New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-11

acquired in one of those admirable -
tons for the cultivation of the fama,..aA
A few days after her return sha rns. my
old Jake, VINO had been led to sunnos.
her acquaintance with the Formative
the earth was as intimate "a if sh"s
wheeled at least half of the mata,;.,ns
which it was made, and who gava ~
pressing invitation to come over and .. r
cabinet, which she gladly accepted ~ 81 %
had not been in the room more than ! on %.
ute and half, or perhaps it may hav. MN
two minutes, before her eve fell ven
the large Arkansas boulder" spoken S1S Sa
Dr.. Jorschk, which she at once and witS.y
hesitation pronounced petrifed cocosss!t
Her host ventured a modest dissen,
suggested it.was what was called s,aa,s%
"Ge-hosiphat !" said she. II tell r sv"s'
nothing but petrifed cocoanut yCS sF.
see what it is 2" Jake insisted feebl. y
it was simply an ovoid nodule com,s @a
OF hydrous silicale of alumina. in cpSse
nation with other materials freonss%%
found in the composition of zsolltes ~
that it contained q cavity lined with as avg
tails of pure silica, but Betsy took nv N.Y.
boulder in both hands and giving il a sp. Ie
near her ear, rejoined, Il tell Won II =
cocoanut, for l can hear the milk ra,,I.s
in it as plain as anythingw In vain %s
Old krinoid endeavor to explain Jug a
it was simply, the water of crvss %H
zation' she heard; she was tbornn"sif
convinced Of the infallibility OF her 6rss;ay
preston, and she then and there sec,s,r
resolved to have the milk ont of ~!
cocoanut or perish in the attemnt t Ss
ventured to ask old Jake if ohe wonlS sue
give it to her, but he gave her to unSs.
stand that he would sooner part with n.
last tooth in his head or the apple of ous ~
his eyes. She tried. to bride pomp, ths
negro man, to steal it for her, but has.
sured her emphat;cally that he ps' u ~ ~
rather undertake to steal red hot sto."
the crown jewel of the Car of Russia !,
the Presidents quarry OF Seneca sandstms
She tried various other desperate e,ns
dents to get at it, but finding them N
futile, she determined as the last resort.
marry the aged proprietor of the cOyssS
boulder which she did about tb,s.
weeks thereafter
The wedding TOOK pace as night. and
early the next morning. after moving oyr
to kriuoid's she sent hes husband off dov,
town on some GRAND. Che watched him
till he turned tho street corner. and ,hsa
called Pomp into cabinet Bring ma
slsdge hammer" said she. scm gopos
60 through this eer cocoanut or bust, Ds
you hear!' Pomp brought the hamnl,
broke open The "bowlder,' caught 4,
liquor in conchshell which Law per
Betsy took the shell, gulpeG down the can.
tents, and in less than two minutes and.
halt Pomp came rushing into nv or.
across the street with the intelligence tM
his young mistress was dying. ran oyr
Immediately, but it waseoo late; she wan
dead as a door nail, and when | took hm
of her right hand to loosen her grip on *
conch-shell, to my unspeakable horror, Hs
little finger snapped off as brittle as CLAW
pipesteln. In fact she was petrifed as 81
as steelyards, and when | attempted to m
her up IN order to carry her into The adjGp
ing room, was astonished to find that aha
weighed at least six hundred and fin
pounds, though to look at her would hays
sworn she wouldn't have weighed oyers
hundred and twensy-tss - ahirty at The
outside.
remained for some time o-ainly endeay.
Orlng to solve the mystery, until Poup told
Inc about the fatal draught from the bouL
der, when the whole thin swas as plalnh
Inc as the nose on a mans face. KrinoA
had accomplished his errand some time. ami
starte. on his return, buo happening "a
notice nice fragment OF eribolite in ous
OF tho eurbstones he stopped 10 dig it GU,
and was detained considerably longer than
expected, in consequence of which he dH
not get back until ] was abous leaving th
house. l met him on the portico, and said
" Mr.. krlnoid, l am sorry to inform YOU, Gil,
that your wife has broken your large Al
kansas boulder and swallowed its con-
as dead as mackerel. sir" "The diva
say he replied. '.By Georgel It's 'M
bad. I wouldn't have had that geol
bur.ted for thousand 6ollarsro AndA
poor man gave way to paroxyenso Of grs
which ic was truly heart rending - behold
supported him into the boue, begging
him Z" calm himself, and tryNo in ever
way ! could to console him until he reacha
the corpse of his beautiful out uni fortuna
Young bride, whose cold, stony hand b
tooh in his. He missed the hrosen fnss
N moment, and called out in amaa
men., Hello! Doc; what's this9 what
the matter here 4! what's gone with tla
little finger, eha had slipped it into ny
vest pocket, hoping its absence would nevg
he noticed: SO without telling him wherei
was. or letting on that | understood BIZ
question, went on to explain 10 him a
briefly as could the cause OF the suddg
death and wonderful petrifcation of BIZ 3
wife, growing considerably animated as ] r
dl!ated upon the singular promptness witt
which the concentrated solu,eon of slia
had done its work.
= bright smile brske over ais eager kt
lures, as proceeded with th8 "hypothei
explanatory of the rationale" Jas my frsn
Jorschk would say), and. when | M
through, he seized me by the hand-"Ya
say she's petrified" said he. Perfectly
said |. Through and through" said be
Solid as a milestone said l. "Nc MI
lake" said he. "Sure's as guns iron,' cad
|. Bully said he, shaking my hand rap
'urously; "by golly, amt she splendid
thought The finest collection of silicatesa
The continent, and all combined in tb
most magnificent petritication to be four
IN the earth. Ha. hal what will Agassl
and Dana, and Hall, and Hayden, adj
Meek, and-and old DR.. Graham and thtr
elbows say new, do ;ov reckon" ands
ianced about the soom u, . pesfect DEL
'ium of joy.
turned and was abs.t L. 80 otg whenh
stopped his saItatory exercis
md called out, stop. hold on. old hos,
Hher Pes that fingeS! ! relunctantly pulled
! ont OF NY pocket and tossed it to bin
then. with the few remaining drops Of ah
concentrated solution q sis,ia.' whNt
4SN VctH ieit III lut cDNcn--lleH he SUN.
'ack IN its proper place. ana the liquid
hardening in an ms tant, the mutiIated mer
'er was mended so effectnallv IL would haw
'seH impossible 30 .ell it had eve
'ecn broken at all. 'was about startlE
,ut again, but turned and asked: "Whe
10 YOU propose to bury your wise, Nr. Krf
'io! Bury herr he exclaimed with
lsOnlshe1 and indignant stare: "bur
Ter. Do you think ! AL, srazv. sil2 u 9,
'ou cake me for a foos, sir2 Do vyu suppos
would bury the most magnificent spec
men OF perfection il the world. sirl y
-ou imagine for moment, sir, that wouA
'srm!t such beautiful ard compendsa
ON bination of all the silieates to leave ri
abinet under any considerations whater5
lr! No, sill. by George, sir. i would
axe SIC. 900 in cash for that specimen. sp
left the house, and just as was entenH
ny. office on the opposite side of the stree
ATlnoid poked his head out of the door adj
i atM