News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-18

"onucrthA ake-The Farmers Horst
Il story From Maine When She Mnr
ried--A Curious Disease, Etc, Etc.
DEACON Amos P. Kendall, of Palmer
Mass, died on Saturday of a curious
disease that had caused the death of hi;
grandfather, father and two brothers
In effect it was paralysis, and yet it came
on very gradually, without any shock.
Less than year ago Deacon Kendall
noticed a lameness in finger OF his left
hand. The disorder developed gradually
until about five months ago the left hand
became helpless and dangled from the
wrist Next the calves OF his legs were
attacked, and in couple of months
more he was forced to stop walking, and
soon after he was unable TO move the
left leg at all. His mouth and throat
were then approached, the muscles con-
trolling the salivary glands weakened,
which caused a ceaseless flow of saliva
Alter that the progress of the disease
was rapid, and at the time of his death
he had lost his speech save few gut
teral sounds, was unable to swallow or
TO move any member save one arm
slightly and turn his head somewhat.
The paralyzed portions retained the
sense of touch and his mind was per-
fectly clear to the last.
WHILE several Kingston men were
conversing the other night regarding the
intelligence of animals, one man said he
owned mule once that when blowing
recognized the sound of the dinner horn.
1t could distinguish a particular horn
from all the other horns in the neigh
borhood. Whenever it heard that horn
it would Immediately raise its voice and
commence to bray. Another man said
that once upon time he owned horse
on farm, and that horse, too, became
well acquainted with the sound of the
dinner horn, and if blowing corn, or do
my any work of that kind, the driver
would be forced to stop, unhitch, and
take the horse to dinner, for the animal
would refuse to pillow any longer. No
matter how well the horse worked, max
ing bee line across the fields IN running
the pillow, its course would be for the
gate the moment it heard the horn.
''NOw didn't that horse Think And
didn't he reason with himself that
means dinnerrn
LAKE TAHOE has great depth and
clearness. The soundings have been |
made at one thousand six hundred and |
forty five feet, and a small white object |
can be seen one hundred and eight feet |
below the surface. Strong sunlight will |
penetrate the wafer to a distance of SIX
hundred feet. The temperature two
hundred feet deep is forty eight degrees
at eight hundred is forty one degrees,
and at one thousand five hundred is
thirty-nine degrees. The bodies of
drowned people never rise, and 1t is sup
posed that the cold is so great on the
lakes surface that no decomposition
ia es place, consequently there are no
gases generated. The colorlng of tie
lake varies in intensity, but is generally
q deep rich blue. Near shore the hues
are lighter than where the water is
deep, and the dividing line between the
two shades is strongly marked.
A PAIR of knaves worked an old, old
swindle on a simple citizen of Reading,
Pa. One of them went into cigar
store carrying a violin, and, buying a
cigar, asked to be allowed to leave the
instrument there for an hour or so. His
request was granted. Pretty soon knave
number two came in and bought a cigar,
saw the violin, examined it, admired 1t,
praised it, and wanted to buy it. The
cigar man explained how it happened
to be in the store. Then the stranger
offered to give him So if he'd buy it
when the owner came back, and au-
thorized him to go as high as $50. Then
he left and the first man came back, re-
fused $50 for the violin, declined $50,
and, finally, with great hesitation, ac-
cepted S5J for it, because he needed
the money. Up to date the second man
has not called for the fiddle, which is
worth just So.
a NEM JERSEY farmers horse had an |
experience that 1t Will not care to re-
peat. Driven to the city and left
standing IN front of a grocery store it
took occasion to poke its head into a
basket in the back of delivery wagon
and to abstract therefrom three or four
compressed yeast cakes and the best part
Of sack of doctored flour. The result
of this amateur breadmaking was not
made apparent until the animal was
driven home, when the yeast proved to
be as good as ever, and the horse began
to experience sensations commonly
known to bread pans. The veterinarian
who worked over the horse for twelve
hours AYERS that l. was at least eight
feet in circumference for some time pre-
vious to obtaining relief, and is quite
sure that if it is an intelligent beast it
will hereafter take its staff of lie I'M
leavened.
NICE little story comes from Maine
about young lawyer and rich man
from Philadelphia, who met him at Pc
land Spring The rich man wanted to |
send some one on whom ne could rely
to Europe lie liked the young mans
and proceeded to put his
honesty to peculiar civil service exam
nation. After gaining his confidence
he told him of plan he had for max
ing money by a short but very dishonest
method. The young man declined to be
4 party to any such arrangement. The
Old man pleaded that scores of men oc-
cupying high positions to-day had made
tier start in precisely such way. The
Young man was firm as a rock. The
young man is now on his way to Europe
to attend to the business of the rich
Phi .adelphian.
4 YOKE of oxen in Canada being very
thirsty, ran TO trough by pump and
one was crowded upon the well plat j
form which gave way and let him in
to the well. He hung by the yoke
for time, and then his mate
was drawn headforemost into the water I
twenty-four feet below. A crowd col ]
lected, line was fastened around the
body of boy, and he was lowered into
the we'll. He unyoked the cattle, fast
ened logging chain around the neck |
of each animal, four horses were hitched |
to the chains, and one by one the oxen l
were drawn fr m their prison without f
I'M T.. I
A HORSE and buggy was stolen at !
night from in front of the village church
in Howell, Michigan. This caused a =.
in the little place, but when !
it turned out that they were taken by
a girl OF tender years, named Lena, there
was tie biggest kind of a sensation.
The girl had been reading yellow COW
cred literature and intended to go West
and be heroine of the plains. She
Was. however, stopped in her flight a !!
South Lyon by her pursuers, who con
veyed her back to her home, the horse
anu buggy being restored to the owner
A RESIDENT of VIM Parish, La, is O
noted there for his remarkable sense of l
smell. 1t Is said that, on a calm day, S
Dr. when the wind is blowing toward b
him, he can smell deer from thirty to C
sixty yards He is a popular hunting S
,ompanion with the neighbors who a
know of his mower While ridipo or 7