Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-20
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

dustry. The projectors propose TO bake 5000
pies per day.
The United Kingdom fisheries employ
$50 900 persons. The money value of fish landed
in year is nearly fS.OOO,OOo
"A citizen Of Clackamas county, Ore, is
asking the Poor Board for help. His strongest
plea IS that he has family of Is children to
support.
Samuel Amstutz, a Wayne county,
PENNSYLVANIA, pioneer, is dying at the age Of 81,
and his hair which has been silver gray Tor
years, is turning black.
"A Buffalo bachelor has memorandum
book in which he keeps the name Of every girl
he has ever kissed. He had 923 names on the
List the last time he counted up.
-Cyrenus Arter, of YoungsTllle, Pa,
went to Sugar Grove to attend the funeral Oh
brother who had been accidentally killed,
was taken i'll there with grief and dled IN le"
days.
"A man passed through Fort Gaines, Ga,
last Sunday in an OK cart He came from
Western Texas has been u weeks on the road,
has travelled 800 miles. and spent only 81 he
was heading for Decatur county.
"A negro in Dougherty county, Georgia,
has adopted new and ingenious scheme OF
counterfeiting money. Having quite lot OF
old Confederate money, he dyed it green ana
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The Yturbide, in the City of Mexico, is
probably the grandest hotel in the world. It
was built by the Governor for his palace and
cost s., 900 600. 1t contains a room used by Gov
ernor Yturbide for chapel that is frescoed In
solid gold.
Farmer Dutton, of Ellisville, N. Y,
searched high and low for his fathers will
after the old gentleman died. nearly ten
years ago. Last week he took up the family
nd r0sa fnr mar uvqa
tween the leaves. 1t had been there all the
time.
Seventeen years ago John Morris left
home at Gobleville, Mich, and without word
of warning to his friends 'lit out" for Califcr-
mia. A few days ago he came back, explained
waiting for him, they will go to California to-
gether this time.
The Sons of America of Reading pro-
pose to purchase the old bell recently shipped
from Trinity Lutheran Church to bell
foundry and have it placed on a pedestal in
the City Park. The bell was cast in 100, and
was rung in Reading when the Declaration OF
Independence was proclaimed.
Mrs. Rankin, of Harrison City, near
Greensburg, is the recipient of a clothes pin
from Mrs. President Harrison's clothes line,
which she has deeked with blue ribbon. Mrs.
Rankin was sick abed when Harrison was
elected. She at once discharged the doctor,
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"A gentleman living in Baxley, Ga, re-
Gently dreamed that in a certain hole under a
stump of a tree he would find a fur collar
which had been stolen from his house. He
visited the field, found the stump, and placing
his hand in the hole felt furry substance,
tAlled it out and dropped the skunk on short
notice, and has since been fumigating the
clothes he wore on that occasion. He says that
dreams are a failure.
Il. Yo ung, of Greenbush, one Of the
most noted bear hunters in Eastern Maine,
heard his dog furiously barking in the woods a
short distance away from home few days ago.
| He started to investigate the cause Of the
noise and saw the dog making faces at large
| bear which was looking out from under an old
| log Delighted with his find, he disposed Of
| the bear at one shot and looking up the tree he
/ saw two cubs not much larger than kittens,
which he took into his possession and carried
home The little animals are SO small that
they can easily be tanned.
The real Shetland pony is only 80 or
at most 40 inches high. Those commonly seen
| in this country are from the north of Ireland,
| being bred with the horses there and are larger
| than the real Shetland, for the genuine pony
| is difficult to rear. The country of which he IS
/ a native is bare, and the farmer is sharp, and
| when the little creatures survive the rigors of
| the climate and the effect of having but little
| to eat, the farmer values him so highly he only
sells him at high price. 1t costs great deal
| which goes to account for their being so few of
them among US.
| Australian travellers state that the Inte-
rior of Australia is by no means the desert IL
| has long been supposed to be. Though now
unpopulated, it is pronounced capable Of sup
| porting large population. Gold has been
found there, and the travellers brought home
stories Of vast pasture lands, abundant water,
| and finally of deep blue lakes, at least one of
| which is of large and as yet unknown extent.
| A great railroad is to extend across the eonti-
| nent from north to south, through the eastern
part of the country once supposed to be a des-
| ert. 1t is predicted that the desert" will dis
| appear, as that in America has gone.
! Deer farming is a new venture, but it
has been tried and proven a success by Mayor
| W. L. Thomas and J. G. Hunt. of Valdosta,
| Ca Each of these gentleman has a drove Of
| deer that run about in pasture like cattle.
| The only difference between the two pastures
is that it is necessary inclose the deer within
| wire fence about Il feet high. Pastures of this
| kind are planted in rye, upon which herds of
| deer Craze and keep rolling fat. In the winter
it is, of course, necessary to feed them upon
/ grain, but as a deer can be fed on the same
| quantity or very little more, than a turkey the
| cost of raising them is very slight, while they
| sell at a high rate.
There resides in South Addison, Me-, a
| singular character, whose strange conduct for
the past year is beginning to create stir in the
outside world. He is man about 30 years old,
of respectable connections When young il 10
said he became a victim of religious excite
ment. Later on he became a reader of the
Koran, and finally embraced the Mohammedan
religion. Within the past year he has taken to
a hermit life, and lives in a storehouse in
neighboring wood. In the center of his domi-
cile, resting upon four posts, Is a wooden box
which serves as q bed. He is strict in his de-
votional exercises. praying three times each
day. When at prayer he assumes PROSTATE
attitude resting his head upon stone. At
sunrise, after rising from his bed he washes
| his feet and hands, and bows to the East which
| custom is repeated at noon and sunset. He
| takes but two meals during the secular days,
| and from Saturday night till the following
| Monday he entirely abstains from food.