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An English paper says that, in punching the eye-holes of needles by hand, children who are the operators, acquire such a dexterity as to be able to punch a human hair, and thread it with another for the amusement of visitors. Frith, the English painter, has had an order for a picture, for which he will receive — engraving, copyrighting and all--$48,750. It is "Life at a Railway Station."
The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. February 25, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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