Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-11-20
Curious stories from the Papers.

Curious Stories from the Papers
Among the curiosities'exhibited at a
recent fair in Frederick, Md, none at
tracted more attention than an ass en-
tered by man named Groves, from
Shepardstown, West Virginia. And
!" why not2" inasmuch as this ass could
speak these words. AT noon one day,
writes a correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, Just as the guests of the City Hotel
we're assembling for dinner, the owner of
the ass trotted him in through the back
yard of the hotel, aud before the specta
tors were aware of the intention the jack
stalked into the bar-room, where he af-
forded much merriment,t to those assem-
bled by his answers to all questions,
Why not 2" One gentleman asked him
to take drink. He answered in good
English, Why not ?" The animal
does not differ materially from his spe-
cies, except that his ears are otquite SO
long. His owner cannot account for
this faculty of speech developed in the
animal, but considers it singular that is
should be able to articulate only the
words, Why not Mr.. Groves was offered
$500 for the curiosity, but refused to &C.
cept.
The commercial editor of the Port
Royal Standard reports "The matri-
monial market in Beaufort is lively
fine grades in great demand. The Town
Clerk has returned with a sample from
Northern mart, and we hear that an
attacbe of the Marine, River and Mining
Manufacturing Company will shortly go
North TO lay in stock to last lifetime.
There are few others, however, in Beau
fort waiting until mothers-in law get
easier"
l. was once sitting, writes cores
pondent of the Popular Science Month
ly, in cool, underground saloon at
Leipsic, while without people we're ready
to die from the heat, when new guest
entered and took seat opposite me.
The sweat rolled in great drops down his
face, and he was kept busy with his
handkerchief, till at last he found relief
in the exclamation: Fesrfully hot !"
| watched him attentively as he called
for cool drink, for 1 expected every
moment he would fall from his chair in
fit Of apoplexy. The man must have
noticed that was observing him, for he
turned toward me suddenly, aying, 81
am curious sort of person, am not?"
Why ?" l asked. Because [ perspire
only on the right side" And 80 it was !;
his right cheek and the right half of his
forehead were as hot as fire, while the
left side Of his face bore not q trace of
perspiration. | had never seen the like,
and, in my establishment, was about to
enter into conversation with him regard
ing this physiological curiosity, when his
neighbor on the left broke in with the
remark, " Then we are the opposites and
counterparts of each other, for 1 perspire
only on the left side" This, too, was
the fact. So the pair took seats opposite
to each other, and shook hands like two
men who had just found each his other
half.
If there is man in Springfield, says
the journal, (this Springfield being 10
Illinois, so heartless and gruff that he
doesn't love children, he would have
been softened yesterday if he had stood
on the west side of the square and seen
and heard sweet little cherub of three
bright summers weep and howl and
pound its little buggy with its little foot.
sy tootsies, and yell and ramp and bite
and squeal and sob and screech because
they wouldn't give it that WOLF sign in
front of hat store for buggy horse
If the wolf hadn't been securely fasten.
ed down we believe the cherub would
: have had it. As it was, its ma had &c
buy little painted wolf and the infant
sucked all the paint off it before thew
got home At least we saw four doctor,
tearing along the street where the infau
lives less than an hour later.
} AT Maury, Tenn, few nights since
young man went to bed, leaving s
burning candle and pistol on the table
The dripping sperm ign5ed the table
: the table ignited the pistol, the barrel
began to explode, and when the youn,
, man awowe be was nearly smotbered
burned, and shot to death. The pillow
received the balls and saved his head.
! Mrs. Hart, of Depere, Wis, wife Of
butcher there, on the Doth, gave birth t
five we'll developed babies-four boy
and one girl. One of the male children
was born dead, and another died 500,
after. The mother and remaining thre
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