Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07
ODDS AND ENDS,

A dumb woman at Martha's Vine.
yard OWLS and manages n small schoon-
er, living in it with kitten and n huge
Newfoundland dog for company. She
supports herself by fishing and her lob
ster pots, and by peddling thread and
buttons and such small wares along the
coast when the fishing season is over.
Among the various charity societies
of Moscow there is one for the cndow-
ment of poor brides. The funds of the
society are constantly increased by the
gifts or requests of benevolent persons,
but only the interest of the money is
used for the designated purpose.
A process for marbleizing silk plush
without pressing or enclosing it has
been discovered. BY this process the
light and dark effects are reversed when
looked at from opposite points. The
finish is nicely preserved and does not
give the appearance of having been
wet, as shown in many goods of this
character.
There arc sixty-four churches of the
Church of England, besides those of
other denominations, within a quarter
of mile of ST. Paul's cathedral Most
of them have more seats than there are
residents in the parish. Many of the
clergymen live far from London. One,
whose income is 81, $50 a year, has not
visited his parish for fourteen years.
1t is said that there are thirty-five
kinds of granite in Maine, each of
which possesses distinctive character
istics readily recognized by worlImen
acquainted with monumental and
builing stones. There are all shades
of what are termed white granite, the
most beautiful of which is the Hal
lowell, together with the red granite of
Red Beach and the black granite of
Addison.
1.-THE Passion Play" at Ober-Am-
mergau was discovered" by English
men in 1850, when two Oxford fellows,
who were staying at Bad Gadstein,
heard of it by chance and decided to
be present. They lost no time in de-
scribing it to their friends in Oxford,
and Dean Stanley, then an Oxford
tutor, visited the play and wrote de-
scription, which made it well known.
A theatrophone has been set up in
Paris, whereby persons at a distance
can hear the performance at any par
ticular theatre or concert. At present
the apparatus only communicates with
one house, the Nouveautes, but it will
soon be extended to all the theatres
and halls, and connected with the chief
hotels, clubs and restaurants. BY
dropping half a franc into a slot people
will be provided with five minutes en-
tertainment, a longer hearing being
charged in proportion.
The larynx of the great tenor Gayarre,
who died not long ago in Madrid, was
removed after his death, and was found
to be of such peculiar formation that
it will probably be preserved in some
Spanish museum. Gayarre received
81, 400 night in opera, the largest sal
airy ever paid a tenor, and his fortune
is estimated at $500, OOO He was the
son of a blacksmith and a common
workman when his voice first attracted
attention, and he was only 40 years old
when he died.
The vatican is garrisoned by a com
pany of eighty gendarmes, including
officers, and By a company of seventy
five Swiss guards. The pope has also,
for state occasions, his papal guards,
composed of former officers in the pom
tifical army, and the guarda Mobile or
e a. 10
two corps serve gratis, but the gen
darmes and the Swiss guard have to be
paid at the rate of about sixty centimes
a man per day, besides being lodged,
fed and clothed.