Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-21

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deck. On arrival in Kobe the unfor-
tunate man was at once removed to the
hospital, and now lies in very pre-
carioGs condition, although hopes are
entertained Of his recovery If the pieces
of bullet can be extracted. So far the
efforts of the medical attendant, who
was, we hear, aided by naval doctor,
have not been successful in finding the
fragments of lead.
A LAW requires that in one of the
rooms of the Tower of London there
shall be kept six horse-shoes and sixty
one nails. The Sheriffs of the city were
formerly compelled, when they were
sworn in, to count these, as a proof of
their education; as in the time of Ed
ward H., when this usage began, only
well-educated men could count to sixty
onel Sheriffs still go through the alb
surd form of counting these horse-shoes
and nails. Another requirement was
that in proof of strength the new Sheriff
should cut bundle of sticks, and the
same knife has always been used and is
still in existence, but in place of sticks
bundle of matches is now made to an
swer the purpose.
THE relatives of Miss Catherine Peir-
son, an eccentric old maid, who has
Just died at Richmond, Mass, have
been surprised and made happy by the
discovery thai she left n personal estate
of $450,000. Among her effects were
found a collection of fifty bonnets, of
all sorts and styles, dating back over
half a century; seventy shawls, many
of them rare and valuable an interest
ing accumulation of old-fashioned silk
and satin dresses, some of which are in
the latest mode, although over fifty
years old; and many gloves and para
soils to match. Miss Peirson was very
fond of appearing ut the annual county
cattle show in Pittsfeld arrayed in her
fincry.
APPLICATION for a patent for an cleo
tric light method of instant photogra-
ply has been made by two gentlemen
of Dubuque, Ia. The application is de
signed especially for the detection of
burglars. The apparatus can be so ar
ranged that a burglar in entering a
bank, office, or dwelling, will, in his OPP
erations, touch something which will
cause flash, and the result will be his
photograph left indelibly on the plate.
A number of cameras may be placed in
the room and n variety of views taken
simultaneously. The telltale wire can
be fastened TO the knob of the safe or
door so that he cannot avoid touching it,
thus disclosing his identity.
Ak Italian agpicker, walking along
a street in Springfield, Mass, heard a
child's cries, and, looking through a
window, saw little girl, her clothing
in flames, vainly trying TO get out of the
room. He ran to the door, but it was
locked: then, with one spring, he
jumped through the window, seized the |
child, bore her outside, and rolled her
in the snow. She was so badly burned |
that she died within few hours. She I
was the eight-year-old daughter of a
woman, who had left her at |
home to take care of a young baby, /
locking both in the same room.
JoHN BENNETT, of Santa Cruz, Cal,
came in from the powder mills, bringing |
with him real curiosity in animal life 1
and something unheard of. TWAS moth /
ing more nor less than a double headed, /
or rathera two-headed, snake. The rep 1
tile was common black gTass-snake 4
that Mr. bennett had found on the Pow /
der Mill fiat, and was about n foot long.
The heads were distinctly separate, and /
both were perfect. The heads We're a 4
little over an inch in length. When /
aroused the snake would throw a forkod I
tongue out of each head simultaneously, I
as if they were one.
As A grand Trunk freight train was
crossing the Canadian Pacific track at |
Brampton, Ontario, a freight train on
the latter road dashed into it, cutting its
way through and never stopping. Not /
a wheel of the Canadian Pacific train
left the track. The engineer and fire.
man jumped and escaped uninjured.
The brakeman ran forward, setting the
brakes, and, on reaching the engine,
brought the train TO a stand. The train
had then run two and half miles past
the scene of the accident. No one was
hurt, but considerable damage TO prop
erty was done.
JOSEPH G.. PARKINSON of Chicago is
said to be the only deaf and dumb law
yer in the country. He is associated
with his twin brother, who does not
share his disabilities. When Mr.. Park
inson was % years old he was chief ex-
lminer in the Patent Office at Washing
ton, place he held for six years. In
1879 he resigned and soon afterward was
to practice before the United
States Supreme Court. He now ranks
rs one of the most successful patent law
yers in the country.
GEORGE STORY of San Francisco is 50
years old, and attracts attention ON ac-
count of his remarkable growth of hair.
In 1S49 he left Nantucket for California,
to return in year or so. Be
lore leaving he told his friends that he
would not cut his hair or shave until he
returned. He kept his word, and as he
las not been home since, his hair now
growth of forty years. Not
his great age, his hair ard
beard are coal black.
HENRY BEnsTERLING and John, his