The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
Queer Things.

A beet was on exhibition at the Bates
vile, Ark, fair that measured thirty.ont
inches long and fifteen inches IN circum-
ference.
Mrs. j. w. Clark, of Dickson, Tenn.
takes great pride in showing her friends a
rose gcranium that measures eight teet IN
circumference and five feet IN height.
The inhabitants of Brattle station, Ar
llngton, near Boston, have a pear tree II
full bloom. A gentleman at North Lex
ington picked green peas the past week
and pea vines are in blossom.
A progressive Atlanta, Ga, man claims
to have invented milk pail that is kept
IN motion by spring, and when he gets
through milking cow the milk has been
churned into delicious butter.
Mr.. James holland brought INTO town
yesterday kitten, which is indeed curl
0sity. Ii has four hind legs, four fore legs
two under it two on lis back, two tails, one
head and body.-DeAi (7Gr) Uera'd
Mems.
The Register office has been presented
with the boss" potato ct the season. 1t
was raised by Mr.. James Stewart, living
in the edge of town. 1t weighs nearly ten
pounds and is twenty-five inches in cir
cumicrence.--Elkton (Ky) Register.
William Snyder caught IN Kentucky
river, near Camp Shanahan, a catfish
weighing four pounds that had swallowed
another one Weighing threeiourths OF Il
pound, and this fish had swallowed a
small frog with which he had baited his
hook. Winchester Democrat
Thomas Etter, near Irving College, sold
his fine pet bear, "Tommie," last week, t.
a gentleman In Nashville for $50. The
bear was particularly fond Of brandy, and
would get drunk every time he could get
the brandy. He could unbung almost any
barrel or keg of brandy.-NcHtn0iHe
Tenn) Standard
The strangest thing we ever saw in the
way of potato vine Is one which was
grown by Mr.. jeff Butler 1t is five and
a half feet high, and has potatoes of a
pretty goou size on many Of the branches
Some of the branches were above the
ground and had no chance of taking root
Fulton (Ky) FWlt0nian.
Mr. John jenkins yesterday picked in
DR.. +. Nye IIutchlson's garden, on the
outskirts of the city, a pint of large and
tully.ripened strawberries of the second
crop. The vines IN the garden are filed
with ripe and ripening fruit, and one OF
two other gardens OF the city have also
furnished ripe strawberries within the last
Char!otte (N ca JourHaI.
Mr.. NJ. II, Boyer of our city, has a Jer
sey COW that gives butter and milk both
She gives such rich milk that IN milking
II into the bucket il churns it, Mr. b. tells
us that he gives her no extra feed, only
puts her in good pasture This is the kline
OF COW to have. We examined the milk
and butter after the COW was MIXED, anC
found large PARTICLES of butter In the milk
= .SanderSriHe (Gd) Mercury,
The spectacle of colored woman, on,
perfectly black turning white in streak
and blotches, was seen at the City Hal
last evening, Her head, face neck, hands
arms and feet present the appearance of
cameleopard. The change has been goinl
on for two years, and if continued she will
have emerged from the blackness of Cong
to the bright color OF the octoroon, TIL
colorcd people say 1t is from the richues
of her blood.-1aguSta (Ga) chronicle an
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