
coins III l6l1
An unfortunate Maine Ft:t'y that hap
pcncd t"b born on the day of hcr grand
parents golien Wedding WI, named
Anna Ner>ary.
"Auca,sin and \icol,ttc" i> tie o'.l,>,
work of fiction III the world II vas
written - N@sr- ago IN France, and Is
entirely a love story
The literary rducarion Of wompnE E,c
can to prevail in England ii the {fTly
part If the Stv,ntccnlh century In 1920
neither Of shake~pearc's Il tughtor~ could
writc
The battle of Pultowa, whore the
power # { CharleS MI. Of sweden. the
l.ayc of the Nsrrth.' was broken hy
Fct,r the Great. If R,,sir was fought
July :, ,oo
During hertwenty years Of married liic
Mrs. John ttucSt oi Wichita. Kansas.
had presented her husband with twenty
fwn children. She has twice given birth
to t"ln1 md onre to triplts
Spon-cs come '''r>tly from warm
waters The best ones tofs,c from the
;rctk A,ehipca9o and the ,aa>' #
| syria They grow on rocks and 80
hrnpght VI ~ divers. They ;ac an ami
ma Production
couple Of tarmcrs from Antrim
fo+neh,p lan four miles to Rancott.
Mich. the ~tl',r night to h-lp put out tn"
aurora horcalS fhAy saw The biz light
IN the north and they tEou tf't ,h: whole
town was on fire.
In Kentucky they call you .1Colond,
/ n Indiana esquire is a complimentary
salutatinn hey hail the stranger As
s'Governor' in kan<a- and when you get
! ytf tic train at Salt Lake City the hotel
agent shouts "lhis way. Bishop
4 mountain Lon trotting along be
Hetr The high banks Of snow on the
! Inc Of ihJ Denver and hlu trande Rail
-oad in Colorado, 'tc@n'ly, vas over
4 takcn.an thrown high IN fiv" AR. The
+ animal landed on his feet and raIi qeek-
/ j away. apparently nnlnjurcd.
\ curious centenary was recently cclc-
iratcd hv the women of Bunzlau IN
I >itt~i7, i was Just 100 years since the
man tieu " h,' constructed 81 4 gantlc
rarthcnware vessel ~hch i, q kind Of
counterpart to the iat fer"d vat at
Heidelberg The vessel hc9aS thirty
bushels Of peas, is three yard nigh, and
measures nearly four yards across.
"Old GRANNY" hen recently on cN-
bilntion IT the show If the Eastern
Michigan Poultry A-so .iation III feiroit.
i,fwelvc wears rld She has livcn seven
il, .iah. years beyond the allotted age
of chickens. anf IS literally gray headed
This venerable f65t' lad fifty four c1gs
last year. from ,eycll'ecn IF which chick
MS We're hatchci, a proceeding 'f''t was
contrary 10 al the authorities
The tiI~t pine apples known in Eng
lanl were sent a. a present 70 trom
wei. and tho first cultivated III that
county, were raised about l,l5. Pine
L.