Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-04
CURIOUS THINGS or ufr.

4 shinsis nail vas found IN perfectly
fresh egg rscsntly By farm~ psar Nlaa.
Mich
A Western fakir Is selling an adjustable
engagement ring that can b made 70 ht any
finger
A Michigan chiropodiss b making TIL
umphal progreo - "William tho Corn
curer"
Thomas Wilkinson. Of Vernon. n. T.. has
. beard 1--WE feet long. which be wea1 tucked
under his vest
man named Life has been appointed
postmaster Of Virginia town de will have
nothing 20 do with dead ietterA
The champion economist of the Nineteenth
century lives in Fulton county. Ga He has
bis SOCKS and gloves made from bis own hair.
Pine City W T.. claims to have the small
est living woman she is q years old, twenty
nine inches tall and weighs thirty three
pounds
Texan who is blind. deaf. crippled and
savage offered $l.00o TO any woman who
would marry him, and be mad received nine
applicants In two weeks
Ala young mems debating club in Red
Bluff, Cal. the following question was dis
cussed: Does q chimera Eliminating in
vacuum devour secoud intentionsf' IL broke
up the club.
At Scottiale, Pa, the other day q brake
man fell between the cars Of a moving train
He counte sixteen cars and q cab,ose as they
passed over him and then jumped up and
took ms place again at the brakes. He was
not scratcilesl
At Plymouth. Mass, worknen while sink
ing a well found about ten feet below the
surface numerous large timters that are sup
ps,ed 10 have been portions OF bridge built
early IN the last century. The tinberS are
only very slightly decayei
An Easton, Pa, woman fought pair Of
sbtss, and at home found a small pure nest
ling III the tue of one OF them 1t contained
81 ~ IN negotiable bonds She found the
owner, wbu refused To believe she bad lnst
the bonds at first, but was SOON convinced
An assistant TO a Connecticut plumber
poured a small quantity OF water into pot
VI hot iead, ia order TO satisfy doubt in his
mind az 10 what the effect would he. de
WASH seriously injured, but Is likely TO carry
u reminder OF the experiment to the grave
with Inn
Thirty-fiv years ago George II. Woodruff,
Of LiLchtieid. Conn. cut his INITIALS On the
limb OF an apple tree. They disappeared in
time. but when the tree was cut down and
split .uto tire~ood not along ago the initials
were found four inches from the surface per
fectly distinct
In the little town Of Arvesnes, in France
there are forty-two young manageable girls
and only three young men who are candi
dates for nIatrimony, and one Of theSe has
proved SO recreant to home influence that he
is about 10 marry girl belonging to neigh
boring village.
Some time ago, Matte Fennell. young
woman of Santa Barbara, Cal, had some
lemon juice accidentally spilled over her
hair on one side of the head Since then the
hair on that side has become perfectly white
and the ends of the hair curl, as though
treated with a curling iron.
John Simmons, OF Galveston, found a good
sized pearl ID dish of raw oysters few
days since He placed the pearl in collar
box IN his bedroom Two days later he found
the pearl a soft grayish mass with red
center. II finger is placed on the pearl it
becomes hard and the red spot disappears.
A st. LOUIS suicide wrote: II am e. years
old In eight years | would have been 20,
an old, dilaptated, tottering fossil | have
p1oyea lue WI Az out, duu IL uou Y oWc hlo u
cent I've had more fun than a mule in q
corn field, and I've got enough Therefore
will cheat the course Of nature and jump the
time to come"
A Norwegian wood chopper near Carson
City, New. made an ingenious use Of al acct
dent He discovered leak in one of the
mains Of tic water company, where jet was
forced out under enormous pressure. Af.er
experimenting he found that this would cut
wood equal to a fine saw, SO he set to work
and now makes handsome brackets Of choice
woods winch find ready sale.
J. W. Smith. of Pittsburg, has recently re-
covered from a trance, after being uncon
sciouS for three weeks He first experienced
sensations as though he were iii a dream
This condition lasted several days, when he
lost CONSCIOUSNESS AMI was pronounced dead
and his funeral arranged for Signs of life
were afterward detected in him, and he was
kept alive by hypodermic injections Of brandy
AGd beef tea