The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-06

few graves were found, and in one the re-
mains of an abbot, Judging from the cloak
and inter found with the skeleton.
The farmers around Elberton, Ca, know
the worth of perslmmons, and for years
have made it point never to cut down a
persimmon tree. In places so many trees
have been left standing that the fields look
like orchards; and indeed they are. persim-
mon orchards, the trees of which bear fine
crops of fruit almost as valuable as corn Tor
fattening hogs. The farmers say that the
persimmOn tree draws but little strength
or moisture from the soil, and that excel
lent crops are grown even beneath their
shade.
A banker in Lille, France had the mis-
fortune to wet eighteen bills of the Bank
of France, and in order to dry them he
placed them on a board at an open window
where the sun shOne upon them. Ihey
dried more rapidly than was anticipated.
A gust of wind carried them into the street,
where, unfortunately, a goat picking up
odds and ends at once captured the Dank
purchased and the bills secured in very
dllapidated condition, but the Bank OF
France recognized its obligations and re-
deemed them.
A prominent resident at Chaplin, Conn.
who is extravagantly fond of fox hunting,
started out on a bitter cold day, and arrlv-
ing at the edge of the woods containing
the coveted game, he started his hound on
the trail. The faithful animal caught the
scent instantly and bounded away, and IN
few moments was lost from sight: Inc
owner waited patiently, until, utterly be-
numbed by the cold, he crept back to ms
wagon, where he found the noble. hound
snugly ensconced beneath the buffalo robe,
sound asleep.
Sheep raisers in Lincoln equity, Nevada,
have been much troubled this fall by Wild
cats. They appeared in the vicinity OF
Phoebe and Bristol, several weeks ago, IN
drOves, and before the farmers thought OF
any organized resistance, did great damage.
One man lost sixty-fiye head of sheep, an
other fifty and another seventy-fve. There
seems to be two kinds of cats, one small
and gray, the other large and yellow and
white. They are hard to get shot at, do
their work in the night, and ii takes a
mighty good dog to kill one. The farmers
are using poison with considerable success.
Epitaph on tombstone i'm the Islane of
jamaica: Here lieth the body of Lewis
Gladly, who died the 22d of September, 1879,
pelier. in France. which place he left for
his religion and settled in this island,
where, in the great earthquake in the year
1892. he was swallowed up, and by the great
providence of God, by a second shock, was
thrown out into the sea. where he con-
tinued swimming till he was taken up by a
boat and miraculOusly preserved. He after
ward lived in great, reputation and was
universally lamented."
Little Jerry Davis, Georgia boy. re-
Gently found q number of buZZards feeding
OH a dead sheep, and, thereupon, making u
trap, and batting it with the sheep, soon
captured one. He took off his shirt and put
it on the buzzard, cutting off the sleeves
and sticking the birds wings through the
arm holes. Then he sewed the shirt firmly
around the buzzard's body, leaving the tail
of the garment uncOnfined. This done he
liberated the bird, who tapped its wings
and flew away, the shirt Tapping in the
breeze. A flock of crows saw the strange
object in the air, and attacked it fiercely.
Two or three days afterward little jerry
found the poor buzzard a mile away,
huddled against tree, and dead.
John Hartford, of Fall River, Mass, owns
n cat that differs from most members of the
feline family. When the sand-smelts first
appeared along the shores, the eat appar-
emily lost its appetite, since it would eat
nothing at home. 1t was supposed to be
sick. One day Hartford saw a number of
heads of sand-smelt in his back yard.
Thinking they must be plenty at the shore,
he went down to get a supply. When ne
got there the eat appeared and
jumped into the water and brought out a
live smelt. Putting the finding of the fish
heads in the back yard and the act of
catching the fish together, Hartford came
TO the conclusion that the cat was living on
fresh fish. and liked them better than ordi-
nary food