Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-30
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Valentine, Neb., has an Indian hod
carrier.
Irwin Blair, Of valdosa, Ca, has two
eurions1v rnaiformed hen eggs. They are small
in the middle and large at both ends.
"A Philadelphia store sells a Cleveland
and Thurman Iithograph for 10 cents, and the
Harrison and Morton picture, made just the
same, for 25 cents
Tin and glass have found rival in pa
per as material fol- making kerosene oil cans.
The latter, it is claimed, VIII not rust and leak
like tin or crack like glass.
"A horse recently sold by Nathaniel
Rice at auction to a man living seven miles
away the other day took it into his head that
he wanted to go back to his old home. In order
to do so he out across1ots, and jumped 10 fences
on the way.
Two hundred buckets Of sea stars, the
oysters pest. were caught by one oyster dredg-
ing steamer in i've hours on Norwalk, Conn.,,
the other day. Unless something 10 done 70
exterminats these raYenous fish their depreda-
lions upon the oyster beds viii be more severely
felt than ever before.
The following item is taken from :
paper published in Dooly, Ga: A lady Of our
town lost the overskirt of her dress somewhere
on the streets few afternoons since and has
a linen % o7erskirt I The IL hinder would @ confer fS
favor upon this lady by leaving the same at this
Office.
MIR. John II. Taylor, Of Congers, Ga,
was attracted one day last week by the screams
of negro woman in house. He went to see
what was the matter and found a large high
land moccasin running up the side of the wall
The negro woman was sick in bed and could do
nothing toward killing the snake. Mr.. Taylor
killed it with an ak
-Talbotton, Ca, has some fowls whose
feathers must be getting gray. A Mr.. NJ. W.
Hollis had pair of geese Matched in the spring
of ls4l. The goose was killed by mink about
ten days ago. The gander is now living. Mr..
Il. A. Mizzell has hen 10 years old, and she
lays every day. Mr.. William Adams has q
peacock 35 years old that has mated with .
turkey hen.
An odd snake was discovered by o. +.
Williams, of Patillo, Ga. The body Of this
snake is no larger than very small knitting
needle, yet 1t is Is inches long. It seems to be
plants in Jar Of water. The movements of the
little fellow and the fact that it remains most
Of the time under water, would indicate that it
Is variety Of water serpent.
"A gentleman down in Greenville, Ca,
says that he has found good use for king
snake. He has been greatly troubled for some
time past with rats in his corncrib and has
tried nearly everything to get rid Of them with
out success. A friend suggested that he put
king snake in the crib, which he did, and since
then he has not seen rat, the snake soaring
away all it fails to catch. A king snake will
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An Syear-old boy named Stevens, of
Groton, Long Point, Conn, had the end Of
his little toe bitten off by large quahaug
(hard clam), as is believed, one day last week,
He was "treading out" quahaugs (the old
Indian way OF finding them), in the soft mud
at MumfOrd's Cove and was in water up to his
knees. It is supposed that he stuck his toe
into the partially opened shell of the quahaug,
and that the bivalve shut up on him The
quahaug could not be found
MIR. Augustine Hamilton, of North
Colebrook, Conn, uses three times q week
. razor with which his grandfather,
Ebenezer Edgerton, of Grandby. used to shave
the face of George Washington. While serT-
ing in the Revolutionary War Edgerton, being
then only 16 years OF age, rescued two soldiers
who had broken through the ice on q river.
General Washington, who made him his valet
The razor has fine edge and clear ring to
this day. It is said to have been very satisfac-
tory to the Father of his Country.
Information from the Bonny river is
that the natives at Opobo and the cannibals of
Oreeka are as savage as ever. A short time
since some merchants went to trade with the
Creekas, who invited them to land. One hun
dred and thfrty-six Of them were killed The
Creekas-men, women and children-ran
through the town drinking human blood out
of the mugs that they carried. At the Ju-Ju
house the head men held festival. at which
the flesh of the victims was the chief dish.
while some of it was sold, to be dried and eaten
at leisure. The Ju-Ju men always keep human
been a scboolmistress in ia JAS time, has been
banished from Opobo, it being believedSei : -
she was the instigator Of most Of the TouPIe
that has occurred.
"A lady living in the country near jack
Go r,la io-k, 30
fruit" One day last week. while doing some
cooking. she found that it was necessary for
her to have two more eggs. She has for some
time past been in the habit OF saving copper
cents as they came into her possession. Her
husband recently gave her two 5-dollar gold
pieces with the remark: place these coppers
In your bank" and she, not noticing the money,
did as requested. So she went to the bank to
get two copper cents to pay for the eggs. and as
misfortune had it the 5dollar gold pieces came
out first and without inspection were given in
payment for the eggs. and the error was not
noticed until the husband inquired of her what
she did with the sl0he gave her. After search
ing the bank inside out it was found that she
had paid SO for two eggs. and run chances on
their being overripe to bootI
1t is isclaimed that the recently completed
San Diego hume is the most stupendous ever
constructed in the world, beng only little
short of So miles long. An idea of the gigantic
character of the work may be obtained from
the fact that the amount of lumber consumed
was more than 100000 feet. or, allowing the
very considerable yield of 1000 feet to each
tree, not less than 1900 trees were required. In
the course Of the fiume there are some 3l5 tres
ties, the longest Of these being LOO feet in
length IS feet high, and containing oue-quarter
of million feet of lumber. Another trestle is
of the same height. and 200 feet long. the
main timbers used in both of these being lOxl0
and SIS, being put together on the ground and
raised to their position by horse power. The
number Of tunnels in the course of the hume
is eight, the longest Of which Is 2100 feet, the
tunnels being in size 6x6 feet, with convex
shaped roofing; each mile Of the hume re-
auiFed an average of one-fourth of a million
feet of lumber for its construction, and the red
wood used entirely in the box is two inches ID
thickness throughout.