Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-12
ODD !rEMs IRON EvERYwHERE

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ODD ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE.
Florence Kenney, of East Thetford,
VT. who is SO years. old, threshed 100
bushels of oats this winter by hand.
worked up 20 cords of wood, and start
| cd pillow April Z.
A woodpecker last summer bored a
hole Ina dead limb of an elm tree In
! Augustus Bailey's yard at Gardiner,
Me. This year pair of English spar
rows have untitled the place rs an
abode and have built their nest in it..
Arthur Fuller, lumberman in San
derfield, while descending a hill
through the woods few nights ago
was knocked down bya full grown
deer which. pursued by two dogs.
broke from tho forest.
Tho first Kcnncbcc salmon of the
season was displayed at market at
| Bath, Nc, Wednesday. 1t was cap
turCd by Carl Trott, of WoOlwich. and
weighed 20 pounds. II readily sold at
30 cents a pound. There were advance
orders enough to dispose of the fish
before II was caught.
William Wilson, of Green township.
Kan. is still the owner Of 40 acres
of land which he purchased from the
government for S51. The purchase
money was made by selling coon skins.
He still holds the patent and the land
has never bee ntransfcrred. 1t could
scarcely be purchased today for 50
times the price he paid.
Mrs. Abncr Townc, of WiIliamstown,
who with her husband has lately re-
turned from an extended stay in Idaho,
is probably the only woman in MasSa-
clusctts who voted for Roosevelt at
the election last November. 1t is
thought that some notice of this fact
may be taken when the President
visits Williamstown next summer.
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| The windmill of Rcmbrandt'S father
was situated on IL branch Of the Rhine.
near tho cityof Lcytlen, Holland. and
on the site Of this mill fine monu-
mcnt will be erected in memory OF the
great Dutch painter. An exhibition Of
Rembrandts works is to be held at
Lcyden in July, in celebration of his
| 300th anniversary
The Kansas legislature has appropri-
atcd funds to mark permanently the
route of the old Santc Fe trail. the
famous historic highway of the West.
The work will be done under the
auspices OF the Daughters OF the
American Revolution. In years to
come there will be great interest in the
old trail over whichthc caravans Of
To-,
the West"
April was trillc warmer than the
average, and much dryer, according to
reports from Nashua, NJ H. The
mean temperature was AGA, whilc tho
average for 90 years has been i5.9.
| The snowfall was onc-inch and the
rainfall 2.1S inches, equivalent To {.
total rainfall OF 2.35 inches. against an
average Of 2:30 for the last 22 years,
making the deficiency for the year, to
date. 2.72 inches
The latest census of Indians in Cana
da shows l07,91S, as compared with
1OS,233 i'll 1903, Il decrease of 255. In
| Nova Scotia there was an increase Of
from 1880 in 1908 to 1898 III 1904. In
| Ontario and Quebec there were also
increases of 9S and So, respectively. In
] New Brunswick. Prince Edward Island.
| British Columbia, Manitoba, the terri
tories. and outside treaty limits there
| were decreases.
| Great Britain lost 1IS,906 acres be
tween 1867 and 1880 by the encroacli-
ment Of the sea, and 29,l55 acres be-
tween 1880 and 1890. survey In the
reign of Edward l., gave The duchy of
Cornwall ,500.0 acres. but the ord
| nance survey some years ago showed
that this had hccn reduced to S20,500
acres. Villages have disappeared in
the ocean, as inthe case of Dunwich.
of which nothing remains but ruined
church on the edge of cliff.
| The Presidents salute consists Of 81
guns and why this particular number
was hit upon has been the cause al
much speculation. One solution, more
clever than probable. is that when the
revolution took place the nation was
considered able to shift for itself
hence. 81. Another is that figures of
the year of the declaration of indie
pendencc. 1776, when added together
make total OF 81. Tho royal salute
Of England iS also 81 ,punS having bcop