The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-20
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


The principal peanut-growing states
are Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
nessee.
Electroplating with platinum prom
Uses to be among the accomplished
things of the near future
1T is told OF young man in Ham
cock, Me-, that though he goes to meet
ings, parties, and other gatherings, he
has never been known to speak to any
body but his parents No reason is as
signed for his silence.
"A monstrous brass casting was sue
cessfully run at foundry in Pittston,
Pa, the other day. It IS pnmp cham
Der weighing a, 900 pounds 1t took
three men nearly month to build the
mold, and the material cost 81. 500.
Forty years ago, Mrs. Cole, of Fred
ericksburg, Va, swallowed needle It
caused her no inconvenience or pain,
and she soon after forgotit. A few days
since she was reminded of 1T by finding
the needle projecting from her side.
After spending an hour and half
in serenading newly welded couple in
Saco, Me-, and wondering that the groom
| did not appear to welcome the music
| ians the groom's father astonished them
| by imparting the information that the
happy pair were in a neighboring viii
lagee..~
Urban Getchell, OF Limestone. Me-,
witnessed novel sight while driving
| through what is called the mile block,
two miles from the village. lie came
on seven bears unawares, three of them
full grown and four cubs quite large.
| The old ones made for the woods. but
the cubs had their gambols out before
they followed. Urban says it was nice
sight, but his hair seemed to grow very
fast and raise his hat from its usual
place. The bears were seen by two
other persons.
| 1t is asserted by French vintagers
that the grapes gathered at sunrise al
ways produce the lightest and most linn
pid wine. Moreover by plucking the
! grapes when the early morning sun ie
upon them they are believed to yield &
fourth morejuice. Later on in the day,
too, spite OF all precautions, it is impos-
|
grapes from partially fermenting, which
frequently suffices to give slight ex-
cess of color to the must-a thing espec-
ially to be avoided in a high-class cham
payne.
No matter how much advertising
pays it certainly costs. A. single page
in an issue of the Century, taken for
advertising purposes, costs $500; in Harp
er's, $500 down to 500. A yearly ad.
vertisement of one column in the New
York Herald costs $50, 304 for the lowest
and $3.50, 600 for the highest priced col
umns. These figures will doubtless BIO
OF interest to men who invest So or So
! per month, and flatter themselves with
the idea that they are extensive and
liberal advertisers, and that because OF
their Investment they ought to control
the columns and dictate the course oil
! publication.
/ Western sportsmen are considering
pfan for introducing the kangaroo In
| this country These animals have al.
ready been successfully aeclimated in
France and England, and there seems
to be no reason why they should not be
in this country. As further argu-
ment in favor of their plan the sports
men lay stress on the commercial value
OF the kangaroo skin which make dur
able and valuable leather. Provided
the scheme is acceptable, several OF the
animals will be placed in the Yellow
stone Park, where they will be protected
by the Government until they have be.
come sufficiently numerous to be hunted.
Miss Mary A. Corcoran, Of Ansonia,
Conn, carried in bundle of sticks OF
wood for her fire early one morning and
put them in box behind the stove.
When she went to replenish the fire she
| picked up half a dozen sticks and after
putting three on the fire heard LOUD
sissing sound in the stove Just then
the head of a large striped adder lifted
Eitself from the hole in the stove and
tried to strike her. The other two sticks
held the snake in such position that ii
did not succeed Her screams brought
her father, who killed the adder with
the poker. 1t measured over two feet
1t is suppose Miss Corcoran picked it up
while it was glutted with food and in q
/ lebllstfBlC SLilLe~ dnu-IIl6 u6&t Ol-Ln6 IRE
forced it into activity.
Tho town of Sweden, Me-, got ex-
cited recently, according to the Oxford
Democrat over reports OF various per-
sons who declared that they had seen a
wild woman in the east part of town.
/ One said he saw her trying to milk a
COW, second that she was in another
pasture picking berries, third that she
was walking through some bushes near
the road, and when she saw that she
was observed beata hasty retreat Some
said she was dressed in light clothes,
others that her clothes were dark and
she had on white apron. A searching
party was made up and armed with
handouts, etc.. but the excitement
quietly subsidized, when, after following
the trail some. distance, it suddenly
ended at red and white COW, peacefully
chewing her cud and wondering what
all the connection was about
COUNTING BANK BILLS.
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