New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-23
GENERIL NOTES.

The last dog story is told By Geora,
paper The AnericuS Republican. It Is to the ec, ba.
family in that town. having q false crate I'm one a,
the rooms OF the house. placed some red paper behpa
1t give IT the effect Of fire One cold day last winter ina
house dog in from out Of doors and seeing the M
per In the CRATE lay down before 1t receive the b.
~ it came from the fire. Feeling no warmth he raised
his head, looked hts shoulder at the CRATE; een,
no heat ne applied HIS nose 70 the crate and elt
II cold ice With his tail curled between hs ees
the dog trOtted ont of the roOm not casting Oof
at the party in the room. eYlnclng supreme disgust
1t was only two years ago that Maine was
overrun with gold and silver prospectOrs and speculs
tors. Wildcat mining companies by the were e.
tabished and thousands Of dollars spent the endesvf
to squeeze the precious metals from the rocky rbs AZ
the Pine Tree State The mines OF Sullivan, Cherry.
field GOuldsbOrough fremont and Bluehil have proved
to be total partial failures OF the hundred min
ing companies duly incorporated eighteen months ago.
not one has paid single dividend. The speculstOrs,
OF cOn1ding stockholders, the only ones who have
nrOfted by the boom.
A correspondent of The London Globe SAYS
that i ia The custom of the fishermen Of CeylOn to
whistle for their bait On recent visit 10 that island
lie saw the way in which 1t was done. The fisherman
down some yards to meet advancing wave, agi-
aed the water and probably the sand also with the
fingers of one hand. and then ran backward, whstns
III the llult, Wien wave
treat, and seemed almost invariably TO find long woru
left on the sand of the point where he had agtaed the
water On being questioned relative to this singular
procedure, native replied that his whisting acted
charm TO the worms, and caused them 10 rise TO tho
surface.
The Troy Times says that the apparently
harmless chestnut Is really very indiGestble and often
causes serious sickness An instance of their ndgesti
bty II says recently occurred at the village Oschash
cOke c. n Beecroft of that village was taken serious
ly III after having eaten quantity or chesnuts. He
continued grow worse, and physicians decided that
he suffering from bilious collie. Every effort was
made to relieve him. but the indgestibe nuts had be-
come compact IN his ntestnes, and could not BE-
disOdged. II became question Of speedy relief
cvi;abe death within few hours Finally the Obsuc-
ton removed, and the patient Immediately be-
gan to improve, and was soon convalescent.
The newspapers of Texas state that vey
successful efforts have been made 10 raise Angoa goats
large scale in that State In the part Of
the State there are, II is stated millions OF acres Of
rocky, billy underground of live oak that VIII not sup
port sheep to twenty acres, TO forty acres
horse to fifty acres and are in fact utterly worth
less except for the Of goats These animals b
herded in large ocks with perfect safety aud to adya
tlge. stOckraser in Western Texas has one herdot
1000 graded Ancoras, herded by one Mexican IL
report to the National Association OF wool manufsr
rers ut Boston, Mass he says that his goats "eanM
located in summer eight miles from their waterngpat
and drink in three days, returning camp tho
same day-a great item in dry country. They ean@
raised and thrive best land worth Is to 25 cents
they subject to disease whatever; they viii
protect themselves against wolves dogs and last bur
not least they come home five times out OF six iflostoa
the range" There IS. he urges mot q agreeable
or pretty pursuit in the world than raising Angos
goats; - and he adds that although he breeds cattle
horses, and has 34O0 head Of Merino ewes he woult
with little more encouragement 50 the sale OF hAr
Of first quality, be- inclined to give up oil inerestn
other stock and keep only his intelligent and valuable
AugOras."