It was captured by
Colonel McNabb, an officer of the Canada militia, and by his orders
it was set on fire then cut loose from its moorings. All in flames, it
went glaring and hissing down the rapids and over the precipice,
and smothered its ruddy blaze in the boiling chasm below. Thia
was witnessed by large crowds on both sides of the falls, and was
described as a most magnificent sight. Of course there was no one on
board the vessel.
OLD TIME WAGES IN ENGLAND.--The following rates of daily wages
"determined" by the Justices of Somerset, in 1685, answer this
question very fairly. Somerset; being one of the average shires of
England. The orthography is conformed to original record:
s. d.
Mowers per diem, findeing themselves: 1 2
Mowers at meate and drinke: 0 7
Men makeing hay per diem, findeing themselves: 0 10
Men at meate and drinke: 0 6
Women makeing hay: 0 7
Women at meate and drinke: 0 4
Men reapeing corne per diem, findeing themselves: 1 2
Men reapinge corne at meate and drinke: 0 8
Moweing an acre of grasse, findeing themselves: 1 2
Moweing an acre of grasse to hay: 1 6
Moweing an acre of barley: 1 1
Reapeinge and bindeinge an acre of wheate: 3 0
Cuttinge and bindeinge an acre of beanes and hookinge: 2 0
The shilling is about 24 cents and the penny 2 cents.
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