The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-06-20
ODD HAPPENINGS.


A HERKIMER county IN. " man, Who
has lost several thousand dollars by in
dorsing the paper of friends, recently
went before q magistrate and solemnly
swore that in future he would indorse
no paper denoting q pecuniary value.
He carries copy of the affidavit with
him, and, when approached on the sub
ject OF indorsing, he whips it out and is
free.
A MAN bought some of the $40 Gov
eminent certificates at the Cincinnati
Office, and missed one after retiring
from the window. He could find it no.
where. Give me dollar and I'll get
it for you," said boy. The offer was
accepted. The boy yanked another
urchin out of the line, and choked him
until he opened his mouth, from which
the hidden certificate dropped out.
CHARLES ScHUMEcK has been for sew
eral years grain speculator at Tell
City, Ind. At first his ventures we're
unfortunate, but some months ago his
luck changed and his investments real
| lied big bonanza for him. His good
luck, however, preyed upon his mind.
He went to Louisville last week and be-
gan to buy everything he saw, from
81 ,000-horses to baby carriages. His
brother caught up with him, and he has
been sent to the Indianapolis Insane
Asylum.
A JEwELER in South Royalston, VT,
spied on the finger of highly-esteemed
young lady, who was shopping in his
store, ring that had been stolen from
his stock. She told him, in response to
his inquiries, that it had been given to
her by boyish sutton. This led to the
discovery of a society of thieves, sons of
respectable parents. The boys had Sc
cret signs, passwords and oaths, after
the manner of body they had read
about in dime novel, and had commit
ted several burglaries.
Two ODDITIES recently died at Que
bee. One was man who went to bed
forty years ago because of disappoint-
ment in love, and did not leave it until
he was carried to his grave. The other
resolutely refused to speak to living
soul for even longer period, invaria-
bly, expressing his opinion by means Of
writing on slate or table that he kept
conveniently near. Like the other, he
owed his idiosyncrasy to bad treatment
from the female sex, and both led peace
full, if uneventful, lives after adopting
these peculiar means of revenue.
ACCORDING to the Virginia City New
Enterprise, q freight train was stopped
between Reno and Wadsworth the other
day by an army of crickets, which COW
cred the track for three or four miles.
When the engine struck them it slid
along few feet and stopped, the dead
bodies of the insects having the same
effect upon the track as though it had
been creased. These crickets are jet
black, two inches in length, and fat.
They do no harm to the crops. 1t is
the opinion of the railroad men that the
crickets took to the track because the
rails kept their heat long after shutdown,
when the ground elsewhere was cold.
BETWEEN Leesbury and Sumterville,
Fla, is rich strip of hummock
land, about four miles long and half a
mile wide. In this strip is large basin
which suddenly went dry few days
ago, leaving myriads of fish in the bot
tom. Many loads of fish were hauled
away, but the remainder being exposed
to the sun there arose stencil that was
offensive for miles around. 1t is sup
posed, by the Leesbury AdDance, that a
subterranean river flows under the strip
of hummock, and that the lack of rain
caused the basin to lose its contents.
A COMPANY of mourners who had as
sembled at house in Little Valley, N.
Y, to attend the funeral of child,
were sunmarily dismissed by lightning.
The electric fluid passed down the
chimney and cut the stovepipe in two.
One streak of lightning struck Mrs. j.
B. Munger, tearing off both shoes,
burning hole in the heel of one stock
ing, blistering place on the foot the
size of a silver half-dollar, and cutting
the flesh on the bottom of the other
very badly. She was rendered insen-
sible by the shock, and was supposed
for time to be dead, but was not DAN
gerously hurt. Another lady's dress
was somewhat torn. Another streak of
lightning flashed into the room where
lay the body of the child. The floor In
the center of the room was torn up, and
two DOCS in the cellar killed outright