Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-29
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS


The first bear killed in Orange county,
y. T.. in 30 years was slain four miles from
Mlddietown last week by . party Of hunters.
Il weighed 322 pounds
"A gentleman in Cohasset set out 20
pansy roots In May last. BY actual count more
Lnan 40Uo very large pansies have been picked,
and there are still flowers remaining.
The actresses in Lionel Brough's com
pany in South Africa, having found husbands
among the diamond diggers. Mr.. Brough has
telegraphed to London for fresh supply.
There is in the Paris hospital called the
Hotel-Dieu woman who can see two different
sets Of objects at one and the same tina
While one eye Is gazing at given point the
other remains perfectly still, and vice versa.
People in West Gloucester, Me-, say
that the spirit Of hermit who lived on the shores
of Sabbath Day Pond 30 years ago. and vas
drowned In its waters, still fingers about the
lake, where its hoarse laugh may occasionally
be heard
AN individual who was clerk in the
India House with Charles Lamb and John Stuart
Mill, has just died At Ventnor, England, after
having enjoyed handsome position for s.
years. He had been allowed to retire, 'in con-
sequence OF broken health, !" In 1885
Shakespeare is now being done in
Japan under some hard titles. The Merchant
Of Venicep Is .Ninniku shichirs sarban;p
sf,, snomeo, and Juliet is -seyo Musums
and the great poet himself is sekisupiya
The population of France is decreasing.
and It Is feared that there viii be an insufeisnr
supply Of subjects for statues. Attention Is
therefore being given to historical balloons.
a ha 41uf hoo~
spot where Gambetta's balloon descended when
he escaped from Paris IN 1870.
Quite an excitement existed al a board
ing house in GIenwood Springs, Col, the other
evening. just as the men were eating their
supper . large black bear came walking in.
The men all new out Of the back entrance but
the COOK, who picked up cleaver and killed
the bear. Paul Blounr is in possession Of the
Frank Pierce, Of North Sterling, Conn.,.
shot fox the other day and q moment later
killed robin which he believed was black
bird until he examined it. 1t unmistakably
Mas vas ar rooin. but It was OF jet black hue, ex-
cept that few feathers on the breast were red
No one in Connecticut had ever heard Of 4
black robin before.
Great Britain mined almost 10. 0O0. 900
more tons Of coal, iron, and other minerals last
year than in 1857, and employed 1000 more men
in the work, but fewer lives were lost in the
process. The total number of fatal accidents
was 1885, and Of deaths occasioned thereby ESQ.
oe1ng an increase of in the accidents but \
decrease Of 81 in the lives lost
The modern land Of Babel Is Austria
Hungary. Everybody there wants to speak a
different language from everybody else A new
telephone line has just been opened between
Buda-Pesth and Prague, and the employees could
not agree what language to use 20 each other.
Some wanted TO speak German, some Polish
yet. others Magyar or Czech At last the DIM
Guilty has been got over by an ordinance that
French shall be used.
20. H. Warner and G. M. Keach. Of
gloucester, K L, are mighty smart at pulling
in the queer horned hsh called pout. They
work steadily at this industry, ana old
..Bowditchp Pond is the field of their sndeayor.
They have taken from that lake this season
Just 2, ,578 pout and sold l40O pounds Of the fish
in this village alone The rest Of the catch
went to Providence. They are expert at catch
ing pickerel through the Ice, too. Last year
they took LOO ish' and had tons Of fun beside.
"A Bailey Hollow, Pa, hunter recently
saw weasel hopping over the dead leaves mi
piece Of woods near Dalton, lodging and sniff
fing at the ground as it ran. Soon the hunter
saw tnat the weasel was in pursuit Of rabbit,
aud presently he got sight Of the latter. When
the rabbit discovered that IL was being chased
by its deadly foe it dared into a hole. The
weasel followed It and STAYED IN the hole Tor
several minutes. Then It skipped into the hole
OF another rabbit, where if remained about the
same length OF time When IL rsappearsd the
hunter shot 1t as it was making for the burrou
Of another rabbit. On cutting the weasel open
be found that its stomach was chock fnlI of
blood and the hunter made up his mind that
the active little creature had gorged itself on
tight OF Il.
The Quinnipiac Club, that ancient New
Haven organization Of which ex-Goreruor
James Z. English is prominent member. IN
with its tradition Of the past CEN
tury. visited the monster oak at Woodbridrs.
Conn, Friday. For years the club held annual
October meetings under the famous oak. the
rings Of which showed It to be 1000 years old.
This year the ravages Of decay necessitatsd the
cutting down Of the tree. andit has disappeared
from the Sherry farm, where It stood. The
stump is there, however It has crrcumfsr-
ence Of % feet, and the members Of the club do
not intend TO let the memories Of it fade from
their recollection. The club msn dined on the
great stump. After spending pleasant after
noon, the gentlemen returned 70 the cftr
where, st the club rooms. Governor English
to the club superb and massive
'hronelike chair, elegantly carved and made
wholly from the wood Of the old oak. In The
hub room is picture Of the old oak. It vas
AIKEN two years ago.
"A Trustworthy citizen Of Ciincb county.
Ia, which is noted for Its rattlesnskss. tells
'traDge story. One afternoon recently his liz
lie boy went out TO hunt the calves. not far
rom the house, and the dog followed him.
About half mile from the house the dog
,egan baying furiously at something in = gall
,erry thicket, and the lad like all boys win do.
vent to see what had been treed- He soon
ound himself close upon very large rattle
make. he ned to the house and informed his
ather. The old man got down his gun and
gent with the boy. He approached carefully.
nd discovered pile Of young snakes before
Ie saw TIE old one. Into this heap he fred
.illing II. At the report OF the gun the Old
make, as large as mans thigh, ran into q hole.
ollowed by young ones not injured The
oung snakes had each one rattle and button
While examining them the snake hunter sud-
enly disturbed another pile Of younger rat
Iers, evidently another litter, and before he
new it the little reptiles were scamperinz an
yer the ground about his feet He did no<
top to shoot, but, hguratively speaking took
'ings and flew from that spot He got II. be
ays but left the old one and many young ones
D mourn their sudden taking OF. and perhaps
D revenge their deaths.