The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-14
Miscellaneous Items.

Fish Story,-A certain Mr.. Harrison. by
profession lawyer and by taste an angler, a
short time ago went out IN his boat on a fshing
excursion. Having arrived at the portion of
the lake where he knew fish were the most
aounoant, the worthy gentleman baited his
nook ana cast his line. In order to while away
The time, he took out Of his pocket magnificent
gold repeater watch which he lately bought in
London, and began TO examine it. While thus
occupied fish nibbled at the bait, and Nh
Harrison, in his anxiety to entrap the fish, let
fail his watch into the lake, and at the same time
his line, and the fish escaped. The grief of the
worthy lawyer is easily imagined However
after bewailing the loss of hrs watch Mr.. Har.
rson rowed ashore, and was about to re-enter
hls house when he met fisherman, who offered
him for sale a splendid dsh, which he had lust
caught in his net on the ,ake. Having bought
the fish, MIR. Harrison saw to his surprise his
ish-hoOk in the monsters mouth and when the
fish was opened, 10, ami behold the gold
repeater was found in its stomach
A Historical Souvenir The Constitutional
relates. that a certain Madame Gravis. aged 90
years, residing at CALAIS, has in her possession
most interesting relic of the unfortunate
Queen Marie Antoinette 1t consists in a
. wooden spoon which that unhappy princess
made use OF whilst confined at the Conciergerie
and with which she ate her last meal before
being executed. The spoon came into the DOS
session of Madame Graus in the FOLLOWING
manner:-This lady was herself imprisoned at
the Conciergerie, afterwards at the College du
Plessls, during tue Reign OF Terror. Whilst at
the latter prison, a young Savoyardess, who
was condemned to Imprisonment for life and
bo haI tod oria An+o
the Conciergerie, offered her services to Madame
Gravis, and whilst IL her service sold her
amongst other things the wooden spoon made
use of by the Queen after the authorities
bad taken away from her silver forks and
spoons. This spoon, which is of lockwood, was
bought by Madame Gravls for the small smu of
25 francs in assignats the 22d Frumaire, an II.
The Floods Accounts from the centre and
south OF France lead TO apprehensions Of fresh
inunGatlons, in consequence of the continued
rains. The Loire at Orleans has risen to eleven
feet above the summer level, and nearly as much
at Moulins. The Garonne has overioWed its
banks al Lyons for the second time this year.
This disaster is due to an extraordinary flood of
the Faru, the Los, and other afliuents. Accord
ing to the latest accounts, the river was still
rising at a rate OF two inches per hour. As the
breaches made in September in the dykes along
its banks opposite Senessis and La Keale, have
not yet been repaired, there is no barrier to the
overflow of the waters, and the houses, which
were scarcely dry, have again been rendered
uninhabitable,
Another Sea serpent-A Toulon journal
af1iIms that a marine monster, OF the tribe Of
serpenls, was caught few days ago ON the
coast of Morillon, and was kept alive for twenty
four hours. This monster, says the
journal, measured nine metres long, iand
was in no way to be confounded with cougar.
Its head was like that of viper, and its
jaws armed with crooked teeth. The color of
the serpent was of dirty white and round its
eyes, which were very brilliant, we're two red
colored rings. It's tail was pointed like that of
serpent, and its whole body Of cylindrical
form, devoid of fms and scales.