The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-17
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apple buds. They are so tame That he can
drive them away with club. and, as the
law won't permit him to kill them, he is at
the mercy of the birds.
A Western description: I'm the Colorado
foothills. near Chico, lives Kate Lucas. q
tail, well-built, rosy-cheeked girl, who rides
on horseback fearlessly and alone over the
mountain slopes and ravines, who scorns a
saddle, is capital shot with a. rifle, and
can ride the wildestmustang without bride
or blanket, using simply q lariat."
There is a cob pipe factory located at Sc
dan, Mo-, which is doing rushing bust
ness The factory pays at the rate of IA
cents for 1-4-inch cObs and 1-2 cents for
1-2-inch cObs A man hauled load the
other day of 1-2-inch cObs which brought
him $63. The time may yet come when the
people will raise wheat for the chatf
A Chinese farmer at Kinkiang was robbed
on his wedding night by clever burglar
who had concealed himself in the nuptial
pletely and conscientiOusly that the I'M
happy pair had to send and borrow some
clothes from the neighbors before they
could make their appearance the next day.
There's a gander in Coweta county,
Georgia, that has recently been bereft of its
rooster and is trying to learn how to crow,
but so far without success. When the
rooster flaps his wings to crow the eander
does likewise, and stretches his neck in a
chanticleer. He tries hard to fly up on the
rOost, and is very affectiOnate in his atten-
lions to the rooster.
A business item in a Philadelphia paper
frankly discloses system of the adultera-
tiOn of food. 1t states that the large fac
tory which has been standing idle near
Wakefield station, Bucks county, has been
leased by Philadelphia parties. who will
establish plant for roasting and grinding
cocoanut shells. These shells are. in much
demand, and are shipped to Philadelphia,
New York, Chicago and other cities for use
in adulterating spices.
Down in Massachusetts, not far from
Sycamore on the line of the Cape Cod ship
canal, is the Tupper farm. The remarkable
thing about the farm is that it was pur-
chased, or secured, or pre-empted in 1924 by
the founder OF the Upper 5e
place was an Indian village known as
Shaun, and that his will, still in existence,
has kept the farm in the Upper family,
without break. for nine generations.
A Pacific coast paper reports that the
blowing up of a rock in the harbor of Ma
naimO was attended by a remarkable sight.
At the moment the explosion occurred an
immense shoal of herring was passing over
the place, and thousands of them were
thrown high In the air. For several min
color from the immense number of fish
which ti0ated on the water to the depth of
foot or more, stunned or killed by the
shock.
There was shipped one day this week
from the Savannah river to a Baltimore
dealer fish weighing 400 pounds. The eye
of this monster was nearly three inches in
diameter and the head was twenty-three
inches long. From head to tail the total
length was six feet and ten inches. The
meat was white and had promising look,
but the dealers intend sending him to the
Smithsonian Institute. He was taken with
lot of shad and is known in his region as
feuh fish.
Skunk-hunting has proven very profta :
BILE in Connecticut. The pelt is valuable to
make into American sable. The oil is good
for rheumatism, Group and the earache.
Some prodigiOus strings of skunks have
Frank s. Lewis. on the evening of Feb. II,
killed twenty-eight skunks. Two days
later he papered the sides of his old wood
shed with black and white hexagonal pelts
worth from 80 cents to Sl.5O each. In Boz
rah, a few days ago, a professional skunk
hunter bagged twenty-five skunks in a
single night, yet there are plenty left to be
captured.
If the following story is true the Georgia
hawk is a more spirited bird than the en-
blem of freedom. A hawk made dash al
some chickens in colored mans yard near
Americas. recently, and the old hen inter
fered. The two fowls got into furious
| fight, when a daughter of the man thought
she would capture the hawk, and grabbed
| it by the tail. The Infatuated bird turned
| on the girl, tore her hand severely with ITS
with a chicken and ate it within a hundred
| yards of the house. When the old man got
home and seized his gun the hawk rose III
J the air aud sailed Of.