Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-10


fh and one night my friend and
60 went there to rob them o
the catch. The other fellow
waded in with a bag, and L was ON
horseback close by waiting to take the
bar Of stolen goods and dash offa b eak
neck speed, he to cut across lots ON foot
He had the strongest avs and the hnesl
set of teeth ever saw, and after he had
poked in the water awhile he spoke low
10 me and said al, I've eothold of the
biggest eel / ever handled, and he S
wound himself around my arm. He's
a whopper, and | can't get him loose
I'm going 10 bite his head off, And he
did bite it off with one snap. l got
home all right with the bagful, and
when he Joined me we dumped the ees
on the barn floor and turned the light
from the lantern on the heap The
enormous eel proved to be great slug
pish black back water snake. Their
was nothing poisonous about 1t, ana IL
was as clean and harmless as an eel, but
he turned pale as quick as he saw 1t,
and for half and hour his imagination
had complete control of his stomach.
TIE Cape Town Argus prints the follow
ing story of the funeral Of a native Afri-
can King: From Old Calabar comes the
account of the way in which the king S
grave was prepared for the reception OF
his body. The hole was large one and
deep. Lying in the same grave were
nine of the kings youngest wives, and
their deaths had been brought about IN
| the most cruel manner. Each OF the
moor creatures had both her wrists AMI
ankles broken, so that they could mel her
walk not crawl. In that state, and sui
fering the most cruel pain, the untoriu
nate creatures were placed at the bottom
of the grave, seven of them lying side b :
side. The body of the king was then
laid on them in a transverse direction.
The two remaining women were In d by
the side of the king, lying exactly IKE
the monarch's body. No food or water
was given 10 the poor creatures, who
were left in that position to die. IL
"a ID that death did no. as a rulc, take
place for four or five days. -Four men
were stationed round the grave, armed
with clubs, ready to knock back with
these weapons any Of the women who,
Notwithstanding Their manned condi.
ton, were abe TO crawl to the side OF
the grave.
One of the most remarkable and ex
citing experiences ever recorded IN CON
nee ion with the settlement OF the Nor
thern Wisconsin W lderness is recorded
from Unity, a small station on The WIS
cousin Central Railway. 4 woodman
named Kleinert, together wi h his tive
small cliildren-a boy and a girl -weni
into the woods short distance from the
station, Kleinert, as is customary witt
settlers, taking along with him his Win
ches er rifle. He had become some
what separated from the children, when
he vas artled by hearing the little boy
screaming at the top Of his voice, and
upon running to the SPOT, was Mortified
TO find that large back bear had sud
denly dashed from the dense tn exc
near which the children were picking
berries. and catching u the ! tile gal
was making off with her through the
foods at "A rapid rate. The screams o
his child, who was in the clu' ches Of Tho
bear. nerved Kleinert to immel ate g
ton, and grasping his rifle he hurr dly
followed through the woods in the direc
ten from which the screams proceeded
Owing to the denseness Of the forest IN
could see neither the child nor bear, an'
was ma MY guided by the Streaming o
the child. After he had proceeded
about twenty rods he suddenly CAM
upon the bear. who was stand ng upoi
his launches in a little opening wit
the child struggling and screaming a
his feet. The bear showed hight an'
made ready to pounce upon hleinerI
when lie brought his trusty Wincheste
into use and fired, shooting the bea
through the head and killing him IN
stantly. Beyond being scratched b
the bears claws and her clothing tor
/ TO shreds, the little girl was unframed
A DISCOVERY, referring TO the iron age
has been made at Gloppen, on tn
| coast of Norway. A burial chamber
1 twelve feet in length, and formed
! stone slabs, has been uncovered, cor
, tanning the remains Of a man. The I'm
| in the chamber includes bucket, orns
I mented with bronze, made Of lime WOO
| two lanceheads of iron twelve inche
4 long, a double edged sword IN scabblro
!? with a ferrule of bronze, an iron shield
: a bronze buckle, some Roman gol
coins, perforated and worn as ornament
q glass beaker, green and blue IN colo
and ornamented with etched tracingi
a pair of bronze scales, some iron arrow
heads. and q pair of shears in woode
, case. On the body lay two large re
stones and some bronze ornament
havi.g. no doubt. formed part of bel
while some bears hair and claws seel
10 indicate that the body rested upon
bears skin. The most remarkable pa
of the find is, however, that the iinin
of the coat around the neck was IN
perfect state of preservation, and r
vealed rich embroidery of images
animals, an object Of unique value, an
fiat In the hands had been placed tnr,
interlaced wooden rings, resembling II
we'll known puzzle rings, an object new
before discovered in ancient grave an
which has given Norwegian archHo.
: risss much food for speculation
WHILE blowing near Pleasant hl
Ill. recently, writes correspondent