News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Ad-
ventures Which Show That Truth
is Stranger Than Fiction.

fitted to enter Ya'e, and had mastered
all the Greek and Latin which is re-
ouired at any college i'll this country.
At that time his age prevented him from
en- .ering Yale, but he will enter the col
lege this fall and among other things
will study the Greek and Latin au-
thors for two years, with whom he was
familiar two years ago. The little fellow
has used up the two years which inter
vened between the time of the completion
of his fitting and arrival at an age which
would admit him to college, III studying
Arabic and Syriac, and he has good
knowledge of these languages. To see
the little yorngster (for he only weighs
seventy-fve or eighty pounds) going
along the street in a roundabout jacket
and his sandy locks sticking out from
under the visor of his cap, no one would
think that this youthful compendium
of the classics was more than an ordin-
airy little grammar school kid.
THE body of John Meyers, q passenger
train engineer on the Wabash, was bur-
led in Dubuque, Iowa. He was stricken
with paralysis while on his engine just
before reaching the end OF his run ut
Sparta, Mo. He knew that his time had
come, and told his fireman he had only
a few hours to live. Summoning all his
strength, he pulled open the throttle of
his engine, and made the great machine
fairly bound in order to reach the sta
ton of Sparta before he became perfect
" helpless AS the train dashed along
the rigor became more intense, and
when he dashed into the station he WIS
almost completely paralyzcd. His left
arm alone was capable of action, and
with it he shut off steam and stopped
his train Mt tho station. He was carried
from his cab, and before his wife and
children cou Il reach his bedside he was
speechless, and died in q few minutes.
A WAITER ut Boston hotel says there
is rat of unusual intelligence which
haunts the hotel kitchen, and, when oc-
casion offers, steals food from the cook.
He says this rat ought to be caught and
exhibited as n marvel at the dime
museums. Several stories of sagacity
are told about this rodent, of which the
following is one: "a few evenings ago, "
said tho waiter, 81 had occasion to go
down into the kitchen. 1t was dusky
when l arrived, and as soon as my eyes
would permit me to get used to the light
l saw large rat walk deliberately up to
dish of douglnrlts and begin to take
them out one by one and string them on
his tail, as you would string beads.
When he had put on five and loaded his
tail all up, he turned around, took the
end of his tail between his teeth, and
walked off as if he were going to mus
ter.
WHILE prowling around among the
wrecked building i'll tho vicinity of Main
street, Johnstown, Bradlock man dis
covered q half-drowned cat that had
found Judgment in hole near the top
of house He climbed MP to whore it
was at the risk of his life, and brought it
down. There didn't seem to b; much
life in it, but after washing the mud off
of it, and keeping it under his coat for
awhile it began to revive. When he
brought it up to the station great
crowd gathered around him, and he WAS
offered big prices for "Flood Tom. us
he called his pet. He refused all offers,
and said that he intended to keep 1T as
long as it lived, and then stuff its skin
and keep it in glass cage. AS near as
could be Judged it wasa Maltese, but its
fur was so mud stained that lts Color
was not well established.
A GENTLEMAN living near Milwaukee,
Wis, writes that he has collie that is
great -elliiiif5er, and It is hard lines
for squirrel tackling a tree that the
dog can make his way up. Straight
trees are too much for him, of course,
but where there is lean to it he is NIL
right. Jack is what the collie is called,
and he always had craze for squirrel
hunting and was SO eager in the chase
that he got in the way OF scrambling mp
inclined trunks, finally becoming very
expert. He has been known to go up n
tree to height of forty feet above tho
ground. When returning he hugs the
surface of the tree rs closely as possible
and backs down, digging his short claws
into the bark until near the earth, when
he jumps.-LSt. Louis Globe Democrat
EVEN carrier-pigeons seem to miss
their route now and then. Captain Nor
ris of the schooner Galena which re-
Gently arrived at Charleston, S. c., re-
ports that on the second day after leav-
ing New York his vessel was boarded bv
a pigeon so exhausted from its long
flight that it could be caught without
any trouble. On one leg it still bore
fragment of a rubber band with 49,
stamped on it, but the message attached
to that band had been lost. No land
and no other vessel were in sight ut the
time, and as there had been no gale for
several days, it is supposed that during
the night the winged messenger had
completely lost his way.
CAPTAIN HARRIS MACKENZIE, who has
n1 t,,Y,>
through the highlands of Northern Thi-
bet, describes n species of deer only two
feet In height, but having, i'll other re-
Spccts, all the characteristics of the
Scotch roe, including pair of pronged
horns and an eVer-wagging stump tail.
The lit g creatures inhabit mountain
pastures ut the border-line of everlast-
ing snow, and at the approach of Wis
itOr race away with the speed of an an
telope, but, in spite of their diminutive
size, are as pugnacious as billy-goats,
and in captivity often amuse the native
hunters 10y their persistent combats.
TIE Nea ark (N j. News says Edwin
Gorsuch, of Bank street, one of its COM
posltors, had q strange experience with
a ham. 1t bad been nicely boiled and
Lifted from the pot to dish, steel
carving fork had been inserted, and Mr..
Gorsuch was sharpening knife to carve
when strong olor of sulphur became
and lac TUNED to see the fork
making q circular excursion toward the
floor, where it stood upright, while the
ham, nearly skinned, started at rail
road speed for the end of the table. The
labor saving streak of lightning confined
n ha hn,
The official statistics read Mt the last
Mormon Conference i'll Salt Lake City
show that "the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints" has now twelve
apostles, seventy patriarchs, 1919 high
priests, II, S)j elders, 2,069 priests, 2, 292
teachers, II $40 tleacons, 81, 1919 families.
1928 officers and members, and 40. BOB
children under years of age, total
Mormon .popula'i of 153,911. The
OF MARI ages for the six months
ended April 6, 1889, was $50; number of
births, 2,754; new members baptised,
4sS; accommodations, lib.
Mr.. JOIN MAYO, of DOoly county.
Ga, is II splendid shot. He is an inva-
lid, and sits in the door of his house and
shoots lizards from his fences with a
iihe. He shoots crows on the wing with
II pistol. When he has hogs killed
negro man jumps astr.de of hog,
catches hold of both ears of the animal
and turns its head toward Mr.. MAYO.
who will shoot it in the head with his
rifle.
IT is a queer fact that deaf persons
who cannot hear ordinary conversation
anywhere else all hear the most casual
and low toned rnmnrks mhnn thn,- n,n