News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-04
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Funny Episodes and Thrilling Ad-
ventures Which Show That Truth
is Stranger Than Fiction.

THERE is case of human ossiticatlon
at Glen's Falls, N. Y, in the person OF
Mrs. E. Palmer, of Clinton. Mrs. Pal
mer fell q victim to her peculiar disease
about eight years ago. Some three
months ago she was brought to Glen S
Falls by the Rev. George Eddy, OF that
village, for the purpose OF giving her
the benefit of ''faith cure, :" under his
own treatment Locally the case IS
know as that of the petrifed woman,
and it is causing much comment among
medical men. All her joints except one
shoulder are perfectly rigid, and her
whole body is as stiff us a bone. Her
| lower limbs have stiffencd in q bent go
sition, while her arms lie helpless, but
| as though st ease, by her sides. Her
jaws are securely locked, but as some OF
her teeth are gone she manages to take
food and % carry on all necessary con
versation. As if to aggrayate her condl-
ton, she is totally blind, and yet she is
| of cheerful disposition, and especially
enjoys having people talk to her. Mrs.
Palmer is 35 years old. She was mar
ried some years ago and was then In
! good health, hut after she became thus
disabled her husband went to Connect
! cut and procured u divorce. Mrs.
! Palmer's mother left u small fortune.
! Her sisters waived their rights, thus en-
aiding the afflicted woman to have every
comfort possible 10 her condition. Medi-
! cal men pronounce this rs complete a
case of Justification as ever came under
their notice. HegxiHi doe not appear
80 be Mt all affected. During the pro
gress Of her disease she has taken par
SECULAR pleasure in composing verses,
Ind her memory is so tenacious that she
san mentally frame poem and dictate
it word for word afterward, This has
been done so often that a collection of
these verses has been printed, making
! quite an entertaining yo.Il:ne.
in a Struggling suburb of Cheyenne,
Wyo., a bury tramp entered house
during the temporary absence Of the
male occupants and ordered n lunch of
coffee and hot steaks. On being asked
TO compromise on a couple of cold sand
witches he repeated his order with an
emphasis that provoked the lady of the
house to decline further negotiations,
and when his remarks became lurid
with invectives she slipped quietly out
and unclaimed couple of big mastiffs
But instead of taking to his heels the
clubhouse, and, swinging up his club,
received the first dog with blow that
would have done credit to u medieval
battle-axe champion and spattered the
four footer's brains all over the yard.
Dog No. turned in dismay, but caught
a whack that broke his back, and when
the lady fed to the house the victor
locked the door from tie outside and
set fire to the building. He then leis-
urely left, for parts unknown, and
posse of mounted pursuers have thus
far failed to get on his track.
WHILE saving through the trunk of
an oak tree at Wheatland (Cal.) J, Wash
Bedford came upon some hard substance
that broke the teeth of the saw that he
was using and prevented further pro-
gress. He told Jim Kesner and Win
Enochs that he lal struck cannon
ball, but they would not believe him.
AS they were going hunting next day
they made it convenient to stop at the
camp for the purpose of looking the
matter up, and found q los about six
feet through, and under the saw cut in
the centre could be felt hard 81. stance
They induced Wash to chop down to
get it out, and after over an hours work
he brought out rock which weighed
four and oneh half pounds. 1t can be
seen at the Gem saloon. The rock had
evidently been Laid by some one between
the branches of the tree years ago, and
the tree grew up and incloscd it The
spot where it was taken from was mt u !
sured, and it sSas fes1lel to- he four feet
from where the branches forked. The |
rock was very hard, aud almost round in
shape.
DETECTIVE AKERs, of the Municipal !
Court, Buffalo, relates an amusing story
of how he once served q summons on q !
wary woman who was habituallv out |
when inquired after. It may tend also /
to show to What straits the authorities |
are sometimes reduced. This woman !
had been warned and was continually |
on the lookout. If the King had called |
he couldn't have seen her. $50 one !
day" says Al1ers, 81 took off my collar
and neclltie, and Wrapping an old red !
bandnna around my neck, I pulled q
SLOUGH lat over my eyes and knocked at !!
the door. When the servant opened the |
door asked for something to eat, and |
was kindly invited in and was given
some food. While I was eating it the |
lady Of the house walked by, and my
chance had como. I showed the sum |
mons into her hand and made for the |
door, not quick enough, though, to |
escape the torrent Of abuse she showered |
on me-"
PRoF. GERHAT,DT, of Berlin, the man !
ager OF a private Sanitarium, reports a
strange case of a disorder which he de-
slibcs rs ''chronische moh1en krank-
heit,' or ''chronic Moor disease A
young chap complaining of rheumatic
pains and general debility was intrusted
to the managers of the Sanitarium. who
at first ascribed The symptoms to some
nervous disorder, and were nonplussed
when the skin of their patient assumed
a darker and darker hue, and at last be-
came almost chocolate colored The
rheumatic distress finally subsidized, but
the original color of the invalid's skin
failed to return, and people often stop
to stare at him in the streets. The new
made da1ky may think himself lucky to
get off so cheap. In Southern Indiana
he would have been promptly expelled
from the public school.
AMONG the curiosities brought from
the Philippine Islands by Pref. Steere,
and which has been mounted for the
Ann Harhor (Mich. university museum,
is a species of buffalo entirely new to
the civilized world, and not known to
any scientists on ever before seen here
or described. It's body is similar to the
American bison, but the legs are longer
and the horns slope straight back from
the top of the head There is but little
hair on the body, and the hoofs are
large and fat, enabling it to swim
readily. In habits this animal, although
Of the buffalo tribe, is similar to the
hippOpotamus. 1t is found only ON one
island of the Philippines, Mindora, and
is very fcrociOus.
THIRTY-sEvEN years ago james Yer
million sent his son George to the pas
trlre for the COWS. A few days since
George returned to his fathers house at
Lower Hill, Ill , minus the COWS. but
possessed Of title deeds to II large cattle
ranch i'll Colorado. The son had been
dead to his parents all these years, and,
though he went away Il youth in his
teens, he returned gray and glizzlod
man OF mature years. Tho fatted calf
was killed and there was great rejoicing
over the son that was lost hut is found.
In the Gaiety Concert Hall, ut Biz
mingham, England, n few nights ago a
dramatic sketch was being presented i'll
which sailor was represented rs being
'Lu9ged aud murdered. A real sailor