Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-25
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

"A Detroit Pole VINO Tleo 70 I'LL 1l3
wife with an az. was let OF with s5 fine.
"A Connecticut pear tree, over century
old. contains ripe fruit and quite number Of
"A Quincy, ILL.,, paper says there is q
den Of wild foxes within the corporate iimits
OF that city
"A man with the odd name Of Milton O.
foet was tried recently at Henrietta. Mich,
ior s'aoDlng man. He was acquitted
"A horse weighing LOO pounds, owned
py man IN Dover, N. h, got hungry in the
nlgnt left ms stall and climbed > long. steep
Wnere neWas found the next morning.
"A pair Of horses were stolen from an
Iowa City woman and taken to = town 50 miles
distant The men who took them there were
arrested on suspicion, and to find the horses
owner the animals were turned loose bv the
officers and followed back to the lady's barn
The old engine house at Harper's Ferry,
used by the great anti slavery leader and his
followers as place Of refuge from the soldiers
and citizens surrounding them, is to be demol-
yet unsnbstantiai rumor that it has been ID Dur.
chased by an association Of Eastern gentlemen
Tor removal to Philadelphia should be true.
"A rainy-day game Of progressive euchre
at the State Fair at Waveriy. N. j.. in which
the forfeit was kiss, led 70 the marriage Of
the loser and the winner at the fair grounds on
Wednesday Miss Harriet Lockwood, Of
springfield and Richard A Parker. of Clinton
township, were the bride and groom Of the oc-
easlon. and both Of them were exhibitors In the
iair. as well as frlends Of years standing.
-Braidentown, Fla, has q genuine Gu
riosity In the shape Of three-legged pig. The
little thing is perfect in every respect, being
the finest Of litter Of six, except that his lefs
foreleg is absent the place where It should
tion about an inch in length. He seems 10 gss
around with perfect ease, and is always ready
for q frolic with his little brothers and sisters
when they come around.
There is . man living in Hartford.
Conn.,, who deserves the prize for absent
mindedness. A few days ago he was having
his boots blacked by an Italian street boot
black. Just as the job was finished and the
purse, an acquaintance stepped up and began
talking. The first gentleman absentmindedly
put the nickel in his pocket and gave the purse
to the bootblack, who seized y and disap-
The purse contained 81 ID
Though sailors are proTerbially 50 SUI
perstitious that. when ship gets q reputation
Of being unlucky. It Is often difficult to geta
crew to sail her, it Is not often that ship gets
that reputation before she is launched This
appears to be the fate of the cruiser San Fran
CISCO now being built BY the Union Iron
Works. 1t 10 reported that the sailors on the
Pacific coast think the name Is unlucky and
that if the cruiser goes to sea bearingif she Will
never be heard Of again. This belief 10 founded
On the loss Of number Of vessels bearing that
name. and it has resulted in an effort to have
the name Of the ship changed
A Scranton man who had observed q
butcher bird carrying on humble bees and
sparrows. finally traced the bird to large
- u-I-~ I~mIG
! mile away. Impaled on the sharp thorns he
found 13 beetles. 8 humble bees. 5 shriYeled
MICE and the skeletons Of English sparroWs.
While he was making this interesting discovery
of the butcher birds nice and accurate work.
the master Of the bush suddenly appeared. cur
cled about the spot number Of times. piped
at the intruder, and seemed 70 be
greatly afraid that the man was going to dis
.urb its choice and neatly arranged collection
u things
Washington Is the Gretna Green for
couples from the adjacent States.
rhe ease with which marriage license can be
obtained and the many attractions the city
pliers to strangers make it such. Hundreds Of
Toung men and women. and cid ones, too, for
hat matter in consequence 90 to the Capital
yearly from Virginia and Maryland TO have the
marriage knot tied. The laws Of marriage In
both of the States mentioned are, Compare
lively speaking. exceedingly exacting. and it is
20 avoid these. as well As the displeasure Of un-
'eeling parents, that the "Trip is planned and
,arried out.
One of the most interesting studies Of
he habits Of migratory fowl is the rare intelli-
renee which they show In guiding themselves
~ prominent landmarks. An Englishman
Who was shooting in Labrador some years
ince. recently stated that WI lie In camp &C tho
ase Of o range Of hills he Was interested n OBJ
srving the eprecision with which noeKs Of Mid
Srssss Ssss az two nrominences @ conspic9ons e
ects In the landscape. At that point they
werved from west to south. At times the old
anders, leading hocks Of young birds we're
realty troubled in enforcing their orders for
hift Of route.
"A wedding ceremony was performed in
Il. Louis Sunday evening under peculiar cir
substances Last Wednesday II. o. Billings
ey was married. The ceremony was performed
" Rev. Stephen NJ. Greene, rector OF St
ohn's Episcopal Church, Of which Mrs. Bill
ngsley has been q member for years Mr..
comes from well known Tennessee
amily which ~, for years has Sssn closely assS-
When the arrangements for the wedding were
ranged he gave the bride full sway. and she
elected the minister Of her own church. and,
Ike chivalric person. Mr.. Billingsley made no
bjection. Since then it appears he has re-
eiped q strong letter from his father on this
ubject, which wound up BY advising him to
ave a Southern Methodist minister bless the
ed up again.
Last Thursday Mrs N. B. Karden, re-
ding between Mt. Homer and Tavafhs. Fla,
ad an experience with snakes that, for Alady,
as rather exciting. Hearing q comm 1don
mong her chickens in the back yard she dht
overed q large chicken snake, which she :
illed. A short time afterwsrd . second dis
irbance among the fowls announced the
resence of another intruder, which proved 70
9 a huge black snake, and he had when dis
overed, succeeded IN swallowing nearly half
le length Of his deceased predecessor. This
ne was also dispatched. At later hour in
le evening, a third call by the frightened
iickens brought the lady to their defense,
nd, much to her trepldation, the third one
roved to be large rattlesnake. After lively
Zirmish the plucky lady succeeded in harpoon-
z him with pitchfork and dispatched him
it'll hoe The two first snakes were each .
rer 8 feet long, while the '.rattler' measured
feet s inches and had II rattles and . button.
FUNNY MEMS FANCIEs.