Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-04
STRANGE TO RELATE.

l AN alligator killed the other day at Dade l City, Fla, weighed six hundred pounds and was fourteen feet long. Upon being opened 1 the saurian was found to contain another alligator six feet in length.
 STRANGE and interesting petrefactions | were at late date being taken from stone quarries near Alton, Ill. Geologists have 1 determined some of them to be of huge bar trachians of very remote date.
 PET dog at Chico, Cal, was lately given forty-mile ride down a Hume in the mountains. A raft was made upon which the dog was placed and in three hours time was taken safe and sound from it at 1 his destination.
 A CURIOUS disease of the eye has devel- oped among cigarette smokers which yield only to long and careful treatment It IS called cigarette eye," and its symp- toms are dimness and imperfect sight, over winch glasses have no control.
 WHITE huckleberrieS were recently gath ereo rom East Knob, a mountain in Pike County, Pa. They were the size of wild cherries and were of a creamy whiteness.
 sussex County, N. J., is also said to produce small quantity of this strange fruit.
 A SINGULAR case is reported from Bing- hamton, N. Y., in which a man has awakened from two years sleep. Upon awakening from his cataleptic condition he remembered nothing that had transpired ln the two years. Though very weak his chances for recovery were good.
 AN old negro living in Jonesboro, s. C., sad to be one hundred and eight years old, has been married nine times and is the father of one hundred and seventeen ch2l- dren. He has been preaching eighty-sx years, is still in possession of all his facul- tles and IS almost as active as a boy.
 MANY huge turtles frequent the coasts of lower California, it being not uncommon sight to see those of three or four hundred pounds weight. A traveller from the East lately saw man rush into the water and mount one of these monsters for a ride, which he obtained without any trouble.
 A YOUNG couple were married by min- lster in Middletown, Ky, who after the ceremony was asked by the groom if he would take his pay in something besides money lie said he would, and in few days thereatter..was made the recipient of stack of hay, a load of wheat straw and a jug of molassts.
 ST. LOUIS young lady with a wealth of red hair conceived novel idea tc show that she stands to her colors. She gave a party to which none but red-headed people were invited, and these were to be drawn to the party by none but white horses The sery- ants were red-headed, and the table-linen was ot a corresponding color.
 SOME time ago the book-keeper of an Es- canaba (Mlch) iron company started out With fifteen thousand dollars III gold to pay o1f employees. While en route his horse ran away upsetting him and his cash and scattering the coin along the streets as he ran. After a long search thirteen thousand dollars were recovered. The balance being irretrievably lost.
 CHINAMEN i'll this country are strongly opposedto having the bodies of their dead friends taken to the morgue. There is 0 peculiar belief among them that the cor oner pours magic lotion over the bodies taken to the morgue, which causes the fatty matter ot the corpse to run off in oil, which IS bottled and sold to American doctors who use 1t as a medicine.
 SAN FRANCISCO has a citizen said to be constructed upon the dual principle of Dr. Jekyu and MT. Hyde. For whole weeks, it IS sad, his complexion is of light yellow, resembling that of an ordinary Spanlard Then suddenly his skin will turn to an Ethiopian black, so that his friends can not recognize him except by his clothes It has been noticed that when wearing the light complexion he is jovial and fond of society, but when black he pulls his hat down over his eyes, becomes morose and seeks to avoid recognition by his friends.