The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-04-28

la.rcial was doing HIS best III 81
palace sircpiug.car at midnight,
when wild yell came from d te.
male throat, followed By cries G.
"Oh, stop him! Hold Kim Don't
let him gOm and the widest con
fuslon cnsued. Running along
the passage-way, The writer tould
a woman clinginG 10 II male spec
linen Of humanity, and begging
HIM to 70 to bed. The man was
a sleep.walker.
"Oh, James, do come back 70
bed! Do waken up-piease do"
the female cried, piteouSly.
"Why, am awake, you fool"
snor,cd the man.
"No, you're not.-That is the
way lie always answers, and he.
go out and get killed under the
cars! Won't somebody stop TIE
train?'
"Come, come, my good fellow,
waken up, waken up.' roared 3
stout man, shaking the supposed
slcep.walker violently by the
shoulders. Then the stout man
was assisted by Kentuckian,
who appeared in fearful suit Of
red flannel. This was too much
for the nocturnal WGlkist. He
went to misunderstanding the
stout man OFT with such force that
corpuleDce went down in a sitting
position, hitting Red Flannels IN
the stomach. Blazes disappeared
from sight through the curtains
of a section whence other fema.e
screams came out.
And then, after whipping oil
within his reach, the walkist c..
planned that he got up 70 get a
drink Of water, but being given to
somnambulism, his wife had taken
the alarm; and, with this infor,
nation, he retired to his couch il
a very sullky manner. SO the ke-
tuckian tumbled ont of the see.
ton he had invaded, with his face
scratched, his red. flannel shirt
torn, and giving evidence Of hav-
ing suffered from az encounter.
The mooted question as TO
whether toads eats bees has been
settled by Mr.. Brunei, a writer in
La Nature, who asserts that, 60
ing into his garden one day, JUS
before q storm he observed the
bees crowding into their hives.
Near one Of the hives was toad
which every now and then rose
on his forelegs and made a dart
with surprising quickness, toward
blades OF grass. He was found to
be devouring bees, which were
resting on the grass blades await
ing their chance to enter the hive
NJ. Brunei waited until twelve vic
tins had been devoured, expect
ing to see the toad voracity pun.
ished with a sting. but no such
result occurred. The toad was
twice removed to quite a distance
from the hives, but both times BE
returned to the spot IN a few hours.
The graduating class at "a
West Point Military Academy
this year numbers seventy-sevea
mem bers, the largest class which
was ever graduated from tina! IL
stitutlOn. There are but forty
eight vacancies in the army 10 be
filled. and consequently thirty-sev
en- Of the graduates will be A.
pointed brevet second lieut"nal'a
under the law, AMI b. promoted
to The grade of srcoud li5uteraI,
rs vacanCles occur.
Nebraska farmers are aitemp'
ing the DEMONSTRATION Of the bl'
falo. The wild animals, wk..c
young, are introduced amo2g
herds OF the tame stock only one
or two at a time. Half and quar-
ter breeds are very hardy. In ;he
yield Of milk the COWS raised OF
mixed stock give even more thsl
the average of rich milk.
The blue glass mania is dying
out, but practical people are ties,
ing the thing. Here and there IN
gardens may be seen u plant with
blue glass set in n frame in such
a manner that the colored rays tai
upon the growing thing. Next
autumn will come food of op;u.
ions based upon experiments.
The Chicago Iri6uae tells ~
who Schneider is, who has recent
ly beel appointed TO the Swiss
He is a German by birth.
We thought from his name he per
haps might have been an ltaliec.
st. Louis Republican.
Two steamboats,, each 2lO feet
.ong. are on their way across 10"
by rail. They were
in all important pag'
lculars, and then taken apart ;"r
transportation TO San Franci;c-,
where they will be finished.
Natural surprise is expressed
,y the Chicago Tribune because
'Beecher looks his congregation
n the ewes, and says his best hold
5 The unwayering faith he has Ia
he purity. the virtue, the honor
If women."
The ST. Augustine Hotel n
Florida Is tine largest hotel in the
world. Ii must be, for CORES
oondent says that among tae
yuests are 1.-The Smiths OF New
YORK - Cincinnati Enquirer.
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