Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-05-15
ODDS AND ENDS.

It takes small boy to see the imperfec-
lions in an old man, and an old man to sec
the faults in boy.
Nearly 100 typewriters are employed n
the Census bureau at Washington, at saia-
ries averaging about SIS week.
The city of Boston has four women in
her school board and two colored men In
the common council.
It is estimated that out of svsry 100
pounds of fresh meat consumed In England
the home supply gives seventy four pounds.
An English syndicate with Lord Brassey
and Lord Richard Grosyenor at its head is
about to turn Brussels into seaport by
building canal and three immense basins
The canal will be large enough to admit
ships of 1000 tons.
II is asserted that the tying of band or
handkerchief over the mouth-if the sub
ject can breathe easily through the nose-is
an effective cure for snoring.
1t is an interesting point in American
history if, as stated, the Confederate gray
uniform was borrowed from the First Vir-
ginia regiment, which borrowed it from
the Seventh New York regiment. The Con-
federate song Dixie" was of northern
authorship.
The city of Manchester, England, has
authorized the mayor and Sir John Har-
wood to employ, in connection with the
Office of medical officer of health, such
women visitors as they may think suitable.
at a cost not exceeding 81, $50 year
There is probably only one woman in the
world in the antiquarian book business,
and she keeps shop at Berwick-on-Twe
England Gladstone often visits there and
pores over the books.
A protest against long and poorly paid
hours of work comes from the grave dig
gers of Paris. They are officially employed
| by the city, and number 1875. Ten hours a
day is their average labor, and they are
! liable TO be called up at any time of the
night. They are beginning to organize for
the purpose of doing less work, and for six
francs day instead of five.
Only one European country has lower
death rate than England-to wit, Norway,
where only 16 persons out of 1000 die in
year. The other end of the pole is in Aus
tria, where the rate is 29.2 In England it
is IT'S for population of over 100000.
According to late consular report the
parts Of Europe cover the following areas:
Germany, "a, 500, 600 acres; Russia, 494, 22S,-
900 acres; Austria Hungary, 40, 951, 700 acres;
Sweden, AZ, 600, 900 acres; France, q, 240, 900
acres; Spain, 10, 700 900 acres; Italy, 1854 $40
acres, and England, 2,471, 900 acres.
! An Augusta citizen took queer way to
collect a bill lately. He went to man
who owed him s. for board and asked for
the loan of his watch to wear to his land
lords wedding After that event he did
not return the article, and the owner went
| to the police station to make a complaint.
An investigation brought out the board
bill and settlement was effected.
| When the average man or woman comes
| to be fitted with the first pair Of glasses
some curious discoveries are made. Seven
out of ten have stronger sight in one eye
than the other. In two cases out of five
one eye is out of line. Nearly one-half the
people are color blind TO some extent, and
only one pair of eyes out Of every fifteen
are sound in every respect.
A new term Of derision has been intro
duced from across the water. The phrase
is, "a bounder," and it is applied in
sense of contempt or dislike to any one. It
appears 20 be derived from the tennis
ground, and implies that an individual
thus designated is out of bounds-that is,
does not in manners, dress or conversation
come up to the standard of good society.
NJ. viel Cazal, French painter who
chose his subjects from the slaughter
houses and rejoiced in painting blood, has
died at the age of "a years, and the story is
told that the first picture that he had in
the Salon was rejected at first, and that the
day after learning its fate the painter went
to the jury room of the Salon, said he was
starving and threatened to shoot himself
il the picture was not hung, whereupon the
committee reversed their decision.
A curious accident was witnessed by two
Alton qa,) citizens. They were going from
that place to Sioux Center when thunder
storm came up. They had noticed an eagle
flying quite high in the air, and while
watching it "A bolt of lightning struck the
bird, and it fell to the ground. With the
exception of broken wing it was not Sc
riously injured. 1t was captured by the
men.
A Georgia editor has an old Confederate
shoe, manufactured for the government in
1854 Just before the war ended. The sole
is fully three-quarters of an inch thick,
and is made of poplar wood, evidently
shaped with Ratchet or drawing knife.
The upper is attached to the sole with
strip of rawhide, running entirely around
the shoe, the leather being held 20 the sole
with large carpet tacks. The upper is of
rough cowhide, dressed only on the inside.
Aunt Nancy Luce, an eccentric character
known to thousands of summer visitors at
Marthas Vineyard, is dead She won mo-
toriety if not fame by reason of a pamphlet
sold on the island, along with her photo
graph, entitled "A Memorial TO Two Fa-
vorite Chickens During the last years Of
her life Aunt Nancy spent her time train
ing bantam chickens until they were
capable of performing many really inter
esting tricks.