Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-23

thousands of them, coiling and writhing,
and I thought had landed in a nest of
snakes. l gave the signal as soon as I
could and made break upward, part of
the creature clinging to me. while the rest,
l could see, was dropping to pieces. They
hauled me into the boat when reached
the surface, and pulled the main part OF
the animal from me. It was oval, about
three feet across, and the five arms seemed
to divide into thousands of others. proba-
bly, landed on top of that one, which at
the same time was the largest I had ever
seen. I afterward saw the body of one
that was washed ashore on the isthmus
that must have had a spread of thirty five
feet"
WONDERFUL sOET OF EGG.
Providence Journal.
On Friday afternoon the matron of the
Newport hospital, to which General Haz-
ard left the large bulk of his property, re-
ceived visit from a young female relative.
While the latter was sitting at one of the
windows which overlook the front garden
she observed hen fly over one of the
walls and run to some grass which had
grown reasonably high. 1t should here be
remarked that no fowls are kept about
the hospital. The hen had scarcely
reached the ground when it began to
cackle, cackle very loudly, and shortly
afterward laid an egg and cackled
again. Knowing that no hens were kept at
the hospital the young visitor ran out into
the garden and picked up the egg, when,
looking at it she found to her utter astcnish-
ment that there were strange marks upon
it. On one side, indented on the shell per-
fectly naturally, was the following that
could be read as plainly as possible:
Money, 1885," On the other was an i'm
preston that looked very much like 3
cent piece with q star in the center. The
young visitor instantly showed it to her
friends at the hospital, and subsequently
took it to the gentleman from whom the
story has been received by the writer.
That gentleman now has it in his posses
sion. It is evident that the marks are per-
fectly natural, and that the indentation
was not made by human hands.
WHAT KENTUCKY ROOSTER DID.
Louisville Courier-Journal.l
A rather peculiar instance of the talents
of gamecock occurred yesterday after
noon on the corner of Clay and Gray
streets, in the back yard of LORI, the buck
ster. 1t appears that Mrs. Lorr had just
purchased a few chickens and in the lot
were found two of a decided male gender.
These two we're inclined to be aggressive,
but had put on their war-paint under almost
fatal circumstances. A next-door neighbor
of LORI is one Bangs, who keeps genuine
game-coek that has passed through the
terrible arena of the pit and
wears the honorable scars of many a
bloody conflict in the modern ampitheater.
This cock makes his home about half the
time in Mrs. Lorr's yard. and was there
yesterday when the new corners were thrust
in. It was only short time until the ar
rangements had been perfected and the
game chicken tackled both of the others
and was rapidly getting the best of them
when Mrs. LORI came to the rescue with
stick. Nothing daunted by the sudden
ness of this flank movement on the part of
spring at her, tearing her upper lip in
made at the lady knocked one of her front
house, sadder, wiser and considerably dis
abled.
CAPTAIN BOTTOMS PET PARROT
New Tork Star.
Captain Paul Boyton, of Flushing, has
collected small menagerie in his extern
sive travels throughout the country.
Among the collection is an intelligent par
rot, which has habit of initiating cry
ing baby. Captain Boyton recently had
occasion to take this parrot TO New York.
He carried the bird in basket. During
the journey the sounds that came from the
basket caused it to be regarded with much
interest. On the ferry-boat the captain
came near getting into trouble. The
parrot kept up a noise which much re-
sembled the crying of an infant. The
passengers stared at the captain and the
basket. When the captain left the cabin
some of the passengers followed him. and
as he walked off the boat they informed a
policeman at the gate of their suspicious.
The bluecoat stopped the captain and in
CURED the contents of the basket. The
captain wanted to continue on his way but
the policeman told him it was his duty to
look into the basket. The captain there.
upon cut the cord which secured the cover,
and the parrots head bobbed out of the
basket The birds greeting was: Pretty
Poll: Polly wants cracker" The police
man soon disappeared among a number Of
trucks amid roars of laughter.
SERVING CHICKENS LIKE CHARLES I.
Richmond State.
When the headless rooster was on exhi-
bition at the late state fair several medical
men examined him, among others DR.. r.
A. Lancaster, one of the surgeons at the
almshouse. He did not believe the story
of accidental decapitation as told, and
when he went back to the almshouse ne Sc
cured g number of chickens heads and ex-
perimented upon them first. He became
satisfied that he could take the head of
chicken Off and not produce death. To
carry out this belief he took a hen and
proceeded to skilfuily dissect the head,