The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-11
Curious Things.

We have seen dog, few miles from
this place, that had been born with only
three legs, and yet he runs with speed
equal to common dogs with four legs
Mr.. McGill, living in sight of Rock
port, has hog that has no eyes lie
has raised il from its birth, and it Is now
large and fat. 1t has been kept from
the other hogs, and has been raised with
the chickens. 1t seems to know the call
of its owner, and is quite pet
1t is said that gentleman is about to
marry, at Mitchell, Ind, the sister OF
his sons wife. Then he will be the
father and the brother-in-law of his son,
and the father-in-law and brother-in-law
of his sons wife.
Two men in Perry County married
each others daughter. Now, how are
they related? Well, as nearly as we
can make it, they are each others father
/ in-law; hence, each others son-in-law,
/ and their wives are each others step
| daughter; hence, each others step
mother. If any of your readers can dis
cover any other relationship existing
between them, we should like to hear
from them.
Not far from Troy, the wife of young
man of about 90 years of age died not
long ago, and in a few months he mar
ried his wife's mother, who is now past
so years of age.
A man by the name of Lamar, living
near Hoffman's Mills, in Perry County,
went into the army, and at the close of
the war, without any cause known to
his friends, wrote to his wife that she
would never see nor hear from him
again. After a long time she was in
formed that he had been seen near
Gentryville, in Spencer County, at work
On a farm. The wife and her father i'm
mediately went to the place. found him
and persuaded him to return to his
home. To this he yielded, on condition
that they would never ask him his reas-
on for acting as he had done. They are
the parents of several children. and are
said to be living peaceably together, as
, it is thought they had always lived be-
fore. These facts were given us by
several of the citizens of Bridgeport, a
small town just north of the place where
the family are living.
A few years ago man and wife,with-
, out children, lived near Cannelton, and
, well known to many of your readers. A
woman was taken into the family and
made her home with them final. The
man and wife, now after a married life
of many years, were divorced and hi
was married within a few weeks to The
woman that had made her home will
: them, but, strange to say, the divorced
woman remained with them, still con
L tinuing her home in the family. Al
: moved on in peace and harmony, the
husband and second wife living true t
L each other. In the course of time they
became the parents of children, ofteI
taking them to church, the divorced
wife accompanying them and sitting IL
the pew with them, and assisting in thu
care of the children. After severa
years, however, the divorced woman
was married to man at least 10 year
younger than herself.
Several persons in Perry County ar
responsible for the truth of tire follow
ing, which they give us as an occurrenc
y in an adjoining county: A certain man
II whose name we are not at liberty +
}, give, went into the army, and at tn
b; close of the war his family could hea
a nothing from him; and for four year
2 after-eight from the time he left HON
N they had still heard nothing from him
Is and believed him to be dead. The won
= an, feeling no doubt of his death, wa
he married to another, and they lived hap
NJ PLY together for six months, when' t
the surprise of all, her first husband re
turned, and gave what seemed to tn
in family sufficient cause for his lon
ID and mysterious absence. But nov
N what could be done? The two men met
C, and in a friendly manner talked tn
to matter over, and each felt that no on
er was to blame for the circumstances
er The parties agreed, however, to leav
ut the wife for few days, and at an al
o. pointed hour and moment the thre
h, should meet and the wife should decid
10 whose wife she would be. The decislo
was to be final, and the man not n
n ceived should leave the vicinity. Wit
ly this arrangement each complied. Th
or decisive moment, the important tim
Y, arrived. and the woman decided that
m who had been her first husband Shout
e. be her last The other procured his q
Is. vorce and left for other parts.-Era"
n rifle { Ind.) Journal.