Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-15
Here and There.

A strange case Of suspended animation
| occurred at the village OF kn0XViiie'
/ Frederick county, Nd Samuel CARRIER, an
AGED resident of that place, was stricken
/ with apOuloxv n few days AGO, but re-
/ covered. Thursday he suffered second
/ stoke and was finally pronounced dead.
+ Ui7 relatives were notified OF hlS demlso,
and au undertaken was sent TO prepare the
body for burial. IT was lad on cooling
board and the arrangem MIS- for the funeral
/ were proceeded with. friday morning the
supposed corpse suddenly showed signs Of
returning life, and while et!ll on the board
MIR. CARRIER recovered full consequences.
Later In the day 10 Vas reported to DC I'M
proved.
A TRIANGULAR bit Of land Just outside the
borough limits &C Stonington. Conn, IS an
old family buryine-ground. The yard
shows neglect. bushes are growing therein,
while the walls IN many places have fallen
down. and tle entire surroundings indicate
that the dead quietly reposing there have
been long since forgotten. One marble
monument there has an inscription that
shows that the dead deserved better late
tGau oblivion. Il reads: When Rhode
Island. by her legislation from 1914 20 1917,
rcpudiatcd her Revolutionary debt, Dr.
Richmond removed from that State 20 TINS
borough and selected this az his family
hurial-plot. unwilling that the remains OF
himself and family should be dissraced 10y
beng part Of the common earth OF repu-
dated State
A Sandersyille (Ga.) paper tells this
story. i few DAYS ago a gentleman was
driving in the vicinity of Longs bridge
He firmly held the lines over splendid
mare. while tho mares colt contcntedlY
frotted along behind. When Buffalo creek
was reached. repairs being made on the
bridge. the gentleman found that ne would
have 10 drive through the channel when
was unusually deep, almost swimming.
ond would swim the colt. The mare was
driven in. and tho colt, not desiring test
Of his swimming qualities, reared up on lts
tender hind lcgs, gently placed his fore
ones on the box Of the vehicle back OF the
buggy seat, and was safely drawn across
,hc muddy stream. When the opposite
Iank was reached he gracefully bounded
of with a whinny OF satisfaction.
Numerous items have recently appeared
in the press concerning the pearls OF the
Smear river, Wisconsin. which have not
oil been without foundation. since some
narcels have been sent 10 New OrK Whch
wore worth from o few dollars 10 over
q 600 parcel. TO many who have read
these accounts It may be interesting
10 know that in the last twenty,
vears more than 100000 worth OF
nesrls have been found IN the
United States in that family of mollusks
Enoyvn as "unios" or fresh-wator mussels,
the same that abounded at one time in the
rivers Of Scotland. II was from pearls
found in this kind Of shells that the name
81 scotch River Pearls" was taken. II
wac the fame Of these which the historian
Suetonius SAYS induced Caesar TO senu ms
armies 10 Great Britain, and 10 was WIN
The nearls which they secured that he lad
n bnckler made which lie presented to the
temple of Venus Genetrix.
Thore is n hollow old oak tree on the
/ town and county line between Lebanon
/ and Columbia. Conn, that tor several years
| Ietilled instead of sap very ialr brand
! ~ ~ tanned bluegrass whiskey, New
| T,rIond rum, and occasionally, III droughty
,.,.5ther domestic ales and beer. During
ali that time the officers OF the la"
| %od remarked u phenomenal overflow
~ suir;fs on the part of the staid and
S,;ons old farmers of Lebanon who vote
| Scr nrohibition, and they readily under
stood that somebody had cache OF pam
sonewhere within the towns limit, Du'
evcrv raid they made on the premises o.
osoiyatnd nersons was unfruitful. IL was
r,ot until a few weeks ago that the secret OF
~ hidden rum was laid bare by deacon
u; ~ tb m church who accidentally stumbled
On ~ '' the bank of exchange and deposit II
the silent and faithful OLD OAK As as
he was o man untroubled WIN no no
license thirst he gave the wnol'
as . Ps Ss o ID S oafsn ' bank
henn in the hands Of a dexterous anC
,Sristy receiver, a Lebanon man, whS
Unity EEL Allied the oaks till with rum
twice h; Me" or beer from Norwich, and
ginii , T" . sStockholder or two came stealth
iIy with jug, or milk can, or tan pan snr a tbe
drew on the funds In payment niav iS Sr ~, n.
privilege he left collaterai, sscui Since tn,
side o aa .no fortuitous trip TO the tree
go e ala Je OAK bank has gone into involuntary
liquidation.