Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-05-12
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Nails we're made by hand previous to
1910. /
No hesrses are used in the City Of
Mexico.
A Philadelphia taxidermist IL appro-
riatelv named Stuffer
The first idea of pneumatic tube
MAS due 10 Denis Pauiu III 1861
An English corset firm made S3S
corset. ON orders for men last year.
Since 1910 thirty-seven vessels, OF
which a part Of the name was the "Clty
IF. have been wrecked or lost.
A COW Mt Gainesville, Texas, has an
,ppetite for colored autographs and
most bills which she seems to ENJOY.
A calf with II wing growing from ITS
,boulder- blade may be- seen on the farm
IF A. NJ. Chisholm, near Hecla, South
Dakota.
People who own chickens in Hutch
inson. Kan, are compelled 10y law to
lnclose them i'll coops from March to
October.
A society at Eastman, Ga, is called
"The Society of Amalgamated IRE
yaricators. The word "Ananias IL
engraved on the badge of honor
A Seattle Wash. taxidermist, while
dissecting IA monstrous shark, clalmsto
have found inside the fish II cuff but
ton. which bore President Cleveland Z
portrait.
A rent or cut in an oilcloth may I've
readily mcndrd by laying piece OF
sticking plaster underneath, sticky side
up, and bringing the edges of the cloth
| together.
A brief attack of neuralgia caused a
/ remarkable change III Miss FAIRY
| Musettcr, IL nineteen- vear-old belle of
| Fostoria, Ohio. Her hair has become
/ AS white n snow.
Street bnnds are not permitted in
Germany unless they accompany pro-
cessions. In Vienna the organ grind
rrs are allowed to play only between
midday and sunset.
] ne tllhlnbIu II LON hlil'hk Wv
earliest gems known to man. 1t has not
been found in the ruins of Nincveh, IN
the Etruscan sepulchers nor in the
tomhs of the PhGnicians.
The bronze cents of the year 1871
/ have become 80 scarce that coin dealers
pav premium on them. They are the
only ones of the cents issued since the
war that have anything more than their
face value
Cindcrclla's real name, II seems, WAS
Rhodopr, and she was beautiful
Egyptian maiden, who lived go years
before the common era and during the
reign of Psammetlcus, one of the twelve
kings OF Egypt.
According to the will of King Lud-
wig ]. of Bavaria, chest containing
part of his private papers was opened
on recent day, Just twenty five years
after his death. Six other chests are
not to he opened until twenty-five more
wears elapse.
Most vcgetarians believe that 1t Is
cruel to kill animals for the sake of
using their flesh Ms food; hence they
abstain from meat. Some Of them re-
fuse to wear leather shoes for the same
reason, and have their feet covering
made Of felt.
Many OF the houses in Madrid,
Spain, have long palm branch twisted
along the ratings of one of the upper
balconies, This was blessed in one of
the churches at Palm Sunday, and is
kept until another is substituted in the
following year.
Some OF the walking leaves those
which are natives Of India, China and
Japan IN particular, are large, gro
tesque-looklng creatures, their rcsem-
blance being strikingly like II bundle
of yellow twigs joined together with
faded, maccrnted leaves The limbs Of
this species of insect are long, slender
and twighke, the coloring being suited
to that particular species of vegetation
upon which the deceptive mimicker
suhsists.