The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-15

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A single fash of lightning last Sum.
mer struck an entire potato field. d
several acres, belonging to N. ]. Wood.
Of North Sterling, in Windham county
CT. The vines turned yellow ant
sprawled over the ground. When Mr.
Wood went to dig them few days age
he found not . potato on the whole
peice. It il the first instance on record
in which growing corp was destroyed
by the electric fluid.
One Of the most peculiar characters
in Connecticut is John Maher, Of Ansonia,
known - John Who Never Sleeps.
John il IN Irishman who ID making 70,
himself little fortune ct $50 per day
BY working thirteen hours In the fac.
tory. Thither he goes every day. rain
or shine. and he 10 never Ill. On the
remaining eleven hours he devotss sew
en- to labor and four TO sleep. Thi,
perpetual living without sleep causes
great deal Of annoyance to his neigh.
bors and to everybody within q mile OF
him who wishes to sleep when he is at
work. He is thin, nervous aud as sup
pie a. Rocky Mountain goat. He 10
only 40, but looks aged, because Of his
devotion to money getting. He has
never made but one losing speculation.
Lieutenant Greedy recently wrote Il
friend in New Orleans in response K
some cordial greetings from his old ar
my friends: "No words are more
grateful to me at this time than those
from my friends and comrades Of the
war time. There is some where among
the expeditionary property . Masonic
flag which I send by Lock woods hands
to the Polar Sea, and which hope
some day to send to my old lodge. The
active efforts of the Louisiana delegation
for my relief indicate, trust, that my
appointment to the army from Louisi-
ana is not considered an unworthy one.
As citizen of New Orleans my inter-
est has continually remained alive in
my old friends there"
The barons Alphonse and Gustave de
Rothschild, two of the chief members of
the great European financial house,
have been unable to attend the French
races in which their horses were en-
tered. The illness of both these mon.
ey kings is SAID to have been caused by
overwork, the tremendous strain OF then
immense financial operations having
told heavily on their strength. The
common idea that the great finan.
cial magnates of the world have an easy
life, is refuted by the experience Of
the Rothscnilds. who are the hardest
working of men. Some one asked
Baron Alphonse Rothschild lately why
he did not give up his business His
reply was: ut would take me % years
to settle my affairs sufficiently to enable
me to withdraw from the firm"
The common people of England.
writes the veracious Eli Perkins, ell
love the prince Of Wales. There is no
monarch in Europe SO beloved as the
prince. The reason is this: The prince
is very democratic. He doesn't act like
king. he rides in simple carriage, he
goes everywhere, he even dimes at the
Savage club with lot of Bohemians.
He is now visiting around the country.
He has been bad fellow amongst the
women, but the common people rather
like that. He was intimate with Lady
Mordaunt, but lied about it like king.
He's been mixed up with Langtry and
a dozen actresses, but it has all added
to his popularity. He is now about A.
years old, his wild oats are about all
sown, and, as he settles down, the peo-
pie all vote him jolly fellow. He will
succeed to his mother without any Oh.
position. Everybody wants him to
slide into the place, and everybody will