Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-08-04
ODDS AND ENDS.

Edison's ''far sight, machine will
probably be completed by 1892.
Through its aid one will be able in
Cincinnati to see the features of a friend
in Boston.
A double deck electric car capable
of carrying 175 persons is being ex-
perimented with in Pittsburg.
Building operations in Brooklyn and
the adjacent districts of Long Island
aggregated last year a valuation of
$50, 900, O0C
The supreme court of Saxony has de-
cided that boycotting is equivalent to
disorderly conduct in the first degree,
and punishable as such.
At Norway, Me-, some gold hunters
have stumbled upon a deposit of pink
granite thought to be very valuable.
An old bachelor declares that it is
pleasant always to have two babies in
the house, because each cries SO loud
that you can't hear the other.
Ria Kittridge, of Belfast, Me-, has
written President Harrison's last mes
sage, containing 10000 words, on
postal card.
Corporal Tanner has received over
5000 applications for pensions under
the new dependent pension bill already.
That means $50, 900 for the corporal.
The greatest coal pier in the United
States is about to be erected at Cam
ton, Md. The pier will be forty feet
high and will accommodate four large
ocean steamships at one time.
A church was put up for sale the
other day by the French colony at
Madrid. All the church decorations,
such as altar cloths, priests robes, gold
and silver vessels, were included in the
sale
A confessed incendiary under arrest
at Indianapolis is only 8 years old. He
admits having ignited only one build
ing, but he is believed to have had a
hand in several other fires
Hugh McCulloch, ex-secretary of the
treasury, who has been seriously i'll at
Washington for some days, is 50 years
of age.
Large numbers of eggs are bought
by foreign agents in the governments
of Kharkov, Kursk, Vorenezh, Tcher-
nigOv, OrlOv, Poltava, and in the set
Element of the Cossacks on the Don
river, for transportation into Germany
and Austria. The purchases are made
SO theoretically by the active agents
that the prices of eggs in those parts of
Russia have trebled.
English ladies are adopting the fash
ion of putting their maids who wait at
table in livery. The skirts are plain of
these livery gowns and of the heraldic
color of the house All the plaits are
thrown behind. Then the waistcoat
and jacket are trimmed with livery
bands, buttons and crests or mono
grams in metal A high, stiff white
collar, white cuffs and a tiny white cap
like topknot complete this livery.
Turkeys customs officers are pecu-
liarly keen in searching for travellers
books and the censor, if he does not
confiscate them, tears out or Obliterates
any remarks they may contain dispar-
aging to Turkey or Turkish institutions.
Even the ''Divine Comedy" is prohib-
tied in the sultan's dominions, because
Dante has spoken in unfiattering terms
of Mahommet.
In BakhmOOt, government of Eka-
terinoslav, a curious accident occurred.
A rock was blasted in the alabaster
factory of Novikoff & Co. Fully two
hours after a charge had been ex-
ploded, while the worhingmen were en-
gagged clearing up the debris produced
by the explosion, piece of rock about
fifteen yards in diameter broke down
and killed all the laborers that were
working underneath.
A citizen of Selma, Cal, who had
two lazy boys on his hands, induced
them to plant a vineyard and cultivate
it with their own labor for three years,
with a promise that he would pay them
a bonus of 81 for every pound of raisins
that should be raised in that length of
time. The boys went to work with zeal
that nearly took the old gentleman's
breath away, and from present indica-
lions this years crop will cost him
$4,000
The English love of dancing still
puzzles lazy Orientals. AT a recent
ball at Rangoon two native grooms
were watching the festivities from a
veranda and one of the observers
asked his companion why the couples
walked about after each dance. The
other groom described the reason in
stable phraseology: 1.-THE sahibs run
the mems and missiles round to make
them hot and then walk them round
to cool them down"