The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-05-17
CURIOUS THINGS oF LIEE.

f.. CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE.
A lover of Phenixville, Pa, is SO frequent
In his calls that "the bell knob looks thin and
may soon drop of. 4 Z
" Asswiss named Poletti, of Santa Maria,
Cal. /. slept constantly for twenty-five days.
When he woke up he was crazy.
The Wellington Ran) elite held a hem
ming social recently, at which the young
men doing the best work received gold pen
and holder.
In a personal advertisement u woman de-
scribes her runaway husband as ''an ordin-
ary looking man, troubled with short breath
and long mustache.n
Alexander Kiel, Canadian, was carried
out Into Lake Ontario on a cake of ice, but
fisherman pulled twelve miles to rescue him
and was rewarded with half dollar.
A Londoner with more leisure than brains
has counted the number Of vehicles which
daily pass certain point on the Strand, and
he finds they average only 1900 daily.
man in Milwaukee has lately been con-
vlcted on the charge Of putting sticks loaded
with gunpowder in his divorced wife's wood
pile. He wanted to get even somehow.
A family in Hope, Me-. has been keeping
house for thirteen years and never broke
lamp chimney until last week. 1t was an
other instance of i'll luck following number 49,
At an entertainment given in New York a
few nights ago 3-year-old tot named John
ME alckeever performed "Pop Goes the
Weasel, y with astonishing variations, upon IA
violin.
In one corner of church at Rock Spring,
Ga, flying squirrel has his nest, and on
Sundays every time the congregation begins
tn siur thn spu,ra1 eo,,,ac out r., +l, od.ro 80
his nest and listens, returning when the sing
ing ceases.
In an old farmhouse garret near Shamokin,
Pa, a clock has stood for years unmoved
One night recently, without apparent cause,
it struck seven times. On the following
night at o'clock member of the family
met with sudden death
A Toledo man bought shotgun, fifty cents,
worth Of poison, half bushel Of corn and
spent three days' time in trying to rid his
place of English sparrows. He killed two and
twenty others came to take their place.
A New York lawyer named Doolittle once
unwtttingy entered into partnership with
brother barrister named Steele, but lack Of
clients soon became painfully noticeable and
it was found advisable to dissolve the firm of
Dooittle g. Steele.
Charles Faulkner, a Boston kleptonaniac,
attempted to steal keg of nails from hard
ware store in that city. A minute after tax
ing the nails he fell to the floor insensible. It
was u paralytic stroke, tho first he had ever
experienced, and his recovery is doubtful.
An ossihed negro, whose limbs ring like
metal when struck, is the latest dime museum
freak. His name Is Norval Monroe and he
was born slave in Virginia In January
1917 At years OF ago his left leg begun to
ossify and two years later the strange disease
took possession Of his right foot.
Surrogate O'Neil, of Jersey City, received
IL $40 bnuk note us a fee. on the edge Of which
was written in India ink: Anybody having
this III his or her pocket will never be busted
Hang on to it as long as you can, for it is the
last Of my 5000. I'm busted. This Is bet
ter in your pocket than 500 on running
horse.n
a Milwaukee genius has established a
school for the training Of professional beg
gars, He furnishes disguises, rules for beg
ging and regular route for each of his
pupils, telling them the stories to use and
tho peculiarities Of those they are likely to
meet III exchange he demands half the
profits
A man while eating lettuce in a Boston res
taurant came upon piecc Of gravel SO sud
ucniy tnob III SnuppEu tootn OH. ZIG Sued
the proprietor Of the restaurant for $500 dam
ages. The judge gave tho case to the jury.
The latter found out what an entire set OF
new false teeth would cost, and made thut
the figures Of their award. ..@... "a#"..m
Greenville, S. G., has two colored curiosi-
ties. One is u colored woman who was 12
years of age when George Washington was
inaugurated as first president, and the other.
an aged man, makes the following statement:
81 the father of nineteen children.
have sister who has a family of twenty-four
children. My mother and father had thirty
ono children. had thirty brothers and sis
ters.n E@
~ goose belonging to ]. H. Parrish, Of Ma
con, while grazing along the truck Of the
Georgia Southern some time ago, was caught
under the trucks of passenger train and had
one leg severed near the knee joint. For some
time the goose hobbleti about i'll the woods
uncurcd for At last, however, it claimed
the attention OF Mr.. Parrish, whose ingenuity
fashioned for the mained fowl II neat wooden
leg in place Of the lost member, upon which
il walks with much grace