Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-06
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS


"A New York paper has undertaken the
Herculean task Of deciding who is the prestiess
woman in that city.
"A Worcester (Masa) Journal claims to
have lady subscriber who has been reading
the paper for 81 years.
"A two-horse wagon filed with 3 load Of
nay was stolen in one Of the most popular thor
ougnfares in Boston last week.
= Tnmble Thurston. of Rock Castle
county, Kentucky, claims to be the champion
whisky drinker Of the county. He says. and
his friends indorse the statement. that in thrse
o1ys ne drank seven gallons Of the puregt
,nnn:,,, n1lsAy. DooDting people think it was all
AT Bridgeport, Conn, little Amy
murphy complained Of not feeling wen. and
gave tne gum she had been chewing 60 play
mate. The latter mastieatad IL for 4 while and
passed it on to another 9ir The eirls were All
have since died.
Schooner Maud B. WitherelI. Captain
Nc Donald, recently arrived at ProvincetOwn,
Mass, manned (?) entirely by women, with the
exception Of the captain who speaks in the
nigness Terms OF the discipline and efficiency
of the crew. The vessel is no small boat. but
schooner OF lO7 tons burden.
"A contract has been let to the Chatta-
nooga City Water Company TODAY 70 erect .
stand-pipe. and supply historic Lookout Noun
tam with o,OOO,OOO gallons Of water daily from
tne tennessee river, 2l00 feet below. The con-
" & y 20 oe completed By April ], and the cost
OF the Improvement viii be $4,000
The 415-pound cinnamon hear which
mas monopolized the attention Of Norfolk,
Plymouth and Bristol counties Massachusetts.
the past nine weeks. has been killed at last.
Two farmers. one armed with a rifIa and ma
other with pitehfork, succeeded ID sIavin1
the big brute after quite battle
AN old lady of Dalton. Ga. uses n
leather satchel as a work-bag or receptacle for
her knitting. spools thread, etc. This satchei.
when not in use. is hung upon wan near the
mantel. On taking IL down the other day she
found coiled among the balls Of yarn and knit
ting needles q halfgroWn serpent which had
found its way into the retreat for its winter
siesta
The most pathetic story Of the season
thus far is that OF poor old hen in Michigan
that has been trying for seven weeks with all
the energy Of despair to hatch out something
from lump OF dried putty three black wal
nuts and glass marble. She is worn to a
shadow, but her spirit is unconquerable and
she seems determined to sit it out on that line
II 1t takes all winter.
"A workman under the supervision Of
Lamp Inspector Noonan. of New Haven, Conn,
was digging mp decayed lamppost, when they
ulScoVereo nVe snake colled around the base
Of the post 1t was dispatched with several
blows OF shovel. II proved 70 be Of the poi
sonous adder variety, and 21< feet long The
snake keeps on growing as Inspector Noonan
keeps on recounting the story.
New York has a woman Ioeksnlth. She
carries kit Of tools for doing the small Jobs
for which locksmiths are called in. Her hus-
band has shop, and they take turns in attend
ing to the calls. Any big piece Of work is
turned over to the man, but the wife Is quite a.
expert as he Is in fitting keys putting new locks
on trunks, putting on window fastenings. and
attending to the countless other details OF
household management
"A man in Aristook county, Me-, claims
20 have spent three days in the top Of pine
tree without food or water. he climbed ups
feet to get to an eagles nest. It was a Norway
pine, with very smooth bark, and he used
climbers similar to those used by telegraph
hnemen. When he got to the nest ne had taken
He made resting place for himself and man
aged 70 hang on until his giddiness left him,
when he descended.
james A. McCaffrey, of PhiIadeIuhia
exhibits two remarkably large pears. They
grew at Grants Pass, Southern Oregon. and
were exhibited at the Portland, Ore. Exhibi.
ton, where Mr.. MeCaffrey obtained them. A
third pear, obtained at the same time, spoiled
on the journey east The combined weight 81
the three was nearly nine pounds The larger
one shown yesterday weighed three pounds
two ounces and measured In circumference Is
smaller pear was two pounds eight ounces in
weight.
"A pretty girl occasionally comes high
to ancient gentlemen, and If the story about
Jesse FoYel Of Calhoun county illinois, fs true.
and there is every evidence that it Is, his girl
cost him 10000. Mr.. Foyel is ~ years or aee.
and Is SAID TO be the Wealthiesf man In Calhoun
county. He has a nephew IN st Louis, in
whose family has lived for two years convent
bred girl named Mamie lsdell, q years Of age.
Old Mr.. Fovel from the Wilds OF Calhoun, oc-
casionally visited his nephew, and as he was q
widower with grandchildren old enough to
The girl, 1t is claimed, would not aceeDs him
unless 800, 900 were placed In her name, ana at
the office of the Recorder Of Licenses the old
gentleman acknowledged that his bride had
cost him big sum.
Theodore Kent, of Boston, has Just re-
turned from an outIng near Mt Tom He Is =
naturalist and brought back several fine sDect
mems. Among the things he got in the woods
were eight big rattles and nearly two gallons
Of rattlesnake oil. As the nights were chilly
on the side Of the mountain he says il was bis
custom to kindle big bonfire outside his tent
previous to going to bed. One morning he
went out and found fYe large snakes coiled m
at aconFenient distance from the IRE warming
themselves by the embers. He killed them.
and fried them out for the oil. After that he
a similar manner, and slew them. He thinks
II he had stayed long enough he would have
the mountain OF snakes Though
. man OF learning, Mr.. Kent Is . firm believer
in the efficacy of rattlesnako oil for the cure Of
lameness and stih JotntA