The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-12-02
CURIOUS CHRONICLES.
WHAT IS IT =?

WHAT Is IT
A curious creature was caught In
the harbor of Charleston, S. c., the
other day. 1t is a foot long, has a
head like frog, its body being like
that of fish. except that instead of
the fore fins there are two large wings
eight inches long, and FIVE inches
across. The wings are speckled like
those of whippoOrwill.
QUEER STORY ABOUT A PILLOW.
During the present summer Miss
Maggie, daughter of Mr.. Samuel
Copeland, a worthy citizen of the
village of New England, filled a pill
low case with swans down, which pill
low she used during subsequent con-
fnement with malady which proved
fatal. Shortly after her death the
pillow was emptied for the purpose of
washing. and ON its being turned
there was discovered on the inner sur.
face of the case a distinct tracery of
seven crowns (Which number cores
ponds with the number of Mr.. Cope
lands family; above these crowns
banks of beautiful clouds are repre-
sented, and still above these are
clearly delineated groups Of angels.
These figures, when held to the light,
are said to glisten like gold. Since the
discovery of this remarkable pheno-
menOn Mr.. COpeland's residence
has been the center of daily throng-
ing visits from curiosity-impelled re-
sidents in that section of the country,
who join in ascribing to the strange
circumstance supernatural origin
Athens, (Ohio) Bugle.
DIED AT THE POLLS.
New York sun.
Daniel Gildersleeve, aged sc years,
was assisted to the head of the line |
by policeman at the Fifth district
polls, Twentieth ward, Brooklyn, so
that he might not be detained. His
son handed him a set of tickets, and,
as the old man trembIingly examined
them, the people around the poll ap-
plsuded.
As he advanced to the box he stag
gered, and, before his son could reach
him, fell to the floor ard almost in
stantly expired. He was carried TO
his late home at 200 Park avenue.
The aged voter had been in feeble
health for some time, and when his
son tried to dissuade him from going
to the polls, he said:
81 will go, my boy; it will likely
be my last vote"
A SAD STORY.
The Picayune says: GA New York
paper, in a column of horrors, tells of
a young lady, heiress to $4,000, 900,
who is hopelessly insane. She is con-
fined in an insane asylum and sur
with all the luxury and care
that wealth can give. This young {
imagines herself to be a {
cat; she news rather than talks. and '
mas acquired many movments of cat. I
Her hands are kept encased in padded 1
gloves to prevent her from pluckiDg i
put her own eyes. I
THE SLY OLD FOX.
We are not fully prepared to vouch .
or the truth of this:
"When fox gets so loaded with
PESTS that he is almost crazy he hunts ,
Up a body of water. He then pulls :
off his headquarters mouthful of !.
hair. Then he backs slowly into the
water and the feas routed by the wat
r, crawl up to the fox's head to escape
bath. The fox keeps immersing q
himself by degrees until the feas Z
rayel his head and nose and Chamber
yer the turf of hair, that being their =
ast resort in search of a dry resting :
lace. As soon as the fox is satisfied - y
hat the turf is loaded with heas he .
Its 90 of and abandons them to their u
ate." O.
There is a good deal of human ma Il
Ire in the fox /; in fact, three-thirds y
him is composed of the leading ele- -
tents of the political demagogue, -