Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-06-13


per and her Bible daily. and does plain
sewing and knitting. Mr.. George Nor
ris, of Westbrook, Me-, was 101 years
old early in this month. He is partially
blind and deaf, and rarely goes out Of
his room. If Miss Betsey Quimbey, OF
Thetford, Vt, lives until the Dist of
next month she will be 103 years old.
She is described as having ga full head
of hair and able to read without glass
es. She is lame, but that is because
she broke her hip forty years ago.
RoBErT RAINEY and wife, the former
aged 81 years and the latter aged 81,
We're buried recently at Franklin, Tenn,
where they had lived for sixty years.
Both died within an hour of each other.
Twenty years ago Mr.. Rainey ordered a
coffin for himself, and John Cunning
ham, long since dead, made it. This
Mr. Rainey kept in his house until he
died, and his remains We're placed there
in. 1t was made of black locust without
handles. The timber was l IA inches
thick. The pillow, made Of cotton, was
placed in the box By Mr.. Rainey him
/ self some years ago. He was laid at rest
III this rude box, his only winding sheet
being an old Confederate blanket which
served him during his four years of sol
der life. Mrs. Rainey was buried in the
same grave. Her body was laid in a
very handsome walnut casket.
PRoF. U. p. FISLAY gives the width of
! the path of destruction in toTnadoes, as
determined from the records of eighty
eight years, at from 10 to 10, $50 feet, the
average being 1863 feet The length
of the tornado track varies from 300
yards to about 200 miles, the average
being 24.79 miles. The velocity of pro-
gression of the tornado cloud varies
from 7 to 100 miles an hour, the average
being A. IL miles. These extremes may
often occur in different portions of the
track of single tornado. The shortest
time occupied by the tornado cloud in
passing a given point varies from IAN
instant" to about twenty minutes, the
average beingabout seyenty-four sec
onds.
NERvELEssNEss is mentioned by the
North China Herald as the distinguish
ing quality Of the yellow race. A Chi
naman can go through the most tedious
and monotonous work from hour to
hour and from day to day, without any
appreciate sense Of WEAKNESS or irTita-
ton; and schoolboy can do the same
with his lessons without even longing
to be at play. Tire Chinese can also
sleep under conditions which would
make a European very uncomfortable
and restless. This quality is one OF the
things that make the Chinese such UNI
welcome competitors in the labor mar
kets.
WHILE Ira Spanglar, young farmer,
was at work in q field near Newton,
Kan, vicious bull rushed upon him
from behind, and, knocking him down,
crushed several ribs and inflicted other
in uries. Spangler's father, hearing
his sons cries, rushed to the lescue and
was knocked down and fatally injured
by the bulls horns and hoofs. Abel
Genet, the hired man, attempted to
save the Spanglers and was knocked
unconscious and seriously hurt. Old
Mrs. Spangler then seized a heavy
club, and, after hot fight, drove the
bull away. Both the Spanglers are ia
tally injured.
The prize recently offered by Little
Rock, Ark, paper ''for the largest fam
lily" in the State has just been awarded
to w. ID. Green and wife, of Murphrees-
borough, Pike county. They were mar
ried in 1885, and have had twenty-three
children, eighteen of whom are living.
More than so families applied for the
prize. Green, who is blacksmith, las
livedin the one town for forty years, and
his statement is attested under seal of
the County Clerk.
A FINE eve sheep belonging to Ebert
Swan. Of Preston, Conn, was drowned
in a brook that runs through the farm,
and the outlook was dark for her two
small lambs. But one Of Mr.. Swans
COWS promptly adopted the wallis, and
she suckles them daily III the distant
pasture where they are kept. The COW
takes the entire charge Of the lambs, as
neither COW nor lambs are driven to the
homestead at night
Four Manda,a negroes are about to
appear at the German court as ambassa-
doris from their African Sultan, who are
said to be marVels Of intelligence and
with moral standard extraordinarily
high. Though they will dress in their
own costume, the etiquette of the Ger
man court cannot be foregone, and so
the regular dress coat will be worn over
their African costume.
SAMUEL MooRE, of Gloucester, has
remarkable appetite, or rather disease,
that compcls hmm TO cat every hour OF |
the twenty four. He has consulted /
many physicians, but none has found
cure. If he docs not eat often he suffers
great agony, but the vast quantities OF
food that he consumes gives him but /
mOment,uy relief.
MOUNTAIN hunters Of Pennsylvania /
arc said to use indigo instead of whiskey /
TO crlre rattle. make bites An incision
is made in the wound and a piece Of in
digo the size of Il pea inserted. A gen.
erous desc Of sweet oil is given as soon /
after as possible. The result is said to
be entirely satisfactory.