Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-04
CURIOUS EONDENsAFIOES

found on his ranch the bones OF massodon
that must have been Il feet high.
-Taverns may be traced to the thirteenth
century. According to Spelman, in the reign
Of King Edward Ill, only three tayerns were
allowed in London. TaYerns were licensed II
England in l752.
Mrs. Wilson Reid, who lives near
Tor her husbands dinner one day last week.
Its crop held nice gold nugget worth 81 So
Hubby ate the bird, but madam bought . pair
of nice shoes.
in Suwannee county. Fla, recently,
minister OF certain denomination was converted
through the preaching of a minister of different
Dissemination, and al the members of the con-
verted minister's church changed their faith
and followed their old shepherd.
-Opossums abound on the outskirts Of
Canton. Md. The electric lights there seem to
attract the animals at night. Numbers OF them
climb the electric light poles, touch the wire,
are killed by the shock, and in the morning
their dead bodies are found and carried away
by workmen,
The neighbOrhood in the vicinity Of
Bonneville, No., is greatly excited over the dis
covery of large sums Of money belonging to
Frank Taylor. The latter was eccentric,
wealthy and frugal. He died recently. leaving
a diagram showing the places where he had
buried money 20 and 30 years ago. The execu-
in gold, and under the corner of the woodhouse
$500 in silver packed in glass jars.
Norwich. Conn.,, has still quaint Gus
tom nowhere else observed. perhaps. The
festivities of Thanksgiving Day always have
wound up with barrel bonfires all over the
town. A lofty pole being erected, barrels are
strung upon it and arranged around it in a
pyramidal form. with a single tarred barrel at
the top. These barrels are filed with straw,
making them as prime conductors Of fire as the
shaft of modern hotel elevator. At dark the
fires are lighted, and the barrels which the
town boys have begged or stolen, are soon con-
sumed.
"A short time ago two or three little girl
who had been placed under the care OF the
Shakers in Gloucester, Me-, became tired Of
their irksome life and determined to leave il.
So. each taking her most precious possessions
(which, in one instance, was a tiny ring, relic
OF Dabyhood, and bar Of perfumed seap), they
started to run away, and got as far as Ray
mond, where they were found by some Of The
to sleep in. They were taken in and sheltered
Tor the night, the Shakers going for them the
next day.
The veteran anglers at Castle Garden
have invented device which enables them to
nsh from the end of the pier while swapping
"reminiscences before the glowing fire in the
cozy office of Captain Moore, the tugboatman.
Like all great inventions it is marvel Of SIM
plicity. The shore end of the line is tied to the
top of a thin, elastic stick There IS also bell
fastened to the top of the stick. Whenever a
nsh taxes the hook and gives a yank on the
line. down comes the spring stick. and jingle,
Jingle, goes the bell. The luxurious angler
Stops In the middle of story about the old IRE
laddles OF 1852 and rushes out and pulls in the
nsh, which has literally rung himself up.
"A very queer custom in Oconee county.
D. O., IS the manner of burial so often prac-
ticed Instead Of elaborate marble headstones
or other such memorials to the dead the Caro-
linian will build over the mound shed or
small house to protect the grave from the in
ciemency Of the weather. At first one is likely
to take these little structures for baby houses.
In the case of the better class of mountaineer,
he will paint this wooden mausoleum. The
less favored will content themselves with a
two forked sticks in the ground and then
placing on these a rail- which forms ridge
pole. upon which the plank is laid. shedding to
the ground
The strange case of William jackson,
whose breath was infammable, excited great
deal of interest in medical and scientific circles
two years ago. At that time Mr.. Jackson was
a photographer in Fayetteville, N. Y. More
recently he has been engaged in the same bus
mess in Middlebury. Vt. One evening at 10
o'clock he lighted lamp with match. Then
with breath Of air sought to blow out the
MATCH" Instantly his breath took fire with a
slight explosion. Jackson gasped with fright.
and the flame of the combustible air entered
his mouth and blistered his tongue. His lips
and face also suffered, and his muStache eve
brows and the hair above his eyebrows were
singed to a marked degree. jackson is still
living and about 30 years old.
While reporter was drinking a glass
If soda in Fulton avenue (Brooklyn) drug
tore last Thursday, Well-dressed man walked
n and hurriedly asked the clerk if there was
he instrument and the stranger walked over to
T. and, taking the ear-trumpet in his hand, de-
iberately placed 1t to his left eye, closing the
,ther meanwhile. He seemed puzzled that he
lid not see the object of his search, and at
ength, when somebody pointed out that the
was for speaking and hearing through,
le roared as loudly as he could into the Orifice
If the ear arrangement His annoyance and
at the repeated failures were
July compensated for when he was placed on
he right track.
I'm the Ukraine, Russia, the maiden is
he one that does all the courting. When she
alls in love with man she goes to his house
md tells him the state of her feelings. If he
all is well, and formal marriage
S duly arranged. If however, he is unwilling,
he remains there, hoping to coax him into
)etter mind. The poor fellow cannot treat her
With the least discourtesy or turn her out for
Ter friends would be sure to avenge the insult.
His best chance, therefore, If he is really deter
nlneQ tnat ne Won = Is 10 IedNo MS nome anu
tay away as long as she is in it. This is GER
ainly very peculiar way of turning a man
ut Of house and home. On the Isthmus of
)arien either sex can do the courting with the
Iatural result that almost everybody gets mar
led. There is not quite the same chance where
he girl has to bide the motions Of hesitating
r bashful swain.
In little town near Chicago there is
chooI house close to the tracks of trunk line
abroad. The consequence of this juxtaposi-
ion of the two things is one that never would
ccur to any but the boyish mind. The boys
ot up a game W hich consisted in their seeing
lhich one should be the last to jump across the
rack in front of the express train that passes
here at % miles an hour just after school lets
ut. This game has already cost at least three
ves The other day railroad emplOye went
D the mother of one of the boys to tell her
that her son was doing She told him she
ould take care of her own children and wanted
o interference by tattletales. She gave him
colding he will never forget. One reason why
e will never forget it is that the boy was
lled by the express train one week afterward.
rhe engineer said he saw the boy standing by
he track, but never dreamed he meant to try
D cross it ahead Of the train.