Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
my Work send for it and will be glad to send

I'VE wish to procure mummy for our mu-
| scum, Could you inform me where or how we
can get one, and at what price"
New Year should begin on 81 December,
because more in unison with the natural divi-
sion Of the four seasons"
II have a D.dd-stone-the size of it is 4
inches square and IS inches thick. 1t belonged
to my father and he is dead now. It has been
tested two or three times once on a fine stable
horse with good success each time"
| THE EFFUsIoSs OF SCIENTIFIC CRANES
are not nearly numerous now as in Prof.
Henrys time, Cor he gave them such patient
hearing that he never without some of
them to occupy his attention. All wild specu-
| lations and theories are now referred to a
learned official in the institution. who has been
| denominated the IF. h" or fool-killer of the
establishment
There are many queer and amusing things in
the Smithsonian correspondence as well as much
that is scientific and of lasting value. 1t is
| thought by the officials that large proportion
Of the letters received are of trivial or per-
sonal character. 1t was a compensation to Prof.
Henry for the loss of much that was of value by
the fire of 1865, that all the correspondence up
to that time was destroyed and Prof Baird fire.
quently declared that it would be good thing
to have bonfire of the letters every ten years.
/ 1t has been the ridiculous custom to file and
preserve every scrap of paper called letter,
| but this is not now thought to be desirable.
ALL SORTS OF ODDITIES AND cURIosITIEs
and freaks of nature are offered for sale as well
as old books, old furniture, old clothes. &C.
The following extracts illustrate the ludicrous
side of the correspondence and are given YER
batim:
| Il have young brown bear about months
old mail and femall and one yearling Bull elk
and one Black tail deer. / have those on hand
at Present. would like you to send me your
prices on them if you want eny such animals
hunt and trap all the time and can send You
a great menny specimens of different kinds
such as fossils minerals and heads of animals
mounted or reddy for mounting"
ttI have been toied by a Government official
that could get Tenthousan $4,000 for
! double pig 1t Is grown together from its under
| gaws down as far as its brisket bons. that is
beIey to belley and from brisket down is too
Distinct bodys it has one mouth eyes ears
legs and tales it is in alcohol if this be true
| which have heard write to me-"
| Il have petrified ham, very perfect in
! every particular, showing the rinkels of the
skim bone and hawk joint all perfect as nature.
| 1t is shaped as hams were SHAPED in oldeu
times l have been informed that the Govern
ment bought such relicts curiosities for your
| Institute. If so You can if you so desire write
to some Government Official o. this place, or of
Louisville by. to examine it and price it if not
all right"
! MEXICAN RELIC.
Dear Sir drop you line on Inquiry
have Muxacan Hat in my persision that my
Brother Captured at the Battel off nasal Briggs
Muxaco In the year 1S4S l wood like to now
wether or not you will give me eney thing for
1t If SOW how much it is a large hat of the
| Muxacan Stile it wade when new about A. lbs
now very Lite Owing TO age if you will take il
L will write you History 70 it Let you know
all the particulars about it pleas let me now Soon
| as you can
have thort Of Sending it the State new
scum but rotber Il was at washington from
| the fact 1t wood be more peublic Let me notc
| Soon nothing n This time
| Il have got great veraty of fossils thay
biggest cioken lcollectionl that ever was got out
in this place. 1 have them for SAL / have
fossel fish. bearays plants lever fys and differ
ent SPECIMENS that canot name. l heard of
your institut. 4 have got singel fish from one
| inch long two feet
What will you pay for a genuine petrified
| body of Mexican man delivered in Washing
| ton! He has been buried II years weighed
! when buried lis. weight now about 390-should
you not care for him viii you kindly give me
name of some party or parties in n. Y. or Bos-
ton or Phil. whom | could probably dispose of
same to-
''Smithonson institute Professor Sir have n
graf curiosity of a cat that was kitten with 8
| lags but the old cat destroied l. il has Now
1t has boddys, tayles and head its feet is
| neatheri wish to know if you wish to by it or
| what II is wirth."
Il have pig-two perfect pigs with only one
head-two perfect bodies eight legs ears 2
| tails. 1 would like to sell it,
| - offers "a mounted striped skunk from
foot of Roam Mountain, n. c. in exchange for
| books
| What would you pay for KALI. bornd with
no les and no tail. Now l month old. COW kali"
! My warrllck Iwar relief is piece window
curten which was rescued from the burning at
| dad time REBEL stathouse at jackson. Missi in
| the historical battle May the IS, 1868 Dat piece
window curten is yard long. yard wife quail
lty silk and wool. am in possation of tbs relic
| ober % years"
FARM For RELIC
Il own and have in my passion most hig ly
priced Relic for the S. institute. | have bin try
ing to get it placed there one your create WASH
| ington ID. c. Men told me by letter that I
could get il placed there very easy our rem
sentative could get an act passed and the gov
erment no doubt give a section of land for il as
| 1t would be great relic in future DAYS to come
i wrote to Hon - stating 10 him the way il
is but he claimed he couldent do it but he is
| ont now L have always voted the democrat
ticket OF course the other that comes in bis place
I Is OF the oppersite side l was entitled to
/ the postOitce by knowing something about il
/ and got a petition up got of the voters was
| on 1t that got there MALE at this Office L sent
! mine on and there no notice taken of il the
young man that got it had a petition with
names way Of also under age / was told bows
| because my petition was not In favor of the
| central c0mmltemen therefor mine was null
and voldthan thought that Hon. would put
hear the way from you also pleas give me the
instructions and help me through and should
| 1t cost something why will make it all right
| with you have Family wife and children
and want n farm 1t wouident be much to the
government l section of government land in
| Iowa or Kansas as near to settled up country as
possible it wouldent cost much to buy Section
J of government land but the thing is to have that
much money to buy with if some rich man had
! 1t worth his million of dollars he would have
no troble perhaps in getting 8 or sections
| for 1t now mabe you know a party that will
| trade me Section of land for it and he have
the honor of placing it there. mabe
president Cleveland will have the notion
If hears about it find me man l will pay You
for II so mabe better to turn it over to nv
father he Is republican suite the times as it is
| republican Representative from this part it no
| doubt Will be worth a relic several townships
| when 1T becomes about 50 or 60 years old but
may not need il any more then / will be laide
| under the sode by that time want the farm
| now and please tell ME how to 20 the bell was
| Made In or clOst to Philadelphia Pa can give
the history in full of the bell il was o good ring
| ing bell IL years almost past since it cracked
| now If don't soon get it exchanged as have
| proposed am going to advertise it as Relic
and not the least doubt l will soon have more
than that much land but trouble is it NAV 90
out of this country and when would want to get
it back would cost big sum OF money and
would rather keep it in this country
| CENTENNIAL CRACKED LIBERTY BELL OF 1876
previous to the 4th of July 1915 the Citzana %