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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Romans Used To Eat Moths.

Moths and butterflies might not seem to us of much value as a food. but the Romans used them, as well as bees as an article of diet.

Bugs.

A farmer in Concord, Michigan, has kept an account of the potato bugs he has gathered this season fro an eight-acre piece, and he says they amount to twenty-one bushels, actual measure.

Necklace Of Ants.

     A necklace made of black ants is an article of adornment of New Guinea. The Anglican mission there gives particulars of one which measured over eleven feet long and was composed of as many as 1,800 bodies of ants. Three little pieces of shell and a dozen English beads were incorporated into it, and […]

Mice.

To catch mice, says squash, place sweet-meats in your mouth on going to bed, and keep your mouth open. When you feel the whiskers of the mouse, instantly bite.

Horses.

     A dead horse is worth $17.50 in New York. His hide is sold to the tanners, his bones are burned and sold to the sugar refiners for refining purposes, and to the farmers for manure; his meat is pressed and the grease is used by the soap and candle makers; while the remnants and […]

Guinea Fowls VS Rats.

     A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer who was very much annoyed by rats, tried shooting, poisoning, and everything he could think of; but they defied the whole category. He then heard that they would not remain where guinea fowls were kept, and procured several, and now says that for over two years he has […]

Flies.

     As the flies will be upon us before long, it may be interesting to know that although the butcher shops at Geneva are all open, and immense numbers of flies may be seen on the outside walls, not one comes in. This is caused by the inner walls being rubbed over with laurel oil, […]

Horses.

     Probably the greatest leap on record was made one day last week, at the Helena Shot-tower, Wisconsin. A horse, some twelve years old, jumped from the bank over a precipice of one hundred and eighty feet into the river below, and came out safe and sound, after swimming nearly half a mile to a […]

Pigs and Horses.

     This is a very dirty world in spots. Some of the hogs dead of cholera at the West have been sent as pork to the East, and dead horses in Philadelphia are used to fatten hogs for market. Pah! feed a man this pork, washed down with strichnined whisky, and he must soon become […]

An Elephant Swimming 30 Miles!

     The Charleston Evening News says that the elephant which  was lost overboard from a vessel bound to that port, made its way safely into Mt. Pleasant harbor! The vessel was thirty miles out to sea, and a heavy gale was blowing when the animal went overboard. This is a remarkable instance of animal strength.