Show feat of a one armed man he builds a two story house without outs de help london quite a pretentious two story house stands at rochester eng land as a monument to the industry of a one armed man named simpson who is connected with the british postal set vice the man has tor many years been employed oa one of the lural routes and as his time is not wholly taken up at his labor he spends a large part 0 each day at work on a farm which he owns and operates having a few spare minutes left each day the thought occurred to him to build a residence for himself he gave the matter some thought and anally drew the plans which were submitted to the local authorities and duly approved by them he commenced th work of dounda tiou laying an 1 lor ten years he gave the project what ome he had after attending to his other duties and at the end of thia period the house was complete in every particular the in perlor woodwork was all in place ani the walls and ceilings properly decor abed and al pf this was done by the one armed handy andy during hi spare time the cart in which the bricks and lumber were hauled wa also constructed by the remarkable in the rearing of this build ing all work was done by his hands or rather hl hand mr simpson s arm was shot off b the accidental discharge or a gun when he was a lad of 12 years but notwithstanding this handicap he has more to show tor his industry and perseverance than most persons with the usual number of arms |