Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
| An Addison county (Vt) farmer has q
| colt that has learned to ring the farm bell by
catching the rope In his teeth and pranclng
back and forth,
There are 100 acres Of land in Carroll
county, Ga. for which no owner can be found.
Goid has been found on the tract, and num-
Der oil people are anxious to secure title to it
Appleton Webb, of waterville, Me-,
lost his gold watch while fishing in Paolin pond
four years ago. The other day it was returned
to him by a fisherman, who discovered it lying
on the bottom of the lake.
While some boys were playing on plot
Of grass at Balston. n. Y, on Thursday, one of
them discovered and captured q live snake
which has two heads, each head having TWO
eyes and mouth. also a tongue. The little
reptle, which Is about six inches long, Is OF the
black snake breed.
Colonel NJ. E. Crastow, of New York,
who is stopping at Asbury Park, caught 30
pound bass in the surf at the mouth of Deal
Lake. This is the largest bass ever caught In
that region, but cannot compete for the
Bradley medal, not having been caught on the
nshlng pier. Colonel Crastow was 20 minutes
in landing his pr1ze.
Last week, while s. j. Dixon was at
work on the residence of Dr. J. 8. Wood, at
q
top noor and lower ceiling that had been there
ever since the house was built-about 40 years
ago. The shell was very light, and no sign OF
crack could be found on it, the contents OF the
but the shell.
Henry Manweiler, an Omaha real es-
tate agent, has brought suit against Paul Lam
brecht awell-to-do farmer of McArdle precinct,
Tor 80, balance due for getting him a wife.
ManWeher says ne was to get $50 for his ser.
wees, but only received S. on the delivery Of
the goods. Lambrecht admits employing Man
We1ier on this delicate mission and that he
married the girl Manweiler secured for him,
but maintains that the price is exorbitant.
"A Baltimore street has rat whose ac-
tion has gained for it the title Of the religious
rat He is seen at night, and only when there
are services either In Trinity Protestant Epis-
copal Church or Broadway Baptist Church. He
seems to be in a very placid humor when there
is service IN but one of tie churches named.
But when the two congregations are worshiPing
at the same time. as Is the case Sunday nights,
he becomes uneasy and keeps up q constant
running between the two.
IA buttonwood tree, an old landmark Of
Castleton, VT, standing In the midst of the
village, near the old Moulton mansion, has
been cut down. 1t was planted in l79S by bon.
Samuel Shaw. a member of Congress during
the war of 1914 and grandfather of Josh Bl-
Il feet from this venerable tree up to 1870,
when it was demolished Manyhave estimated
the age of the tree much greater than it was,
but memorandum made by DR.. Shaw OF the
exact date OF the planting il still extant
They are going to have grass palace
out at Creston. la Corn palaces have been Of
late years rather common, but grass palace is
something new. This palace, which looks
more like castle, Is 100 feet square and l20
feet high, and 1t is decorated inside and out
with all the different grasses and cereals OF
have booth each. and they will decorate the
booths with the grasses of their locality. II
there ever was an exhibition that will "go to
grass" it Is this one.
Mine natives of the Samoan Islands are
now in Chicago. They are small In stature and
tattooed almost from head tn foot. OF the
10000 people who dwell in the Samoan Islands
only two ever visited the United States before.
Through the influence of the missionaries
Princess Silaulii and her nephew, a bright
lltrle boy named Prince Alasana. were sent to
education. The missionaries in the Samoan
schools are not permitted to teach the people
English, all instruction being confined to the
education Of some members of the royal family
abroad would be the entering wedge which, in
time. would cause this law to be repealed.
Three Oaks, Mich, enjoys the dis
tlnction of being the home of a novel industry
the only one of its kind in the United States.
and the first of its kind in the world. 1t is that
of making dress stays, dress forms, corsets ana
whips from featherbone, or the quill Of the
goose and turkey feathers. Mr.. E. K. Warren,
the inventor of this new and popular substitute 3
for whalebone, is also the inventor of all the
machinery for the different processes OF the
manufacture The manufacture of this uniquoy
article was commenced less than ffve yearsa1seT
yet the demand for it has been so great chat
proportions and additional factories established
in Canada and France.
MIR. Edwards, paying teller of bank in
Red Bank, N. j., was saved from drowning in
singular way. DR.. j. c. Harvey, who brought
Mr.. Edwards ashore, tells this story of the ac-
cident: When he first saw Mr.. Edwards strug-
Cling in the water his boat was quarter of a
mile away. and when he reached the scene OF
the accident nothing could be seen except the
boat, which was about half full of water. and a
shing pole floating near. The doctor secured
the pole and wound in the line attached to it.
The line was about half in when the hook
caught IN something and 1t was quite difficult
to pull the remainder OF the line into the boat,
At the end of the line was the unconscious
form Of Mr.. Edwards, the hook having caught
in his coat.
AT Philadelphia, a small town near
Omaha, while party of young men and women
were walking under the shade trees skirting
the Lafayette Cemetery, there were startled BY
a number of wild cries issuing from the center
OF that Dury1ng ground linen one OF the young
men discovered the outlines of m owing form
and another piercing cry rent the air. Satisfied
now that the thing within wasa, ghost. they all
ran like mad for the street. The mystery was
not explained until Officer Smith passed that
way. Just as he reached the vault in question:
he noticed the white face of a man who was
lying on the floor inside He promptly broke
in the door and found James N. Clarke, one of
the grave diggers. in q half conscious condition,
leaning against the side of the vault The
young mans hair, which was black the night
before, had turned gray, and it was some
minutes before he could speak.