The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-03-29
EARTHWoRMs NDFRoGLECs,
Rrottts, from Their Sale fAEerd Means
for the Building of Expen-
e1ssst8ss 3iI@ sive Houses. t85ss34 zkssG

~S-eS ~ 4 SyNSA9 40 W ASNSA 81 Nv WA
a bachelor blacksmith who shod
horses. ironed Horse sleds for men
who went into The woods. and forged
axes fo2 Hwoodehoppers, in \ ~ little
shop on the, banks. of the Penobscot.,
1t is a large mansion standing in a
stately grove of sugar naples which;
now yields. 1000 gallons Iof IA maple.
sirup every season. Though Mr.. Weld
earned a good living from his shop,
most s'of his prosperity came 2 from
frogs legs, which he salted and seld
in Boston and New York. He hired
boys to catch and dress the frogs.
doing the rest Of the work. himself.
When he died. ten years ago his estate:
was valued at $4,000. n;ne-tenths of
which came from frogs. The place
has since passed into ether hands,
but the name of '.Weld's frog house,.l
still clings to it, says the New York
Sum- sssss ~ $50 aSs n
q sBlacksniith Weld was not thesonlyL
man who built . stately mansion for;
himself in eastern Maine. from money
earned In unusual occupations. Tie
best house. Sn Frankfort before the
civil wari ri,sas owned and occupied by.
John: Torrey Of Torrey's Mills, an sec-
centric and profoundly pions old man,
who samasseds wealth by Ehlaking and
selling angleworm linilnent. sTorrey's.
house was smaA fort with bastions
and fanking classmates Constructed
according to rules laid down by army
engineers It was made of : fpbble,
stones picked up in the. fields and
held together by cement. The cost
was about SIS. .O0O.~ 1'orrey used to say
thatyann1e athana Lon 01daOoo fetsssof
earthworms died in order that his
house might be built, The angleworm
liniment, which TorreY SOLD for so.
cents "a bottle was ~garded@aas d isdfseii
cure for rhepmatism. gsciatica and ali
maladies that impeded human pr
animal locomofion. - y 80
The most imposing residence on the
bankslof the Penobscot sitter between.
Camden and Bangor is owned by
David Fl. Smith, of Wintersport. It
was paid for out of a es15e per cent.
commission on half cents. Whens thes
Dix Island Granite company, was en-
ploying 5000 skilled stone cutters on
the New York and Philadelphia post
office bpildingss Mr,aSnith acted as
agent for the. company The, men. re-
ceived $3.50 a day for eight hours
work sAs one fourth 81 days work
aunounteds to 87M cents, and i threesi
fOurths of day was valued at $2,62h,,
and as the United States would make
no account OF half cents On the pay
rolls, a. dispute arose. AsB. Mullett,,
who was supervising architect, at the.
time. proposed "a compromise, allow
ing the quarter Sf day man So cents,
and the man who worked three
fourths Of a day s2.62. Mr. Smith, as.
q frfefd Of the labofing man. argued
that ssAe United States Esuld nsvers
feelsthe less of half CENTS spd pres.
posed that the fractional rates should
be $e.63 and IS cents: This was
agrsed. to- in 1873. THE Rhiladelphia.
job was cempleted in 1szs., When the
men had been paid off Mr.. G. 2. Dixon.
OF Brooklyn, n. Y, the manager fof
the eUmpany ,sgave Mrsssmith a$s,0e0
tellins tIinlAt was areyaEd fph sfrs..
ices in keeping UP the wages Of the
men. 1T was Just one.half OF the Is
per cents allowed by the governments
on half cents. Frankin sTreat. havf
ing suffered great reyerses from the
decay Of shipping, and needing money
badly, sold his $50, ,o00-houseatd Mr..
Smith for $4,000. S,stsasEssf .Ta
The strangest house in New Eng,
land stands on d broad salt marsh at
the sbase Of Mosqait0 1a6a1tain. Nv
was ;bqiIt by5 Thomas AiaeA ahap. Of
Prospect, in the early fifties, and was
the result Of what may BE called q
militdrys necsssitsss Fort sKRsx sTSsas'
mapped 4esk k-aosn after. the sAQsa Of
the Mexican war for the purpose of
commanding the entrance to Penob.
scotsnaIroWs.s GeMs ISaac~I Stevens,
vAeiNas killed gatst the ssepqpd battle.
of Bull Run. then q young lieutsnant,
OF eheffieers,s Was sent to Maine Ia
Itake dtafga sfsshe WSsk. gs1Ie built
long ipes.of cart AWorksz almg sthei
shore front, but after the first win,
ter He found that TIE burhettized'
Irss4tnents sofs wood ieir away fron
the dir. seaysiRgs gauchs u boE. IA fterl
with Gen. fotten be made
|up his mind fo use aWall Of prtssed
|sodsa . gThs snfnDy . saSafsAes neSrl
''Mosqqite smpprtai4sNsre denseIy clAla
in fine grasses that sent out strong
roots; b0lting tie nanfhs together Fl
bsndss .as ssffong sasastasls He eas
iplWed Tom. Mag to cut The. aods.
which were scowed to the. fort,
pressed INTO bricks and 3aff III walls
atsEAe rsaE of 'Zta1h 0rthwrts i but
In fxQpt. Qf tRe gppscaETiages The.
top layer Of peat was. of no use, hav-
ing t6d mncl grass 6n1t sol Mac
iMahan took the top sotis of and piled
;them Nn iAsfssr Mansaf0ss dwelling
'honsla hs la JH.i.h Us hawsd h bEqyH asf fi@RsEa
- jsgss siaestp.s g11stagssadyl4s
Ne aIas49reuG1annalHgly 9aksaaHaE
ON the root. but from aides and door