Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1876 — Washington’s Appearance. [ARTICLE]

Washington’s Appearance.

I once heard my father, in a private conversation with Washington Allston, give his candid opinion of Gen. Washington’s appearance. He said that his figure was by no means good; that his shoulders were nigh and nartow and his hands and feet remarkably large. He had “ Aldermanic proportions,” and tliis defect was increased by the form of the vest of that day. But, with all these drawbacks,'his appearance was singularly fine. I have heard my mother say that the first tinie she saw him, he enterea the hall door, as she passed from the entry to the parlor, and that she thought him the most superblooking person she had even seen. He was then dressed in black velvet, with white face ruffles, etc., exactly as Stuart’s (picture represented him.— Jane Stuart in Scribner for July.

Thk rei»ort of tlie Commissioner of 'FWhWfrs of Canada fbr ttrefyear endingDecember, 1875, has been recently pub llshed by tlie Dominion authorities. According to Mr. Whitchsr, the product of the fidieriqg generally was less than in 1874, this being especially true of the salmon and lobster. The total value of the production for 1875 was 810,347,886; tlie value of tlie exports during tlie fiscal year was <134,753. Notwithstanding, this decrease, the Commissioner expresses himself as satisfied, with, (he result, the fishing population having enjoyed prosperity, wiili a goqd prospect of increased yields in the future. According to the report, the Dominion Government has now in operation seven establishments for the artificial propagation of fish. In addition to those at Newcastle, Gaspe, Restigouche and Miramichi, three others have been erected, at Sandwich, on the Detroit River, at Tadousac, on the Saguenay, and at Bedford, on the Sackville River, not far from Halifax. The total number of young fish distributed from the hatching of 1874 was 1,700,000, and a much larger number is hoped for hereafter. Key West, Fla., receives annually for her cigars about <2,500,000.