The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-17
SELECT SETTINGS.

Arthur Rothschild has sold his famous
collection of postage stamps for the sum
of $50, 900.
The high water around Marysville,
CAL, drove into the town hundreds of
jack rabbits that were killed in the
streets.
The advent of triplets in North
Dakota family absorbed the appellations
of Faith, Hope and Charity as the
nomenclature.
In filling out death certificate Penn
sylvania doctor inadvertently wrote his
name in the blank space reserved for
'cause of death"
An Australian town has given its
streets chemical names, such as Argent,
Beryl, Cobalt, Kaolin, Iodide, Oxide,
Bromide and Sulphide.
At shooting party of five guns re-
Gently given by Count Weissemburg, of
Germany, the bag consisted of 1868
hares and 2l9 pheasants, shot on one
day.
A 200-pound seal was captured near
Astoria, Ore, by some salmon fishers.
They were more numerous in the Colum.
bia River last season than for many
years.
Oliver Lane, of Exeter, Mass, hasn't
been out of money for thirty-five years,
He has carried a silver dollar in his
pocket since February 6, 1855. The
coin has been worn perfectly smooth.
The physicians of Birmingham, Ala,
are much interested in child born there.
The child is only two inches long and
weighed exactly two ounces. 1t died
three hours after birth. 1t has been
preserved in alcohol.
II came out in an English court re-
Gently that 100 wornout horses had Just
been shipped from that country to Ger
many and Belgium to be used in the
manufacture of sausage, and that such
shipments were a regular thing.
A bridge across Eagle Creek, Ore. was
finished recently by Baker County tax
payers, who paid $4,000 for it. Before
it was week old drove of cattle was
driven upon it, when the whole struc-
ture collapsed and fifty animals were
drowned.
David Kline, farmer at Friedens
burg, Penn, says that for three years he
has not slept an average of two hours out
of the twenty -four; that he does not feel
sleepy, and does not suffer from the loss
of sleep. When he does sleep he takes
his nap in chair.
There is perch fish in a well near
Nashville, Ga, known to be thirty-fve
years old. When the well is being
cleaned the perch is taken out, placed in
bucket Of fresh water, and kept until
the work is completed. The fish keeps
the well clear of all insects.
But for the ravages Of storms and the
robins, woman at Placer, Cal, would
have made 5000 per acre on her olive
orchard of two acres. But for the storms
the robins would not have come down
from the mountains, and these two
drawbacks do not often occur.
At the residence of Colonel A. Bass,
at Rome, Ga, partridge found its way
into the home and was captured and
safely put in cage A little while later
another partridge, perhaps the mate of
the first, walked boldly in and started
upstairs and was also captured.
Bishop Mackenzie, of Zululand, South
Africa, who died recently of enteric
fever, gave instructions previous to his
demise that his corpse should be buried
in Zulu fashion. Accordingly no coffin
was used, but the body was tied up in
blanket in a kneeling position and was
thus placed in hole.
During storm which recently ragged
in the canton OF Neufchatel, Switzer-
land, shower of living cater
pillars fell. They were in myriads, and
of three species--some yellow, the
others black, and varying in length.
Among the caterpillars were many other
insects. The source from which the
gale convened them is unknown,