The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
FACTS IN FEW LINES

1 1870 $500 80
her regular army.
| 1t takes fifty of the Chinese edible
birds nests to weigh pound, and the
price per pound is about $40.
The prison population Of India Is
only thirty eight per 100000 inhab-
itants. Sixty years ago there were 150.-
600 children at school in India. Now
there are over 100000.
Postmaster Carrier Of East Itch
field, Conn, has been obliged to erect
high fence edged with barbed wire
to protect what is left of his garden
from the deer which abound in that
vicinity.
| In the latitude of England the ground
twenty-five feet below the surface Of
the earth does not reach its highest
temperature Of the year until Novem-
Der or December. The coolest month
that far down is May.
During the digging of cellar in
Montowese, Conn, the men came upon
a huge rock which withstood all at
tempts to break it up. 1t is a dark
metallic substance, and it has been de-
termined that the mass is meteor.
Jewsharps are made principally in
Boccorio, the seat Of the industry since
the sixteenth century. A good work
man can make seven dozen In day.
Simple as the little instruments are,
twenty different kinds of tools are used
in their manufacture.
The late Hendrix Ibsen was once
asked his idea Of Americans WELL"
said Ibsen, smiling, at is my idea that
the average American baby five or six
months old sits in his mothers lap and
eyes his own cradle to see If he can't
invent better one or at least suggest
some Improvement"
Mrs. James Ryan Of Lyndon, vt, has
curiosity In pillow tick which, filed
with turkey feathers, had lain In the
attic for several years. Upon opening
the tick the inside was found to be a
handsome gray plush. the feathery
part of the feathers being snugly inter
woven into the cloth by moths.
A South Carolina farmer made $14,-
600 net on farm of thirty five acres
in one year. The crop was potatoes,
the average production being a few
barrels more than 100 per acre. The
potatoes sold for So barrel, total Of
ST., 500. It cost 81 per barrel to put
them on the market, or $500, leaving
net profit Of $4,000
| Lord Wolseley's spirit was character
istic. At the end Of 1854 in recognition
Of his services in the Crimean war he
was gazetted as captain, but it was
discovered that he was little more
than twenty -one, and 1t was Cancelled.
The young man protested so vigorous
~ that the cancellation was cancelled
and the captaincy restored.
| A train at Brattleboro, VT, picked up
bulldog at one of the crossings The
dog sailed upward to the height Of
about fifty feet and came down with a
thud upon its back in a mud puddle
He picked himself up, looked at the
passing train with an indignant grow
of defiance and then trotted off uncon
cernedly, apparently unhurt.
One of the fishermen to hold oui
against the motor boat for fishing is
Samuel Tobey Of Kittery, Me. He
still uses sail and oars for his fifteer
foot dory, feeling that to change al
this time Of life would be foolish
Tobey is eighty-seven years old, the
oldest fisherman In New England, anc
Is still very active in the business.
| James r. Putnam, while at work II
his garden at Rutland, VT, picked III
brass button about an inch in diane
ter. When 1t was cleaned 1t was fount
to be military button in good
state of preservation. It is flat, will
the words Massachusetts Artillery
around the edge of the face. In thu
center In relief is cannon mounted
on wheels beside a flag on staff. Th1
n button Is Revolutionary relic.
The Rev: s. Barring Gould has resiste,
a temptation that would hay overcom
most men. Immediately on the repor
OF his death the newspapers came on
with obituaries and applications 0
him. Most men wopld haze spent a
exciting day In reading tlE prematur
Judgment Of posterity on their lives an
works But Mr.. Barring Gould ha
packed away these notices unread--i
sealed envelope with his will.