Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-01
STRANGE HAPPENINGS.
Very ODD Things that Have Occurred
in the NutmcG state.

oddities in human and animal life
have been rather numerous in Con-
ncCticut this season, says u Norwich
letter to the New York Sun.
A Venerable and sedate horse at East
Great Plain, near this city, which has
an inquiring mind and is disposed to
swallow things, depending on chance
for favorable results, recenely bolted Il
largo ball of wrapping twine. The ball
rolled in easily, but a knot at the end
of the cord anchored itself to windwar
between the animals front teeth, and
the knot and the visible piece of twinc
served as II key to the situation when
the young groomswoman visited the
stable and inspected her steed. There
was a somewhat troubled look on the
horses face as he stood with feet
braced, ears Topped, mouth open, and
in his eyes was mute appeal that
betOkencd growing suspicion that
probably the case was hopeless. The
young lady unloosed the knot. wound
six inches Of the cord around her hand,
and began to unravel the mystery.
The horse kept his mouth open, looked
wise, and seemed perfectly to under
stand what was going on; and out, yard
after yard, fathOm by fathom, the ami
NAL compliantly yielded up his peculiar
dinner, and on neither side
of the manager was a comment
uttered except that now and then
the grateful beast emitted Il sigh as he
observed the external ball swelling in
magnitude, and felt the internal one
steadily diminishing. Finally the last
yard of cord was reeled out of the horse.
wound up. and the bail taken into the
house where the animal couldn't get it
again, and his look of commingled peni-
;,yi, a.
assurance that he had had twine enough
for all coming time.
In Norwich the other night a young
lady set Il mouse trap in her parlor-a
trap that was like dimlnutive railroad
round-house, with arched doorways and
with delicate little loop of steel
under each doorsill to fly up and
catch a mouse by the muzzlc. The steel
nooscs snapped busily all night. and
next morning the lady found five mice
clinging in five of the lnhospitable
doorways, and, what was very mysteri-
Gus to her. three long mouse tails hang
ing from the three other entrances.
She puzzled her head long over the in
scrutable problem. Why did three
mice visit her trap overnight and de-
liberately leave their tails behind
them? But there was no answer to it.
~ NtlR pliSitp iuSof ii'hD'Si, huoINt
into her mind, and she set her trap
again. Verify, the three tailless mice
came back to recover their tails, and in
the gray dawn of the following day the
young lady found three taiiless mice
dangling from the trap.
AT East Great Plain there is Il black
cat with dash of white on his nose,
that has learned to open doors by jump
ing and twisting the smooth round
knobs with his paws. He is fond of in
door idleness and luxury, and in order
to pamper his tastes had to penetrate
the mystery of knobs and catches. TIL"
first time he did the trick his owner
was sitting in the gloaming, and in II
rocking chair, and in his porch,
and he knew there was no Cne in the
dark house. So his hair rose somewhat
when he heard the deft and delicate
tampering with the door knob right be-
hind him, and he stopped rocking, but
said nothing, though he noiselessly
turned his face toward the door to catch
an awesome glimpse of witch with
wlthered face and hair mole stalking
out. The deXterous work went on for
an almost endless moment; then the
door swung slowly open and the black
cat came out-the lady with the mole
did not come at ALL The cats name is
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