The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-03 00:00:00

JOTTINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

DOGS TURNING ROUND.
the 1 tttrUillg round of a dog before
.lying drown to
'T4
orint ,1113' ,4 uattultl instinctive habit, derived f
inlll3, wildconditioa, and most remarkably lalisbiy
_retained
his
ict7guL %Ale state. A wild dog makesbed among
do xs e(1,88, and, to render it comfortable, he puts
and so
throw -a3 turns round several times,hichhe turns,
the,.
iS down ttie grass in the space in
a 5 do down,
There
and goes comfortably to sleep.
retention of an
er6;.,er analogous instances of the
tio-m•u4l,„
,instinet or habit, through countless !genera-
te 7._'• xhus the common sheep in a state of nature
on the
,he'rs safety at night from beasts of prey upon elilistain tops. The domesticated sheep retains. the
1 _tlnetive habit, although the neee t no
ftsity for i_ee
~
!i()auggNverittata. All the inorning it may beseen
not, it a head down hill; and as regularly ascendingi
"gt Ettbernocga.
111 AIR OLD SCOTCH USAGE AT BIRTHS.
Cobja,,e,,,recustom strictly Scottish which be
used
to er-
vice 'au With the preliminaries of the baptismal
the
Preße
' tall.. d which may occasionally be child +" (143'. A young unmarried woman un
tdakeelsoethoe_
breaz•o church, and she carries in her hand a
4f
WV- 4,44,d cheese with a pin out of the child's dress,
ehel "at'se iii bOllll dto give to the first male person_ eeqUite En lish duke (his name is of no con
Wail nee) had arrived in Glasgow on a Sunday, and
af•teZatkdering in the streets during the time
to
of
him
wnii con service. A young woman came. up luid }:thild hi htr arms and presented a slice of. bread
t
the e-tebse, In vain he rotested that he did not l'er NO
-14 she inevana t—thapt he had nothing to do with
that 4. tue child, that he was an entire stranger,
Ittnew : Piaci never been in Scotland before, that h
'eja "clkiling of the usages of the Presbyterian Kirk,
Riv,gt?! the Church of England, and that she should
l'lts e„etitorsel to somebody else. The young womant..
the' 'a' to all his arguments, and held out author). a
Ii he bread and cheese. Thinking, probably, that
tok ii,.. N,d not given him credit for what he said, he.
Perfect simplicity that he was the Duke Or
he 444(1 that be had just arrived at an hotel, whichrea
tel' We:edtcl' The answer shut his mouth—" 'bough
d kke king' on the throne, you maun talc that
cileese.'
t3:IP4 tie lautbzist ARREsT OF INTELLIGENCE.
elahric,74lati,, 11 Was ,- erarahilia"—eg ,
fornieeedwi;ntry day, employed in
With a
in the course of their
en
the
a high hedge intervened b'hiche
fotelPectedly, The friend fired at a bird
ilot ree:d of th 'IP, and lodged part of theasprang
ii'lllet of 4411'1 the clergyman. He instantly fell and did
d
r e 'heck for some days, so as to be. deemed
When he was so it was perceived that
4eci-41*1 tw-,‘"PISP deranged He was to have
I!? n
°tot tClllltabilletp'pe'llesci.sulpequently to that on which the
9 this peculiar combination
eZ.1,1,,a,,ce„e, the Phenomena of the case
appeared
Einett sa.- 1/41 sanity of mind seemed to make a_
he
tioia I,7"qk 1Z,.0, at this spot of the current, d
veddi ae litZt
la• state of lunacy.
Ile
clwil"gl.' k)'1443" co fin d to theAlibuhsiina
esa business
sollaoVnf e rtShap-
Qll ft 1 . n'4UePreta '4 thiancireele his mind never deviated
* 3" Yea,r , l'etty,etl:thing relating to. it with minute-
nessk'ectin 8, Ueillg, 4tllag nor advancing one step for
active, ex-
rl „R.; ,a,hd haoht,cleally, still a young, t di-
• the •ar
e'ghtb." "lune, aleh hritiegroom, chiding eof
/31.4111, Re4tly to htugli it brought him, at the ag
the
Winslow's Diseases -(-)f Tra4.4.
reBPect!'°ll h 4 l'ill' Tran's GIFT.
444
.1
ill I .111 W.ii4, halide('own d a singular anecdote
the
_
1, Second Earl of Caithness, of zeith
O,Y f :
0 A—t Am," 18 said that he and his father.-in -
wal7ergill, quarrelled on one occasion;..
---4 cava day, psocii pit 9 paiiglig MO

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tower of Ackergill on horseback, in pursuit of game,
when Keith discharged an arrow at him, and planted
it in the back of his neck. His lordship immediately
rode home to Girnigoe, and being asked by his lady
what luck he had met with in the field, replied, "Not
much; only your worthy father has sent you a New
Year's gift, which you will find sticking in the
back of my neck.'