Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-04-29
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1880.
A little boy was choked to death in
Springfield, Ohio, few days ago, by
piece of bread and butter.
Johnny Simmons, a ten-year-old boy
of Shasta County, California, shot and
range.
A convict in the Ohio Penitentiary
was pardoned the other day, but did not
want to leave and had to be put out of
prison.
The first coach in Scotland was brought
thither in 1861, when Queen Mary came
from France. It belonged to Alexander
Lord Seaton.
All elephants digestive functions are
very rapid, and the animal therefore re-
quires daily large amount of fodder
900 pounds at least.
The largest grapevine in the United
States is at Santa Barbara, Cal. It is twelve
inches in diameter, and the annual pro-
duct is often four tons.
The manufacture of porcelain was in
troduced into the Province of Helm,
Japan, from China in 1913. and Helm
ware still bears Chinese marks.
California has many fine lakes. The
most noted are Tahoe, twenty five miles
long, and Clear Lake, twenty-six mics
long. Both support steame
Missouri is the first reproducing
State of the country. The Nations total
production was 234, SOB tons last year,
and SO, 131 tons came from Missouri.
A curious relic of old Roman life found
recently at Lanuirum porto Portese),
and now stored in the British Museum,
is thin slab of stone that was auciently
a circus poster.
There are over fifty young pupils in
the new Indian school at Inyo, Cal. The
building is crowded, and the authorities
have applied to Commissioner Morgan at
Washington for relief.
Tulare, Cal, will send tree to Wash
ington, D. c., for exhibition. 1t is
eighty-seven feet, nine inches in circum-
ference at the base and sixty-fve feet
through at height of six feet above the
ground.
A stranger entered the Newton (Kan.)
Postoffice, one day the other week, and
buying lot of postage stamps, asked
permission to stamp all letters that thc
office was holding for postage. His re-
quest was granted.
San Diego, CAL, will give its regular
boarders in the county jail employment
in picking oakum. 1t is hoped that this
innovation of labor will tend to decrease
the number of tramps who get their liv-
ing at the county's expense.
The telephone company of Glasgow,
Scotland, has completely fitted up an
elaborate telephone arrangement in
Woodslde Church, whereby the sub
scribers are enabled to hear the entire
service with the utmost distinction and
ease.
Farmer Frank Lusk. of Kingman
County, Kansas, has bird dog which
goes to meet the south bound train six
days in the week, and catches daily
paper which the trainmen, by arrange
ment, throw out to him, and returns
with it to Mr.. Lusk S residence.
Rev Mr.. Sweet, the young Methodist
minister at Russell, Iowa, was the other
day stricken with apparent total blind
ness. He preached his usual sermon in
the morning, but that afternoon, while
filling country appointment, his sight
grew so dim he could see nothing and
he had to be driven home.
John Dawson, es Swan Creek, Iowa,
while saving cas from large jack-oak
tree, fully twenty fees from the butt,
found in small hollow a frog. The
frog on being released hoped a short
distance away and then fell over dead.
There is no knowing how long the frog
was in the tree, but it must have been
many years.
There are about 6OO5 varieties of post
age stamps now used by the different ma
lions of the world The Museum OF the
Berlin Germany Postofiice alone con-
tains a collection OF between 1000 and
5000 different specimens OF these little
colored pastors. Half Of this number are
European stamps-the remainder divided
among America, Asia, Africa and Aus
tralia.