The National tribune., 1886-10-07
PERSONS AND THINGS.

The story comes from Boston of a dude who
having been asked to say grace at a formal spread
at which he took leading part, bowed bis head
slightly, langudly lowered his eyelids and muir
INJURED, oh, Lord Enthusiastically
"A st. Thomas (Canadal veterinary surgeon re-
Gently pulled the unsound tooth of dog. The dog
sat up in chair and acted very human. opening
his mouth readily, yelling when the doctor pulled
aud fanting dead away when the tooth came out
Frank Graft, hearty young citizen of Rock
vile, "a, oet that he couId pint OF ice cream
In half a minute He won, gulping down the cream
in huge swallows. Then he bet that he could eat
three large ginger cakes that together weighed
half a pound, in one minute. He devouTed two Of
them, and was on the third when he suddenly
dropped TO the floor dead
An Indian near Snohomish City. W. t. caught
and landed without help sturgeon III feet long and
weighing 500 pounds.
Thomas Baly Aldrich, who has Just returned
from three months trip through the interior of
Russia, says that the civilization Of Moscow re-
minded him of some wild Indian chief who in his
old age puts on pair of epaulets or high hat 1t
simply emphasizes savagery."
The Alleganians are frugal folk A Pittsbury
man advertised for a cook, and received this note
from citizen of Allegany: Dear Sir: have seen
your advertisement for cook for three days in the
papers. When you get what you want, please send
the rest OF the girls to me, don't care to adver
tise."
One of the rich men Of Glasgow is Thos. Lup-
ton, an American, who went there poor. started a
meat market, made speciality of hams, and by
shrewd and thoroughly Yankee methods of adver-
tising has made much money. One his advertising
dodSes was driving through the Glasgow streets
hogs clothed in canvas, on which painted.
Tom Luptou's infants"
As the schooner O. Coke was coming down the
Patuxent River, Maryland, something was seen in
the water which ut n distance looked like large
serpent crossing the river. nearer view led the
crew to declare that twas q horned serpent When
the vessel drew still nearer the monster turned and
made directly for the D. Coke, and the crew got
out poles and pixies to repel bOarders. They were
not used, for the animal proved to be gray squr-
REL which WAS taken, tired out, from the water
and given his liberty on the schooner.
A disease called mad itch" has attacked a
herd of cattle belonging to Farmer Brown of Dallas
Iowa, and he has already lost 81 200 worth of fine
steers by the animals nearly saving their necs off
on the barbed wire fence in their efforts to allay
the itching.
San Francisco reporters and detectives attended
naturalization seance the other evening" and one
OF them grabbed the spirit of his sainted mother,
and another turned dark lantern on her. She
proved to be an interesting young woman clad in
n neat silk gown covered with phosphorus.
"A Massachusetts rascal who hath music in his
soul has for several weeks bothered the Congrega-
uonalists of South Braintree by each week dis
abling many pipes of their church organ that on
Sundays IL gave forth very uncertain and decidedly
nnmusical sounds. watchman discovered the
vandal the other night after he had removed 40 or
80 pipes but in his haste To capture him put out the
light he carried and the fellow escaped in the dark
ness.
A well digger in CISCO, ILL.,, found hollow log
% feet below the surface of the ground and in the
log vigorous frog.