Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-30
CURIOUS. USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.
NOT HIS BONES

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Nine wears ago James Lobdel was sup
posed to have been burned to death il
his barn at Oxford, N. Y. Bones re
sembling those of human body were
found, and funeral ceremony was held
He recently returned to Oxford, saying
he had wandered all over the Union, anc
never once communicated with hli
| friends.
| LOST AN EAR.
Among the records of the town o.
| Worcester, Mass, is an account OF 3
year-old boy who in ITO had his cal
bitten off by horse. The manner il
which the injury was received was care
| fully recorded by the Selectmen, SO thai
| the loss of the ear should not g preju
dicial to the boy when he grew to mans
estate.
WHAT THEY FEED THE ''ANIMILEs."
The New York Times says: The fol
lowing are given as the daily allowances
of carnivora at the Jardin des Plantes liz
Paris: For each lion, tiger and bear,
ten'pounds of flesh; for each panther,
seven pounds; for each hyena, from two
pounds to six pounds; for each wildcat,
one pound, and for each eagle, two
pounds. All of this meat must be flesh,
and free from bones.
ENDURANCE OF THE CAMEL.
Samuel w. Baker, the African ex-
plorer, is quoted as saying that camels
will cross q desert with q load of 400
pounds at the rate of 80 miles day, in
the burning heat of summer, andrequlre
water only every third or fourth day. In
the cooler months the animal will work
seven or eight days without water, and
if grazing on green foliage, without
labor, will only drink once fortnight.
WAR MEMORY.
Judge McRae, of Charlotte, n. O.,
met J. FL. Potts in court recently, whom
he recognized as the man who fired the
shot that killed Col. Winthrop, of the
Union army, at the battle of Bethel.
The Judge loaded the guns, while Potter
sat up on the edge of the ditch and did
the shooting. After killing Col. Win
throp the place became pretty warm,
and Potts asked the Judge to come up
and take his turn, but he succeeded in
convincing Potts that it was much hard
er work to lie in the ditch and load than
to sit up there and shoot.
QUARREL AT A GRAVE.
An extraordinary scene took place a
few days since at the Leek Cemetery,
England, on the occasion of the funeral
of retired farmer. On arriving at the
grave the officiating clergyman, the Rev,
w. Berisford, vicar of ST. Luke's, Leek,
pointed out that the corpse's feet would
not point to the eastward, and although
the sexton told him that the grave was
in a similar position to hundreds OF
others, and showed him the headstones
in confirmation, the clergyman insisted
upon his point, referring to the difficulty
which would be experienced on the day
of resurrection if the corpse was placed
otherwise than with his feet to the east.
A rule was procured, when it was found
that the grave would just take the coffin
the reverse way, and the ceremony was
then proceeded with.
A FAMOUS BRIGAND.
Ciprian La Gala, the ferocious and
desperate brigand who has been chained
to massive stone wall on the island OF
Elba for number of years is dead. He
had been proven guilty of fifty murders
and numerous robberies. He was once
a dashing and prominent officer of mil
itia, but the life was too quiet for him,
SO he took to the road. In 1860 he was
chosen chief of band of zoe 1nalefac-
tors, whom he ruled with an iron hand
and made lots of money. He wore a
long, black beard, and pretended to be
very religious, attending mass and con-
fession whenever his duties permitted.
When convicted of SO many murders
and heinous crimes he was doomed to
death, but warning from his followers
induced the authorities to postpone the
execution from year to year, until at
last death relieved them of what seemed
to be large white elephant.
DYING LARGE BUT YOUNG.
Joseph Brice at 26 was feet high,
and died before he could grow any long,
er. Henry Blackner was feet inches,
and nipped in the bud, SO to speak. The
Yorkshire giant died at 80, 6 feet s
inches in height. and the Norfolk giant
was ten years older at his death. The
Saxon giant, feet tall, lived to be 60,
but the French giant was only rs. The
Russian s feet 5 inches, found an early
grave. The Irish giant was only 20
when he filled his coffin, 8 feet inches
in length, inside measurement. Many
other cases of premature decease might
be cited, but these must suffice, and
they are enough to show that though
occasionally-like Og, the King of
Bashan, who, according to Moses, was
Is feet 9 inches in length, and who is
said to have lived 8 900 years these pro-
digious folk may attain to such length
of years, as their length of limb might
seem to justify, the rule is for the over
sized to be under aged London Tele-
graph.
THE LAUGHING JACKAsS
''But hark!" says the traveller in
Australia. CANCELS and ministers, what
is that?" ''The laughing jackass." For
once I admire an Australian descriptive
name. This merry bird, beginning with
quantity human ha! ha! ha! gradually
rises to regular he-haw, as if it had
need to hold it's sides and inhale quick
breaths in sheer inability to arrest its
inexting uishabie mirth. It's character
as the Laughing Philosopher of the
Australian woods is borne out by it's ap-
pearance. It seems a kind of burly
kingfsher, dressed in white and brown,
with slightly crested head and remark
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