Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-08
Queer Facts and Thrilling Ad-
ventures Which Show That Truth
is Stranger Than Fiction.

ment, two fish on the one hook and
line. Topmost, and moving about on
the length Of the gimp up to the knot
which fastens the gimp to the line. was
pike of l ga pounds weight, the gimp
leading through one of its gills, thence
through its mouth. The gudgeon itself
DATED through the mouth aud out by
the tall and hook were swallowed by
an eel of IL pounds, SO that the one
hook at the same time contained an eel
on the hook proper and pike ON the
gimp. The pike was, of course, prevent
ed from getting away by the eel having
swallowed the bait. Who can explain
this complication /"
STEVE and Wilson Williams. ranch
men at Rockdale, Wyoming, have had
an exciting and profitable buffalo hunt
on Red Desert, eighty miles north Of
Rawlins. The presence of herd of BIZ
son at this place has been known for
years, but the topography of the coun-
try has made the capture of these rare
animals extremely difficult. The Will
Hams brothers employed as assistants
two cowboys who were fearless riders
and skilled in the use of the lariat. AS
mounts they selected powerful horses of
great speed and proven endurance. The
chase lasted the greater portion of three
days, and was a series of adventures.
Two full grown cows were captured the
first day, big bull the next, while an
other bull and pair of females reward
ed the hunters the third day. The wild
animals struggled fearfully, but each
E,,o11.r
OK. One of the captives, a mastodon
male, in bucking fell and broke his
neck on the road to the ranch. Steve
Williams had narrow escape the sec
ond day out. A mad bull gored his
horse, lifting rider, saddle and animal
high in the air One of the cowboys
sent rifle ball into the Infatuated
brute's shoulder. The hunters say
there are between forty and fifty full
grown bison and a few calves in tho
herd They have been offered $500
each for their prizes, which they re-
fused.
THE case of Arthur Elmer Hatch, OF
Lewiston, Maine, should act rs a stimu-
liant upon the energies of the tagging
student. Young Hatch is the son Of
poor parents, and is stone-blind, having
lost his sight by disease when only two
years old. He was sent to the South
Boston Institute for the Blind for ten
years, and there received good COM
mon school education, and learned the
trade of chair bottoming. Then no
came home thirsting for higher educa-
ton. He went to the Lewiston Acad-
envy, where no graduated with honor,
Notwithstanding the difficulties sur
rounding him. The way he learned his
lessons was by having his mother read
to him those that were in English, while
his fellow-students helped him with
Latin and Greek. To study geometry
he devised an arrangement Of pins and
strings. After leaving the academy he
worked at his trade year, in order to
earn money to enter Bates College,
where he graduated this summer, carry
ing two prizes off with him. There are
few such cases Of perseverance and pluck
on record.
THE Atlantic Ocean still continues to
cool itself off with gigantic icebergs.
The report of the ship Mcleod, Captain
Henderson, forty days from Fleetwood,
which arrived at New York the other
dav. mentions the biggest ice mountain
vet. Captain Henderson met with foggy
Weather. and in the midst OF fogs sus-
pected the presence of icebergs. Inc
weather was very thick one day. Gap
tain Henderson wisely tackled ship to
the southwark to avoid the hidden dan
ger which he felt must be near at hand.
At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon 1t
cleared M. when four large lcebergs
doomed up, fairly surrounding the snip.
1t was evident at once that but 1or 1ne
Captains timely alteration OF his course
the ship must have been dashed 10 pieces
against one Of these monsters OF the
deem. 81 lodged through these ice
beros." said Captain Henderson, "ior
fouT honrs. Keeping the ship away TO
the southeast The largest OF the iour
bio icebergs was at least four miles IN
length. and was very high, the tops OF
tbe ninnacles standing out against the
skv like great mountain peaks. New
York Times.
"a FRIEND and myself were frog hunt |
inc on the Milwaukee River, lew
niles from Milwaukee, Wis, says
rantIen1an IN the New York Sun. MY /
friend n school teacher, engaged IN IN, +
strncsing class in anatomy, proceeded I
=, enliohten me on the subject py pc /
',o,oine demonstration Of anatomy on tne 7
h,5v ~ a large bullfrog / had Just sn3t. 4
Imagine Ina our surprise upon opening I'M s,, the
- ..-ss.l, n d;ssover--head, legs, feathers
s s.sI 1.-The partially digested body OF
ahu al al .,.;,,a commonly known here as 4
s;n 0nna' ' Another hunter relates that that /
while out cunning with friend in S Ssos
jersey two or three years since, ne ,.s Sfos
4 bluebird, which fell at the euS5 a. and
pond POI somn anS insisted that it had not
i ms conn MI Passing the place short time
s ofs.r he killed at the edge OF the PO ."i
s large buIlfrog. Picking the sr @m1n its
, ~ pair Of birds feet, when proved
c - shot, as proved by a ~-cAnO's
b,Ilet hole in its body.