Show too heavy a weight A correspondent writes to the lon don country life many years ago one man bet another that be he could not move an ordinary brick tied to the end of a cord two or three miles long I 1 forget which A straight and level road just outside chichester was selected tor for the trial the brick was not moved and the man lost his bet for a large amount it was stated by some one present that tha the brick a al though weighing only about seven pounds would from a distance of two or three miles represent a dead weight eight of nearly a ton |