News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-18

Strong Man-Curious Story from Nor
way-Two Hairy ChiIdr en-The Depth
Of the Ocean. Etc., Etc.
THERE is littlesprlvate poker club
In Chicago whose members, according
to the Mail of that city, meet at each
others homes and play modest game,
winding up with jack pot, which is
'Hberally sweetened" until it is of good
proportions. On a recent Saturday
evening the final jack pot grew until it
contained $128, and before the betting
1t was decided that the winner should
put it on the contribution plate at
church next morning. 1t was won by
a regular church goer and rather liberal
giver, who, fearing such contribution
would provoke comment, asked leave
of the party to make it up in package
and hand it in to the sexton. This was
agreed to on condition that it was to be
labelled From j. pot" This was
done. The sexton took it Immediately
to the pastor, who was so highly pleased
that he announced from the pulpit that
ga muniicent friend of the church,
Mr.. A. J. Pot-whom it was not his
pleasure to know personally, he was
sorry to say, had that morning sent in
most generous donation of $128 to the
church fund
A TERRIBLE story of inhuman cruelty
In Kansas, is authenticated thoroughly.
During the storm a man, his wife and
child were driven towards Kinsley, from
the south, in one of the fearful biz
yards which have characterized the
weather for the past few days, Reach
ing house the man asked for shelter,
but the inhuman wretch who owned it
refused to permit either his wife or
child to take shelter. The man begged
and pleaded, but all to no avail. His
wife was then unconscious and the babe
was in the same condition, but both are
said to have been alive The man told
them he would not accommodate them
and said three miles further on they
could probably receive protection. The
poor man resumed his position on the
wagon and started off. The next morn
ing all three were discovered half mile
from the house frozen to death. The
mother had the babe close to her bosom,
as if in the act of hugging it. The
poor father still held the lines in his
stiff hands.
A CURIOUS story comes from Norway.
The fishing smack Columbine left one of
the Shetland Islands with captain,
two sailors, and an old lady who in
sisted on making the trip to Norway,
although the weather was very rough
The captain was washed overheard and
the two sailors lowered the boat in the
hope of rescuing him. They did not
succeed, and when they turned back
they found the smack was going out to
sea. She rapidly gained on them, and
soon disappeared. Steamers were sent
in search, but could find no trace of the
ColuAnbine, and all hope was given up
Now comes the news that she grounded
near Lepso, on the Norway coast, after
driving before the wind for seven DAYS.
The old lady, when rescued, was al
most exhausted, her only food being a
bottle of milk and two biscuits. She
will probably recover.
WALES DooLTTTLE, the Bethan,
Conn farmer who beat W. II. Ford
so that he died, is descended from Reu-
ben Doollttle, who was well-known as
the strongest man in Connecticut and
remarkable wrestler Men came from
distances to throw him, but all failed. |
Once stranger arrived at Reuben's on |
this GRAND. Reuben asked him to STAY I
all night, promising to wrestle in the |
morning. Both were up betimes, and |
the stranger was invited to go out to |
the barn and have drink of cider. At /
the barn Reuben seized a large barrel of |
cider, and with apparent ease, lifted it /
and drank from the bung hole. ''Now,"
said he, as he put the barrel down and |
wiped his mouth, ''we'll have some |
breakfast, and then We'll wrestle."
The stranger decided he had other tasi-
pessthat would prevent the match.
Two HAIRY children are being ex-
hibited at a London aquarium, and are
arousing scientific curiosity. They are |
natives of Paraguay, of light complex |
ion, intelligent, and members of fam
lily with skins as smooth as ordinary.
Their backs are completely covered !
with fine, daTk-colored hair or fur, |
short, soft, and unlike the black hair of /
the head; in the boy the hairy covering
extends down the thighs to the knees. |
In addition to these large covered |
spaces, the bodies of both are covered |
with circular patches of fur, varying in |
breadth; as many as a hundred of these
NAL development of the simultaneous
synovial sacs and other peculiarities are
noted by medical observers.
WILLIAM GUYToN was brakeman on
the Evansville and Terse Haute Railway
There was a collision in which he was
badly injured, but remembering that
passenger train was due soon, he man
aged to extricate himself from the
wreck, and, mangled and bleeding,
seized red flag and staggered up the
track. Twice he fell from exhaustion,
but pluckily got up and went on and
tagged the train 500 yards from the
place of danger. Then he tainted away
and remained unconscious for two DAYS. |
When he recovered he was cripple for
life. He sent the doctors bill to the
railroad company and payment was re-
fused. Then he sued for SO, 600, and
the jury has just awarded him So, 0S3
damages after four years of litigation. |
AMONG nine Indian boys who arrived |
in Chicago from the Indian school at |
Carlisle, Pa, on their way back to the
Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota, was !
Brooks Red Eagle, who for SIX weeks /
has been suffering from acute consump- /
ton. He was advised not to attempt /
the journey with his companions, but I
he said he would rather be taken back
dead and be buried with his fathers i
than have longer lease of life in Penn
sylvania and be buried among the
whites. The little band was trans
ferred to the Northwestern depot, and
there this young lad suddenly died
The grief of his companions was pain
full to witness. They continued their
journey, taking with them the remains
of Brooks Red Ea gle.
''TAKING the greatest depth of the
ocean as five miles, and the height of
the highest mountain as five miles above
the level of the sea, says the Engineer,
''and remembering that the globe itself
has diameter of 5000 miles, the COM
parative insi3nifcance of all the sur
lace inequalities of the earth is at once
forced on our attention, but it is better
seen if we take circle sixty-six feet in
diameter, having on its surface a de-
preston of one inch, or a globe one
foot in diameter with groove on its
surface one-sixtieth of an inch in depth,
which would represent on a true scale
the greatest inequality of mountain
height and ocean deep on the surface
of the earth. :"
THE Dreadnaught, in which the ia
nous Captain Samuels gained his repu-
taticn, was built at NeWburyport Mass