Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-02-29
STRANGE TO RELATE.

IN WINDSOR, Conn.,, there IS a blind man
who is regarded as one of the best wagon
painters IN the land. He does all kinds of
work but stripping and is an expert in de-
tecting flaws in the wood that have been
| painted over.
A MAN in Texas one day took off his over
coat and laid it on log where he left it. for
some time. He wore the coat home and
hung it up. Next day, when about to don
| the garment he discovered that ground
rattlesnake had its headquarters in one of
the pockets.
A CITIZEN of Norrlstown, Pa, has an up
right clock over a century old which for
| years has not kept time Numerous clock
makers have worked upon it unsuccessfully
The other day it started in an unaccount-
able manner and has been keeping correct
| time ever since.
A PRACTICAL philanthropist of Philadel-
phia has spent considerable money in try
ing to build up a trade in quartered chickens.
His idea is to give the poor a chance to buy
chicken. The business has been unprofit-
able, the losses being three hundred dollars
in the past year.
AN account is given by gentleman so
journing near Ripley, Tenn, of a singular
discovery in the neighborhood of cotton
wood trees, that, when tapped, give out a
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Ions of the fluid have been drawn from one
tree, and it is said to be palatable and re-
! freshing.
A STRANGE combat took place between
two New Jersey farmers the other day.
They quarreled over the question of SUI
periority of their respective rams, and
wound up by each riding his ram against
the other in a butting match. The men
butted as well as the animals and each silf-
fered serious injury, and one of the rams
was killed.
A MULE, during the great flood In April,
1885, in Autauga County, Ala, f1oated with
the tide and lodged in the branches of an
| oak tree near the Mcneil Smith landing
| When the waters went down the mule was
left lodged in the tree. The bones and skin,
dried out by the wind and sunshine, are
there yet, and at distance still look ex-
actly like live mule hanging in the tree
A HALF-BREED Indian in the Dead river
| region in Maine has domesticated a huge
moose, and uses him in the farm work In
| the winter, when the moose is hitched to
sled and driven upon the ice, there is no
horse In the country round about which can
keep up with him. The half-breed turns
| his big steed into an enclosure with fence
of ordinary height. Once in while the
moose jumps out and goes on an excursion,
but, as he never fails to return, this privi-
ilege is not begrudged him.
A CAR was lately lost ON the Union Pacific
railroad in singular manner A special
freight, running passenger time, broke in
| two on q hull and the front section ran
around sharp curve so fast that it whipped
on the rear car, filed with choice Chinese
silks, into the gulch, where it disappeared
from sight in the heavy brush. The break
was so clean that the two sections were
coupled together without the single cars
absence being noticed. For two months
that car lay there while the entire road was
being searched high and low for 1t, its loca-
ton being finally brought to light by cow