Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-06-13
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Funny Episodes and Thrilling Ad-
ventures Which Show That Truth
is Stranger Than Fiction.

is Stranger Than Fiction.
THE Connecticut lad has momentarily
turned his attention from shooting
woodchucks and digging out young
foxes for bounties to hunting big snap
ping turtles. He has had great luck at
the chase within the past ten days. At
| Plainville recently two youngsters stole
up behind a lazy, fat, and ugly 25-
FOUNDER, that was summing himself near
brook, and the first thing the turtle
knew, after awaking from his bright
| dream, was that he was ON his back and
the boys were Juggling him away to
| Hartford to put him into stew. A day
or two later three Tolland county lads
got bigger turtle than the Plainville
one, and Clarence Merrill and Rex and
Riley Kuran of the same neighborhood
! tumbled 2S-pound snapper over on his
back in a swamp. That snapper was
such wonderfully big one that he was
put on exhibition in the county house at
1 Holland. Still later box turtle was
caught in a moving lot on Main street
/ in Newington, and he was exhibited.
! On his back was the carved inscription,
ID. .. IA, lCJz. IoA UTILITIES uIc
somewhat rare. There are quaint bright
blotches ON their shells, they are shy
and retiring in temperament, and are
not fond of the busy walk in life. Their
most distinctive characteristics is the
ability to draw up movable shell shut
ter in front that is like the draw bridge
of castle, after doing which they are
"boxed."
RESIDENTS near Mount Eve and in the
vicinity of the granite quarry at Mount
Adam, N. ", lately, have noticed re-
ligious revival among the members of a
gang of Italians who have been put at
work in the quarry referred to. The
beautiful monument erected over the
grave of daughter OF the late Col.
A. +. Kerr, on the Kerr place, near the
mountain, has been mistaken by these
foreigners for shrine, such as are to be
seen by the roadside in their native
country. At an early hour every morn
ing these devout Italians PROSTATE
themselves before the chaste marble pill
lar in worship. The other evening,
when new lot of Italians arrived by
train and started from the station to
walk to the quarry they saw the monu-
ment in the twilight, and in accordance
with some superstition, they wouldnot
pass it after sunset. The ladies at the
Kerr homestead were greeted by them
with what was undoubtedly the request
that they be allowed to sleep in the barn.
Not understanding the matter fully, the
ladies declined to give the ne eessary
permission. They were greatly sur
prised the following morning, however,
to find that the entire company of Ital-
ians had laid down and spent the night
in the open field near the house. In the
morning the visitors, after worshipping
at the ''shrine," passed ON and com
menced work in the quarry.
OK the Trinity River, in Leon coun-
ty, Texas, is ferry known as Alabama
Crossing, and in early days as Al
brights. In the DAYS Of the republic a
man named Albright owned the ferry
and kept tavern there. II was noted
place in that then thinly settled coun-
try. Albright was at one time assessor
and collector for Houston county, and
claimed to have been robbed of $50, 900
in public funds, accusing two citizens
Of Leon county of the theft, but it could
not be proven, and in course of time
was forgotten, but an occurrence of the
past few DAYS revives these old memoir
les. On the Houston county side of the
ferry Law stone, and the present owner
of the ferry, Gid Webb, wishing to get
this stone out of his way, pred 1t up,
and hidden underneath found $40, 900
in gold. There are several legends IN
that country adjacent to the old San
Antonio road of immense treasure hid
den bv the Mexicans, as that road was
the only one from Nacogdoches to San
Antonio before the settlement of the in
terror of Texas, and many bloody bat
ties between Mexicans and Indians
were fought. Many people fully believe
in the truth of these treasures being
hidden in some of the lakes or lagoons.
A few wears ago n negro cutting wood in
Robinson county cut down a hollow tree
and found 81, 500 in gold in the cavity.
The men who went on the pioneer
train on a new line through the Maine
wilderness had novel experience. The
train was brought to dead stop in the
woods bv millions of caterpilars, who
had crawled ON the rails and were abso-
lutely immovable until another engine
was sent to the rescue of the pioneer.
The caterpillar advance guard was re-
ported by timekeepcr who rode over
the line on his velocipede the night be
fore. He was obliged to push his ma
chine by hand for half mile owing to
the number of small gray caterpillars
living on the rails. A large engine and
eleven fiat cars loaded with 1900 ship
knees, the first business train Of the
Canadian Pacific, started from Seboin
for. Brownville, and came to a stan,lstill
owing to these same catcrplllars, which
acted rs complete check to the further
pro sress Of the train. A force of men
was sent for to Seboin, and after scrap
ing and sanding, with an engine to push
and another to pull, the train was at
last started on its journey.
THERE has Just died at Patterdale, in
IL.