Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-24
CURIOUS THINGS.


Parker county, Texas, boasts of
cucumbers Sc inches long.
THERE is more venom in the bite of
mosquito than there is in the bite Of a
rattlesnake, considering it's size.
By coincidence, while Troy is the
ne plus 11tro of laundryism in this coun-
try, there is no place in France SO famous
for perfection in the same art as Troyes.
GEO. LEoLERo, of Cooper City, Pa,
struck a giant-powder cartridge into his
mouth, Lit the fuse, and the explosion
literally blew his head of.
A PELICAN was shot down in Louis
lana the other day whose pouch had
capacity Of five gallons, as ascertained
by actual test.
In the town Of Marion, Va, there is
q child living and growing whose neck
was broken several years ago and whose
head is supported by steel bars.
THERE is on exhibition at the Cincin-
natl chamber Of commerce mass of car
bombed corn, taken from the tomb of
the mound builders. The grain is
thought to be 500 years old.
A BLACK snake twelve feet long was
killed by dog at Forestburgh lately.
Mrs. Burns, owner Of the dog, was about
to step over what she supposed to be
root, when the dog seized it, the blood
squirting over her clothing.
THERE are coal mines in Germany in
which the phenomenon OF subterranean
waters having a regular ebb and flow
has been observed. The scientific acade-
mics of Vienna and Berlin are studying
it, and look for valuable additions to
our knowledge of the earth's interior.
"A MAMMOTH sunfower has been
raised by Mr.. ". E. Fernald, at Brain
tree. 1t was propagated from California
seed, measures twelve inches in dame
ter and weighs four pounds. Nothing
like it has ever before been produced in
this climate.
On Friday morning while gentleman
was playing water on the street in front
of an East Commerce street residence,
little humming bird alighted upon the
hose pipe at the end near his hand and
drank of the spouting fluid as though
very thirsty for drink.-Bradgetown,
~ j., Daily.
A MoON-BLIND man has been discover
ed in Boston. He slept in the face Of
the shining orb one night, and thereby
lost his night eyes, In the daytime and
by the aid of artificial light, he can see
| as we'll as ever, but after dusk and in
the open air his sense Of sight is wholly
lost.
A MAN with $500 diamond in his
shirt bosom leaned over a hen-coop in a
Cincinnati market and hungry hen
picked off the jewel and swallowed it.
The thief was soon lost among the hun
dreds, and there was no way of IDENTIFY
ing him. 30 the man bargained TO have
them killed, one after another, until the
right one was found. To recover the
diamond cost him $28.
The forest near Dillon, Kan, has an
uncommon hermit in the person of 8
young and not ugly woman, who lodges
in rude hut, eats vegetables and game
of her own getting, and will not say
word to persons who intrude upon her.
It is conjectured that she is insane; but
aside from her lonely mode Of life, there
is nothing in her conduct to sustain that
belief
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf states
that, just after the big rain Tuesday, the
Hon. G. r. Henry discovered man in
his field who appeared intensely inter-
ested in something, and going out to see
what was the matter, found that the
man was gathering up little catfish,
which were lying so thick on the ground
as to be scraped upsbp the double hand
full.
AT q post mortem examination in a
lunatic asylum in Saxony needle was
found sticking in the heart. It had
been passed through the posterior wall
of the left ventricle. The patient, a
man aged twenty-five, had died of
peritonitis; be had always felt we'll
previous to his last illness, and never
complained of any cardiac troubles In
what way the needle entered his heart
remains unknown.
GEO. IBER, a brakeman employed on
the Collinsville branch Of the Canal
railroad, Conn.,, is considered the strong
heavy freighting truck simply by taking
hold of the handles and is said to have
lifted 1000 pounds. Since he has been
employed on the road he has broken
three brake chains, and when he "puts
on" brake two men have all they want
to do to loosen it. ~#
MRS. BELLE LAWSON, of Hagerstown,
Md, has in her possession an ancient
breastpin containing three locks of hair,
braided together very beautifully, shorn
from the head of the Father of his
Country. It formerly belonged to a
Masonic lodge, and became the property
of Mr.. Lawson more than thirty years
ago. On the back of the pin is the fol-
lowing inscription: "This contains the
hair of Gen. George Washington, first
President of the United States of Am
erica"
A CURIOUS case of complete alopecia
is recorded in the Gazette s'es HopataaAr.
A girl aged seventeen, who had always
enjoyed good health, had one day a mar
row escape from being crushed by
floor giving way beneath her. She wa
very much frightened, and the sans
night began to complain of headacee
and chills The next morning she felt
restless and had irritation of the scalp.