The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26
or GENERAL INTEREST

&C. H. Bullock, Of Mortified, Mimi,
obtained 1,130 bushels of potatoes from
one acre of land. This is said to be by
Ear the largest yield ever known. 800
bushels being usually considered big
crop. That the 1870 bushels were all
raised on one acre of ground is.swasns
70 by a number Of trustworthy people
OF the vicinity.
Tho poultry products of the United
States had farm value of at least
300, 600, 900 last year, according TO Sec
rotary Rusk. while at the same timeyno
fewer than 16 900. 600 dozen eggs were
imported, at a first cost of Is cents per
dozen, or nearly 81. 500. 00o The aver
age annual importation during the past
four years has been -, 216, s26.
--''Ownie, the travelling dog of the
postal service, has been making tour
Of Maine. When he arrived in Bangor
he went immediately to meat market
and got his breakfast and5then viewed
the town. He was shut up IN the base
nfent of the post office for safe keeping,
Maine Central station and boarded the
night train for Boston
-Dennysville, Me-, has among its
historical relics house that once shell
tered Benedict Arnold, in which is Sc
cret panel leading to hole in the wall
where the people of Eastport secreted
their valuables during the British occu-
patton of 1914 There are also two
swords which were used during the
revolution by Gen. Benjamin Lincoln.
the original owner of the town, one of
them having been presented to him by
Gen. Washington.
the matter of mere distance COW
cred the records of the worlds famous
travellers do not make much of show
beside those of some railroad men. An
old railroad man named Layton, now
sleeping car superintendent at Indian
apolis, has kept record of his journey
ings since 1868, and the total is 1885,
246 miles. Conductor s. q. Boone, late
Of the Reading,Thas covered 2, SAT, 600
miles, and another Reading conductor
has ridden. something over 1897, roo
miles.
Weighing machines and scales of
it is said that Abraham at that time
weighed outr four hundred shekels of
silver, current money with the mer
chant, to Ephron the-~Hittite, as pay
ment for piece of land, including the
cave and all the standing timber '.in
the field and in the fence" This is
said to be the earliest transfer of land
of which any record survives and that
the payment was made in the presence
of witnesses.
No more waiting for benches to dry
after rainstorm, so that our Sunday
go-to-meeting clothes" may not be
spoiled An English inventor has pat
ented lawn bench and foot-board, be-
ing so arranged that by lowering the
back on the seat the FOOT board is at
the same time raised and brought up
against the front of the seat. The re-
suit is that all parts of the seat against
which a persons clothing is likely to
come in contact are kept dry and clean
throughout the summer.
The first mention of postal service
is that of the General Court of Massa-
chusetts in 1859: at is ordered that
notice be given that Richard Fairbanks
his house in Boston is the place APP
pointed for all letters which are brought
from beyond the seas, or are to be sent
thither, to bc left with him, and he is
to take care that they are to be de-
livered or sent according to the direc-
ton. And he is allowed for every let
ter penny, and must answer all mis-
carriages, through his own neglect in
this kind"