Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1919 — Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Tests made to determine the respective pulling power of horses, men and elephants showed that two horses weighing 1,600 pounds each, together pulled 3,750 pounds, or 550 pounds more than their combined weight. One elephant, weighing 12,000 pounds, pulled 8,750 pounds or 3,250 pounds less than its weight. Fifty men, aggregating 7,500 pounds in weight, pulled 8,750 pounds, or just as much as the single elephant, but like the horses, they pulled more than their own weight. One hundred men pulled 12,000 pounds.

In the English village of Westbere, Kent, bread and cheese and beer are provided free to every person who sleeps in the parish for the three nights previous to the first Saturday before Midsummer day.