Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-16

Ob. LOUIS, mas q CURIOUS machine ne LOOh
from Kansas City gambler, Tom Fred
ericks, who was arrested for stealing
81 900 worth of diamonds. The machine
consists of double complex pulley ar
rangement, TO be worn on the forearm
under his clothing with spiral springs
and back-action movement, and q plneer-
spring mouth that grabs card at the
mouth Of the cuff, and hauls II up the
sleeve like toad swallowing a fly. Ii
at any time the gambler needs that card
again, he can bring IL out from under
his sleeve as quickly as he put it there.
The rig is fastened TO leathern armlet
that buttons around the forearm. At
tached to the rig is a cord that extends
to & leg piece with a knee joint, tube
for the shin and soft springs for the
thigh. By moving his leg forward under
the table the gambler could pull card
up his sleeve, and by drawing back his
leg he could bring the card back to the
lower end of his cuff again.
JOHN HARKINs, of Boston, ordered q
$50 suit Of clothes to be delivered c. o.
ID. When the clothes were delivered
Harl1ins gave the boy $50 bill IN pay
ment As the boy was going Harkins
suggested that the bill be put into an
envelope for greater safety. The boy
handed the bill to him and he apparent
" put it into an envelope. When the
envelope was opened by the tailor it
contained a 81 bill. Harkins was ar
rested, charged with having substituted
the 81 for the $50 bill, and was convict
ed Of larceny of the clothes. When he
was brought up to be sentenced his
counsel moved for a new trial on the
ground that the prisoner was not guilty
of larceny. as he did not steal the
clothes; it was not larceny of the money,
as he did not steal it; it could hardly be
false pretences, as he actually gave the
money to the tailor's agent, who gave
it back to him. Sentence was suspend
ed.
JOE FoGARTY, the New York Morgue
keeper, remarked to the Star representa-
tive: s'The bodies taken out of the river
and which cannot be recognized have
always been In the water long time
They come to the surface during the
months of June, July and August, when
the water is warm and generates gas in
the bodies. They would come to the
surface much sooner, but sometimes a
body gets caught in the piles, and then
it is often evident that a murder has
been committed. A man was picked
out Of the East River, about six years
ago, with q pair of dumb bells around
his neck, and another man about the
same time who was weighed down with
the platform Of a Fairbanks scale. They
were so long in the water that there Was
nothing for the police to work on, as
they could not be identified.
Irwas long thought that blood oranges
were produced by grating an orange
tree with a pomegranate slip, but 1t Is
now said that there is not the slightest
foundation for the belief. The blood
orange, which is merely a variety Of the
sweet orange obtained by cultivation,
was first raised by the Swanish garden
ers in the Philippine Islands. When it
was first seen In Europe it created
sensation among the superstitiOus, who
saw all sorts of disasters forstold by the
bloody fruit. In the last century blood
orange trees brought exceedingly large
prices.
FoR many years big swamp near
Canastota. y. Y, very seriously retard
ed the growth Of the town. Recently it
was drained and some one discovered
that it was admirably adapted for the
raising Of onions and celery. The re-
suit is that Canastota is now one Of the
greatest onion towns of the country. Not
SO much has yet been done with celery,
but that which has been grown is much
finer than the celebrated Kalamazoo eel
cry. Consequently the Canastotans ex-
pect soon to distance their Western rival
in this industry.
DUBLIN has had a remarkable dog case
in one Of its courts. Two men claimed
the same dog. One, to prove his owner
ship, told the animal to fetch his cane.
The dog obeyed. The other said thathe
had owned the dog in Asia, where he
had heard only Hindoostanee spoken
So in that language he told him to fetch
his hat. The dog obeyed. No report
Of the decision of the judge has yet
been received in this country.
THERE is a woman in Belfast, Me-,
who cares little for needlework, but
much for mechanics, and she is now
learning the trade of a maehin-
ist in one of the shops of the city. The
proprietor of the shop SAYS she takes
hold Of the work as readily as any APP
prentice he ever had She wears big
leather apron over her dress, and stands
up to the lathe as II she enjoyed 1t.
AGED Farmer James Martin. of Bali
Pennsylvania, carried to his
grave a fifty-year-old grudge against his
daughter. He left an estate valued at
SIS, 600, but al the daughter received
was little package that contained an
ancient comic valentine which had
caused all the trouble.
Two SCOTCH tramps, man and wife,
make a good living of of the baby.
eve Just gets i'm ehristened, explains
the man, ''in al the towns we passes,
and then. You see, parson makes us all
comfortable wi summat to eat and mon
~ for beds. On days orful bad We has
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