St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-05-07
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1t is estimated that the sugar
bounty to the planters of Louisiana
and the maple sugar growers of Yer
mont will cost the people of the
United States annually 100000.
Albert Bierstadt, the artist, is GO
ing to Europe to make studies for
the picture of the Landing of Colum-
bus" on which he has been engaged
for some time, and intends to exhibit
at the Worlds Fair.
S. F. Scott of Delaware county,
New York, has notable sugar
maple tree, $50 years old and sixteen
feet in circumference. 1t has yielded
as much as twentv-one twelve quart
pailfuls of sap in thirty-six hours,
although it is disfgured with about
hundred halfinch auger holes.
A peculiar accident occurred at
Haverhill, Mass, recently. A runa-
way team struck a hydrant and
broke off the short six-inch pipe. A
stream of water spouted up like a
geyser and before shut off much dam
age from flooding was done and
scores of persons were drenched.
John Smith of Manchester, Eng,
many years ago discovered that his
name figured frequently in the crimi-
nal records, and was greatly afraid
that he would be mistaken for one Of
the bad John Smiths Accordingly
he determined to assume a name that
no other mortal ever possessed, and
invented the name Gagadig Gigadab,
by which he has been known ever
since.
The st. Louis stamping company,
of which eX-Congressman Niedring-
haus of St. Louis is president, has
begun erecting the first tin plate
works in this country. SThe stamp
ing company is turning out tin plates
now in a small way, but it is expect
ed that when the new works are
completed it will put on the market
between 400 and 500 boxes a day
and the capacity will be increased if
required.
The highest place in the world reg
ularlv inhabited is stated to be the
Buddhist monastery Halne, in Thibet,
which is about 10000 feet above sea
level. The highest is Galera, rail-
way station in Peru, which is located
at a height of 15,635 feet Near it,
at the same level, railway tunnel
8, S47 feet in length is being driven
through the mountains. The eleva-
ton of the city of Potosi, in Bolivia.
is 10, $50 feet; Cuzco, Peru, II, $50
feet; La Paz, Bolivia, 1883 feet;
and Leadville, Colo, O,2O0 feet.
One is apt to think that the world
has been pretty well ransacked for
schemes, and that the
supply is liable to run out. How
ever, the Chicago News is of the
opinion that experience proves that
the mind of theinventoris practically
inexhaustible, and breaks into peren-
NAL exhibition of its resources. One
of these is the new toy gun for post
ing advertisements. The gun is used
for shooting advertising arrows in
to trees, fences, buildings or any
inanimate objects. The arrow is
feathered with light cardboard of
various colors, bearing, in large type,
any desirable inscription. The darts
can be projected out of ordinary
reach.
There are about 200 tea tasters in
New York city, a well-paid class of
men, most of whom in the course Of
nature will die of kidney disease
by their unwholesome
occupation. The habits of these men
are exceedingly curious, says the
Sun. Some of them refuse to ply
their trade sa &c in the morning, on
the ground that the sense of taste
cannot be trusted after it has been
bewildered by hours of work. Most
of them avoid the use of tobacco and
of highly seasoned food. Their ac-
of taste is astonishing. A
tea faster will grade and price a
dozen qualities of tea, all from the
same cargo.