Amador Ledger-Dispatch, Volume 1901, Number 29, 29 November 1901 — Snails as Window Cleaners. [ARTICLE]

Snails as Window Cleaners.

"An old colored woman selling snails," says the Philadelphia Record, "occasionally makes her appearance in South Street, aud sometimes she may also be found along Front street or Second street, up In the district that used to be known as the Northern Liberties. She carries an old basket In which tbe snails repose on freshly sprinkled leaves. These are not sold as food, but for cleaning the outside of window panes— an old practice still In vogue In Kensington. The snail Is dampened and placed upon the glass, where it at once moves around and devours all Insects and foreign matter, leaving tbe pane as bright and clear as crystal. There are old established business place in Kensington where the upper windows, when cleaned at all, are always cleaned by snails. There is also a fine market for snails among the owners of aquariums, as they keep the glass clean and bright." •