Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-01
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

"A Polish writer Of stories hs lately -
ceived an envelope containing Qo. .'ae ron =
admiring reader"
"A Mrs. Want, Of Mad River % ~ sAip,
Ohio. retired with good sight and aEoaa UAzS
morning totally blind. t
"A young doctor in Camden, j., u
counting an undertaker's daughter Y VIZ ag
good thing for the undertaken
Constable Ike Smith, Of Birmis ,ss1n,
Ala, has cat which has developed 7.,-sl
affection for litter Of orphaned pup
AN old man from North Care :. vs1f
to Plymouth Church last Sunday to b. 9eir7
Ward Beecher. He hadn't heard ofin d'G'bt
"A correspondent from GutAi Sits,
Oklahoma. states that fully 10000 shots sf8
hred daily in that new town witholts aIStodI
getting hurt
"A mathematician has figured that .
man so years old has spent three years n but.
toning his collar But he neglects to stata s3ht
the same man has spent SO years In hnntins tor
his collar button.
"A wonderful turtle has been c4ptt1sd
down in Georgia. Its head was as largs d
dogs and when cut of snapped In TWO An nch
plank which had been placed in It's mouth. 10
shell measured 2x18 inches and win hold
nearly busheL
Joe Kemp, of Buena Vista, Ca, had
very large rat recently that was captured and
killed by his cat. Its shoulders, neck ind
stripe down the back to the tail wee t.if 1rtiT
4pLLsnl o. Lne conmen gray rat, the 5alaoes :. a0
Dody and 1eee were white Like the waite q
"A rattlesnake three feet long ~ 4
under the show stand in front Of a store npDn
the busiest portion OF Broad street at Albars,
Ga. Thursday night. Someone passirg aW
the serpent's head projecting froIa Oene, q tho
box, and throwing 1t over, di+eoFe,ft md
killed the snake.
Near L lafayette, Ga, jams Fostsr had
the m isfortune, when fishing to catch IN eel
In taking the hook out Of his mouth sle eel
bit him on the index finger Of tie rszh hand
The Dite proved poisonous The hnger rss
broke, and still disables him fr0l work he
may lose the first joint Of it.
There is dearth of hyacinths in Lon
don this year. on account Of conmercial
Fsaasens Previous large sales Of ths aower
ianTa fafEST2 e EsE KE 4RR 4eUS IA z IA
Dutch EI0WuIa MIL not PsFals sA4 BIgHmN ID
be collected They Are allowed 70 die upon Ina
ground and then are carted on In h1sIpS-s
"A record of 100 times arrested Fas lefs
by New Haven man, who died insane this
week. His arrests were chiefly for drunken
ness and it was through his exceFses that his
mind gave way. It was one OF his 5ricE Iher
arrested, to throw his shoulder out IT mt and
then by frantic groans to solicit TIE 8 l2psth
years Of age.
in a certain town in California tbs
doors of the calaboose are left open all night.
In the morning the constable goes to the jan
and closes the door, and as general thing has
from six TO ten vagrants inside. Then the men
have fareical trial, are found guilty and or.
dered to leave the town, while the Justice Of
the Peace and the constable pocket fat Zee in
each case. Soft thing.
There is a family in Troup county
Georgia representing four different denomina-
tions. The mother and one Of the daughters
are Presbyterians, three other daughters are
Methodists, and another daughter andsa son are
clined to the faith Of the Primitive Baptisfs'
All live together, except one married daughter,
and it is a loving. harmonious family.
"A piece Of fat pork succeeded in start
ing a remarkable series of accidents in Craw-
fordsville (Ind. household 1t had been placed
in pan in the oven Of stove, caught IRE and
blazed out into the room. A boy helped the
situation by throwing on water, when the hot
grease was scattered over him, burning him
severely. He bolted out of the door and fell
over his little brother, knocking the latter
senseless. and at the same time the fatherf
fastening to the burned child's assistance, fell
downstairs and was rendered unconscious.
The fire meanwhile went out.
The dancing bear nuisance has, BECOME
so great in New Orleans that the police courts y
have taken action on the matter and ordered
the seizure of all bears found upon the public
roads unless Gagged There is scarcely house
in Louisiana that has not been visited by wan
dering Tur ks and their bears If dime is
given to one of them to get rid OF him, EAs "a
happy donor will find dozen bears and 40
dozen Turks at his front door next morning,
all asking for the same recompense. II they
get no money, they will ask for food, and if re-
fused, they will lie down in front Of the house
and express their intention Of dying there.
One of Scranton's wide-a-wake milk
peddIers is a single woman "A or 25 years old.
She drives around IN a covered wagon with
windows in front and sliding doors on each
side and she doesn't leave her seat when she
serves her customers. The lines run through
couple of holes in the wagons front. She
drops them and rings bell as soon as her
horse stops at customers house, and the ser.
want trots out and gets served by the rosy.
checked milkmaid. Her horse knows every
customers place as well as she does, and the
Jolly young woman seems to enjoy her life
tip-top. It makes no difference what the
weather is she is as regular as the sun the year
round.
AT Kingston, n. z, an italian was ex-
h.biting dancing bear on the street, when q
visitor from the suburbs gave him cents to
see the performance. The Italian took the
money. but refused to make the bear dance
until he had received another nickel. This
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wagon and told the man he must either make
the bear dance or pay back the cents. The
Italian refused to do either, and made move
ment as if to draw something from his pocket
The farmer struck the bear tanner blow be-
tween the eyes which knocked him down.
When the italian regained his feet be pulled
the muzzle from the bears mouth and told the
bear to ''go for him." The bear sDrang at the
man as if to hug him, but the farmer eoolly
took bruin by the throat with such a grip that
the animal gasped for breath and became com
pletely cowed, 50 that when the farmer loos-
ened his bold the bear ran back shaking Ita
bead. The farmer then quietly drove Oh.