Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-11
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS


Joe Avery, a small boy Of Corvallis,
Ore. while sick and delirious. swallowed
thermometer which the doctor placed n nons NJ
mouth to test his Temperature 1e
terribly, but may recover.
George Granger, of Allaoen, Ulster
county. New York, has Leghorn men Wnlen ':l
has three legs. On the third leg there are six
toes Mr.. Granger has named the tnreeIeggeo
hen s'Timn When it hears that name II Walks
out from the flock and will follow tne Pelson
who called it.
Mrs. Mary Arndt, lady about 30 years
old, living at Calhoun, Ind, small station on
the Lake Shore road, was taken SICK severn era
days ago and was confined to her PED; 1ns
second night of her illness her hair, Wnlcn Mss
jet black, began to whiten, and by mornlngn
had turned completely white. Inc Mom91 n n1S i,.,
recovered and is an object OF cons1deraDie m
terest.
"A deerskin mantle which belonged to
King Powhatan is preserved in the Ashmolean
Museum, mantles of furs and feather work
brought with it from Virginia BY the hrss
coion1sts having been destroyed. The mantle
Is formed Of two SKINS has no hair and Is deco
rated 0y an upright human figure, divided by
the seam, pair Of animal figures and 81 spiral
rounds of shell work. The embroidery Is Of
Deads and shells.
"A Paris gentleman engaged cafe con-
cert company to entertain his guests at re-
cent reception, and before the evening was
over handsome baritone Of 30 won the heart
OF the young lady OF the house, and eloped with
her while the company were at dinner She
wore only macintosh over evening dress, and
had no money, while he owes his landlady two
weeks rent and is in debt to all the neighbor-
hood, but neither Of them has yet t been heard
from
About 25 years ago Charles Noyes, the
veteran keeper Of the Latimer Light, opposite
stonington, Conn.,, lost priced ring on the
beach. Every day for years he rowed to the
shore and walked up and down the beach look
ing for the heirloom, but his trouble avaiIed
him naught. Last week a lady, while walking
along the coast bad her attention attracted by
q shining object in the sand. 1t proved to be
the long-lost ring, and she restored it to the
keeper.
Prof. j. d. Bryant, visiting surgeon to
Bellevue Hospital, New York, is making pre-
parations to perform singular and wonderful
If successful, surgical operation at the institu-
tion. He is going to attempt to cause new
lower jaw to grow on an ex-Confederate soldier
In place of the one that was shot of his face on
the battlefield of Chiekamagua by Union
shell on September 90 1853. The patient is
formerly of the Forty-ffth Mississippi Regi.
ment.
Il. B. Eaton, a very eccentric man. died
recently at his home near Fremont, Steuben
county. Ind. He settled IN that county in 1887,
and by the closest economy in living the life Of
hermit succeeded in acquiring over 1000
acres of good land and much other property.
His strange will is in keeping with the oddities
of his life. His land is to be divided into lots
OF ten acres, and on each lot there is to be
erected a cottage. These cottages are intend
ed as homes of friendless women Of good
character over 30 years of age.
"A rat and a cat may be seen playing to-
gether any day at De Wits livery stable in
Louisville, at Seventh and Jefferson streets
The cat is big black Tom, with long whiskers,
q short tail and yellow eyes. The rat is sleek
and fat specimen of the genus rodent, and has
cunning but prosperous and contented look.
The cat Is fierceness and savagery itself, and
bears the scars of innumerable battles not
alone with rats and other felines, but with dogs
as well. and he has never been whipped, and
has never been known to decline fight.
One Hill, who mysteriously disappeared
from Heard county, Ga, last fall, has unex-
pectedly returned and reports having had
most exciting experience. He states that he
was kidnapped in La Grange, Ga, and taken to
Atlanta and there put aboard train for the
West. After several days constant travelling
he reached New Mexico, when his abductors
led him to cave in lonely spot and there
chained him. He remained a prisoner until
the 18th of January, when, while his abductors
were at breakfast, he embraced an opportunity
to escape on horseback. Pursuit was given.
but he was not caught, and reaching the Indian
Territory he sold the horse and walked home
to Georgia.
The following three advertisements
recently appeared in an English paper: Wanted
an able-bodie man at country rectory willing
to make himself generally useful; must have
thorough knowledge of chickens, pigs and
understand milking must be able to drive
horses and groom them; ring the church bells,
dig graves, be cheerful mourner, and not object
to carry coffin; whore parlorr maid is kept. A
pious young man desires to be received into
respectable family. where the excellence Of his
example and superior morality might be con-
sidered an equivalent for board and lodg-
ings. Adoption-Youth, 10, highly respectable
family, gentlemanly appearance, is willing to
be adopted; reasons and particulars on applica-
tion.
There are no species of sheep indigenous
to Australia. The fat-tailed sheep is found in
Asia and Africa, in Syria, India and China,
also in Barbary, and such large numbers are
raised in the colony of the Cape of Good that
it Is often known as the Hottentot sheep. This
sheep is Of small size, with soft and short wool
Its peculiar characteristic Is the enormous de-
velopment of the tail, by the growth of large
mass of fat on each side of the lower part Of
this appendage This is sometimes so great
that the tail alone has been known to weigh 20
pounds or more. This tail is esteemed great
delicacy for food, and to protect it from being
injured by being dragged on the ground, the
small truck with wheels, which is attached by
a light string harness to the body Of the animal.
Owen Hatch, who keeps grocery and
saloon in Marion county, Georgia. has stock
of liquor on hand in jugs. One day last week
two-gallon jug Of corn liquor was left sitting
on the floor behind the counter. Mr.. Hatch
stepped behind the counter and was surprised
to see large blacksnake coiled around the
Jug with its head inside. He watched it for a
moment, and soon discovered that the snake
was drinking liquor. 1t was not disturbed, and
after several minutes it slowly uncoiled itself
from the jug and attempted to crawl away, but
was too drunk, and stretched itself out on the
floor where it renamed apparently asleep un-
til the next day. Mr.. Hatch examined the
Jug and found that the snake had drank more
than quart of liquor. Two days later the
same snake returned, and when it crawled un-
der the counter Mr.. Hatch watched it. By
colling itself around the Jug and giving its
neck q twist around the stopper, it was able to
remove the cork, and again thrust its head IN
side and began to drink liquor. 1t was allowed
to drink its I'LL again, after which it was