Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-09
Odd Items Of Interest

| A little girl who had live bantam pre-
scented to her was disappointed at the
smalness of the first egg laid by the bird
Her ideal egg was that of the ostrich.
specimen of which was on a table in the
| drawing-rOom. One day the ostrich's
egg was missing from it's accustomed
place. 1t was subsequently found near
the spot where the bantam rested, and on
| it was stuck piece of paper with the
words: Something like this, please.
Keep on trying
| In recent years the most prosperous
CITY in Germany has been Nuremburg
where the consumption Of fresh meat for
| 1908 was more than 3sOOO,OOO pounds. This
was an annual capita consumption of a
| fraction over 121 pounds, or about one
| third of a pound day for man, woman
and child. The population of Nurem-
| berg is largely of the wage-earning class
In many of the manufacturing towns of
England the working people do not eat
beef once week.
Sausage has even from very early timec
been a popular table delicacy Aristo-
planes was familiar with it in Roman
days the sausages of Lucania were in
high esteem They were made from pork
and the nuts of the stone pine, favored
with bay leaves and other things more
familiar. Bologna was celebrated for its
sausages long before the German sausage
had even thought of invading the rest OF
| the world, and until quite lately it was
commonly called in England ''polony''
In the United States the great potato
state is New York. with AZ 900 600 bushels:
in 1907, Michigan follows with $1,000, 900;
then Pennsylvania and Wisconsin with
about 23,O0O,00O each; Maine, 1906, 900;
Minnesota and Illinois about fourteen
each; Iowa and Ohio, twelve each; New
Jersey, eight to nine; Indiana, Missouri,
Colorado, California and Nebraska about
seven. The rest run from Washington
and Kansas. with six each, down to Mon
tana and Texas, with from two and
half to three.
Breaking away from the time honored
program of essays and recitations, the
graduating class of the Oswego (N W
high school has decided upon a novel plan
of celebrating the commencement season.
The students some time ago set about
raising funds to take the entire class on
a sightseeing trip to Washington, which
will be all the graduation festivities they
propose to learn how the government is
run. instead of telling how it should be-"
Judge Strout, of the Bucks county
(Penn.) court. was placed in an embar-
RAISING position while presiding at
gambling trial recently. In charging the
jury the judge said: "While many ap-
parently overlook the fact, under the
laws OF this state every game played for
stake is gambling. whether it is pro-
gressive euchre, bridge whist. dominoes,
checkers or dice, and is a violation of law.
and the participants are liable to be in
dicted and compelled TO face the Jury"
Counsel for the defence, producing a To-
cal newspaper containing an account Of a
bridge party at which Judge Strout's
wife had drawn a prize, arousing a hear
ty laugh in which the court Joined. PSI.
AT the formal banquet of the sixteenth
century the man who carved the meat
was bound with the red tape of prece-
dent. When carving for distinguished
guests he had to remember that certain
parts of the birds or meat must be set
aside In carving for his lord and lady
ne was expected to exercise great discre-
ton in the size of the pieces he sent
rcund. for ladies will be soon angry and
their thoughts soon changed, and some
lords are soon pleased and some not, as
they be Of complexion" He was ex-
pected to have the rules both of the
Kitchen and the peerage at his knife's
end pike, for instance, must be dished
up whole for a lord and in slices for COM
moner folk. The rank of his diners, too,
determined whether a pig was to- be
served up whole, sliced. plain or with
gold leaf, or whether new bread or bread
three days old should be eaten.