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Show ODD SITS OF HISTORY. The, uso of corals by Infants while teething bi at least 200 years old, (The English money denomination psund was once a pound weight of all vcr la its pure state. Windmills were Introduced In England Eng-land by tho Crusaders, who had soea them in use among tho Saracens. Long beforo tobacco was Introduced In England smoking wan common. The I favorite "smoke" was the dried leaves of coltsfoot. Worsted was first spun at Worsted In Norfolk, England, in the year 130. Stockings made of this material were at first worn only by the common people. Tho oldest brick building in England, except those built by the Romans. Is said to bo Huretmonceaux Castle, in 8uaex, which was erected by Detlcnnes, treasurer treasur-er to Henry VI. It was dismantled about a century ago. Tho earliest mention of bells, ns ap-piled ap-piled for purposes of Christian worship, is by Polydoro Vergil, who states that Paullnus, bishop of Nola. a city of Campania, Cam-pania, In Italy, first adapted them to his church In tho year 400. In the seventeenth century a monk named Perlgnon had charge of a vineyard vine-yard belonging to the Abbey of St. Poter Hautvtlllers, Champagno, and ho also superintended tho making of tho abbey wines. In tho course of his experiments ke dbscovored "sparkling champagne." |