The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-20
MISCELLANEOUS.


The largest johnny-cake known ID
have been made was thirteen feet long
and In twenty-six parts, each repre-.
senting State. 1t was made by ladies
during the former Harrison campaign.
"A Port Huron, Mich, undertaken
has large tent for funeral purposes.
Whenever he has funeral on a rainy
day he places the tent over the grave
80 that services may be held with but
little inconvenience.
"A young man who presented q
forged order to a Detroit theater mana
ager swallowed the paper when the
fraud was detected. No bad results
followed, as he was a regular eater at
the depot lunch counter.
"A young man, Protestant, at
tended Roman Catholic church for
the first time on recent Sunday at
Bar Harbor. When he was going out
he thought he saw the congregation
dropping offerings into a receptacle at
the side OF the door, SO when he reached
1t he put forth his hand and deposited
o quarter in the holvwater font.
Two farmers near Bowling Green,
KY, came upon a drove, or flock, or
herd Of weasels in the woods the other
day. There were thirty or forty OF the
little fellows, and they seemed to know
that there is strength in numbers, for
they evinced no fear at the approach Of
the men, but drew up in solid mass and
showed fight SO determinedly that the
farmers didn't molest them.
Shakespeare, who left his wife his
second best bedstead, has been sur
passed in Indifference by modern En-
glish testator, who bequeathed his
wife one farthiug, which he directed
the executrix to forward to her by post,
unpaid, as an Indication Of his disgust
at the treatment which he had received
at>her hands, and especially in respect
of the abusive epithets, such as "Old
Pig" that he considered unjustified.
The new servant girl came to the
lady crying and holding on to her
finger. .What's the matterp" asked
the lady. "rve ran q fork into my
finger, and if it's this plated stuff I'll
get lockjaw." Don't be afraid. All
my silver is genuine. don't keep any
plated ware in the house." Next |
morning the servant girl and all the
silver were missing, and the table
ware was all plated for some time after,
until the times were better.
Bees and homing pigeons recently
raced between Hamm and Rhynern,
Belgium. The towns are an hour apart,
and the bet was that twelve bees would
beat twelve pigeons in making the dis
tance. Four drones and eight working
bees well powdered with flour and re-
leased at the same instant with the
pigeons at Rhynern. A drone reached
home four seconds in advance of the
first pigeon; the three other drones and
one pigeon came in neck and neck. and
the eight working bees came in just
trifle, about length ahead of the ten
"A novel and very pretty spectacle
was introduced at Brooklyn swim
ming school exhibition. 1t was called
the chariot race. Two little papier
mache chariots were constructed and
in each one was four-year-old child.
TO the chariots were two lit
tie boys, who swan over tho course
drawing their fair freight after them.
The lads were about six years old, yet
they made very good time and the win
ner was presented with fine fishing
pole. The children in the chariot en-
joyed the race quite as much as the
boys.
In sinking large pits and wells in
Nevada stratas of rock salt were cut
through, in which were found imbedded
perfectly preserved fish, which are
probably thousands of years old, as the
salt field occupies what was once the bot
tom OF large lake, and no such fish are
now to be found in Nevada. The speci-
mems were not petrifed, but flesh, and
all were preserved in perfect form, and
after being soaked in water for two or
three days could be cooked and eaten,
but were not very palatable. After
being exposed to the air and sun for a {
lay or two, they became as hard as
wood.