The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-03
GENERAL NOTES.

lie longevity OF IOaus il again uIluer
discussion, owing to discovery made
near Orsay. In digging upa garden some
wOrkmen unearthed some terra-c0tta
vases, which they at first supposed to
contain treasure. On breaking them,
however, two live toads were found clad
i'm green velvet. This strange attire
showed that they must be at least two
hundred years old, as an ancient treatise
on magic and demonology mentions that,
at the beginning of the seventeenth
century, sorcerers dressed up toads in
this manner for the achievement of GER
tain charms.
The Auckland New Zealand) Star re-
lates: During the last trip of the Eliza
McPhoe, from this port to Catlin River,
and when off Cape Saunders, a large
shark, attracted by porpoise hanging
over the vessels stern, followed the
vessel over twenty-six miles. Those on
board endeavored to secure the shark
with harpoons, with which it was struck
three times, but each time got away.
The last time it became Infatuated, went
away a quarter of mile, turned, and
ran at the vessel with all its strength,
striking her on the port bow with such
force that (being only in ballast-trim)
she hceled over. The shark at the time
seemed stunned, but breeze springing
up, those on board were not able to
catch him. Capt. Patterson says the
shark was twenty-five feet in length and
five feet in diameter.
NEW York Times: The list of ships
lost at sea within the memory of our
middle-aged readers is long. Its death
roll would be enormous. On the Presi-
dent, which sailed out into an unknown
fate tbirty-four years ago, there were
three hundred people. On the Arctic
were more than three hundred. And
when we mention the names of the five
or six great ships which have gone down
within ten years, we recall at once the
details of very great calamities. We do
not here allude to the disasters in which
sailing vessels have been lost. The sum
of these must be very large. In addition
to strong crews, these ships carried down
many who were passengers. But the loss
of life by steamships carrying great mum
bers of passengers is that which must
command every where attention. 1t is
these large sacrifices of human lite
which emphasize the perils of the ocean
THE White Pine New Ne,cs relates
this incident: Judge Davis has a New
foundland dog that seems to be endowed
with extraordinary intelligence, and is
fond of children. The other morning
during the very severe snow storm, Judge
Davis daughter and the dog passed GU
Office on their way to the school house
1t was all the little girl could do t.
waddle through the snow; but the dog
would run little way ahead and breal
a trail, and then rush back and take hOlt
of her cloak and pull her along. Thi
he did until he got her safely in thu
school house. He then took up a position
opposite the building, where he could
see the children coming from all direc
tions, and stayed there watching unit
after the school bell rang and all tn,
children were in, and then quietl,
walked away. This is not the first TIM
this winter that we have seen this nobl
dog accompany his young mistress h
school. No harm will come to her whel
he is with her.
, PHILADELPHIA Times: Mrs. Ford,
, lady of fifty-six years of age, was burie'
TeceHtly from IcI Ieoiuehoo vi ii"ihVo
, street, above Eighteenth. She was re
, markable for her extreme size, and
, said to have weighed at the time of he
, death about six hundred pounds. Flo
thirteen years she had been bed-fast be
, cause of her being unable to carry he
weight around, and it is easy to believ
that death to her was welcome relic
f Dying in her room, on an upper floor,
was with great difficulty and the labo
, of strong men that the body was carrie
down stairs into the back parlor wher
it was laid out in coffin not one whi
smaller than cart-body. The hous
, was inundated with all the women an
, children who could gather themselve
there from that prolific neighborhood
: until the interference of the police ha
Q to be invoked.