Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-12
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Some Stray Leaves from RsportsTs
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Some Stray Leaves from RsportsTs
 Note Book.
 The quietness of the barge ofice at New York the other morning. was enlivened by the sweet singing of an Irish thrush. perched in a wicker cage that stood on desk in the reg istry clerks enclosure. The bird be- longed to an Irish> emigrant who brought the feathered songster of his native land over the seas to America. Undisturbed b yhis surroundings the thrush poured forth flood of melody that rose above every other sound, and filled the building with sweetest music, to the joy and admiration of all the emigrants and employees.
 A german statistician who made Inquiries to find out in which Euro pean country people live the longest, arrived at the following conclusion: Germany with her 55,000,000 inhab- itants has only 78 persons who pass. ed the age of hundred, while France with her population of 40,- 900, ,000. has 213 centenarians. Eng. land and Ireland have 146, Scotland 46; Denmark, 2; Belgium, 5; Sweden 10; and Norway, with her 0,000 has 23. Switzerland cannot boast Of a single one, but Spain counts 41O among her 18,000,000 population The number of centenarians Is aston ishig in the Balkan states. Servia has 573. .Roumania 1,0S4, and Bull garia beats the record with 3,883- one to every hundred inhabitants.
 We see in the Boston Herald Of August 8, says George T. Angel, edi. tor of Our Dumb Animals, that MI Taft notwithstanding his weight ol some 300 pounds, rode on buck. board forty miles in West Virginia tt attend a horse show, which we pre- sume as usual included horse races with the accompanying bets, and that in the evening he led the german al the hotel. It may be gratifying ts various people who meet in the sum mer at Newport, Bar Harbor ant Saratoga Springs to learn these fact' but we are not aware that either Lincoln, Grant or Sherman ever wen' forty miles to see a horse race; on thu contrary, we know that Grant abso lutely refused to ever attend any sucf race and we are quite sure tha neither Lincoln, Grant or Sherman ever led the german at any hotel ol anywhere.
 To the ordinary man and woman no conception of the torture to whicf 1 the poor, unfortunate goose Is pu could possibly be formed before it is | fit to furnish that delicate dish, patt de foie gras. Here is the recipe
 The geese, when about nine months l old, are taken from the pastures ant placed in an underground cellar where broad, slanting stone slabi stand in rows, and are bound fas to the tables. They are literall! crucified. Feet, wings and bodie! are spread out and bound by bands so that only the neck Is left free As may be imagined, the anima struggles with all its might agains this stretching till, after days O vain endeavor to free itself from thu bands and it's position, its powers O resistance are overcome, and dul resignation, broken only by its low l cries, takes possession of 1t. Twt months must pass away before deati | brings relief. The animals ar, meanwhile crammed with dumplingl made of dough and buckwheat chestnuts, and stewed maize. Ever! two hours, six times a day, they re | ceive from three to five dumplint | pills, which in time become so swee | to the tortured creatures that the, stretched their necks to be crammed l The most difficult task is to. deterni inc the right moment for death Those who die of their own accort are lost to the liver factory; there fore kind of study Is needed to set when the cup of agony is brimmin, full and the liver Is ripe for taking The bodies of such ripe ones ar, like pumpkins. Where ordinaril, | fingers are buried in flesh and ia nothing but skin and bone are found The livers have absorbed all tn, strength and juices. q DEATHS AND FUNERALS.