Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-02
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

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seized horses tail and dislocated it.
-Cyquet co. has an ell well that has
periodic fits of flowing at intervals Of about
three months. What is particularly strange
ABOUT its workings is the fact that it performs
ts. .ss Ieaks always on Sunday. and never misses
sne nour II A NJ. to begin.
The average number Of fires in New
York Is 2,Soo year, or about seven day. OF
.nese one-naI are due to heating apparatus,
| chimneys, stoves and boilers. and the other
nall are due TO electric lights gas matches
ana tne use OF Kerosene. The number Of
| incendiart fires in a wear A., Nau Y,,r1. A
about 90.
The work of harvesting the rattIesnake
crop Oh the season In the Shawangunk Mount
aims still goes bravely on A day or two slncs
Manly Lindsey. Of Wurtsboro, n. Y. came
upon den Of rattlers in the mountains near
that place He killed S8 OF them, old and young.
the largest being vicious old settler measar.
ing over four feet in length.
Belfast, Me-, has q wonderful ghost.
1t is described as tall man with waterproof
cloak and a white mask. having the faculty Of
peepihg into second and third-story windows
and when discovered jumping over all OBJ
seacieS and disappearing. This spo0k has
made himself SO offensive that certain Belfas
ci1lzens "a think Of trying to find out whether he
Is bullet proof Belfast may hear some loud
squealing.
Last week A. H. KonkIe, Of Newton.
was out with a party surveying the line over
tne snawangunk Mountains, between Sussex
and Warren counties, New Jersey. In the
course OF his work he stepped upon q large nat
s.one, ana was startled By hearing noisy buz-
1lng ana rafting at his feet and by the erner-
gence from under the stone Of Several bic ana
angry rattlers- Others Of the party came 70
MS a,d, and among them they killed II Of the
reptile tenants Of the den ranging from one ~
three and one-half feet in length.
"A ahurv Trrra-
on Stone Mountain, Ga, brought into town
Sunday a huge rattlesnake that he had iuss
killed. His snakeshlp measured five feet iono
and eight inches around its body. It carrien Is
rattles and button, making him so Ashurv
says, IL years old Asbury says he has made
arrangements with an sTndian DOCTOR IN Az
lanta to take all the rattlers he could get Ha
says be is going to take him to the sdoctorS
and expects to realize IS OF SO ous Of his Sun-
days work.
For month past the people in the
eastern part Of Mclean county, III, have been
terrorized by strange wild animal which they
thought to be panther. The animal killed
large number of calves, pigs and sheep. and
would attack larger animals. Il was Of 4 fsro-
cious nature. and the farmers were greatly
alarmed at its presence Thoy organized hunt
Ing parties, and after several chases Succeeded
IN IN killing It. Its skin was presented to. the
wesleyan University Museum, and the animal
proves to have been Canadian lynx. II was
Of a dark brown color and weighed about 100
pounds.
The only jack rabbit farm in the
country, 30 far as known, is situated on hat
alkali section near a town in Central Kansas.
1t and Its Jack rabbits are the property of a
coursing association which viii not sell a
rabbit to anyone else, and which depends on
rs farm Tor the supply Of hares taken to other
cities IN park coursing events. A year ago the
projectors OF this novel farm had only about
30 Jack rabbits. which had for the most part
been purchased when young from farmer boys
who had found them To-day, owing to ac-
cretions from similar sources. and to the verv
rapid multiplication Of the species, there are
between 200 and 300 full-groWn lacks on the
farm. and the Question Of supply may be fairly
said to be settled
"A marvellous but well authenticated
snake story comes from the old town Of Gull.
ford, Chenango county. New York. Mrs. Enos
Barrett, wife of well-known farmer, was as
home the other day alone and at work in the
kitchen Suddenly she heard the front door Of
the house open with click. On Investigation
she found big black snake Of the vicious
white-throated species making tour OF the
hall and parlor. Mrs. Barrett pluckily tackled
the snake with broom, but soon found that
she had undertaken too risky task and she
sailed out for help. The reptile was killed
after making desperate fight for life and was
length. 1t had opened the door and obtained
entrance to the house by the neat burglar trick
Of coiling around and turning the knob of the
door lock.
The bass viol Is the most expensive Of
all musical instruments to its owner. It's first
cost is not the greatest expense. It is so large
and awkward to carry around that it Is con-
tinually getting injured by accidents which
would not happen to smaller instruments.
Somebody may kick a hole in it by dancing
against 1t in room, or it may be knocked
against something while carrying it around.
It is most frequently injured on street cars
while the musician is carrying it to the place
where be has to play. After man has had an
instrument for long time he comes to look
has cost him, and in this way bass viOl some
times is valued at 81. 900 OF so by its owner A
musician who sued railroad company for
5000 for yiol lost in an accident actually got
$780,
Florida has some wonderful wells.
Henry Turner lost calf and supposing it had
fallen into well. ]. 8. NJ. Hodge, of Jones'
vile, consented to 60 down. Descending about
40 feet he discovered a cave. Listening, he
heard at a distance the tinkle Of be1l that
was tied to the calPs neck Calling to the top
for assistance he got his brother to go down
with a lantern. They started to crawl through
the crevice and proceeded about 100 yards
when bn6y Cdue bO large cavern. DcIOro
them was body Of water into which the calf
had fallen. They managed to throw a rope
around It and pull it out. These natural wells
are among the wonders unexplained. It is be-
lieved by many that in ages past the ground
sunk in, leaving these round holes in the solid
rock. Mr.. Hodge uses the water from one OF
these wells for drinking. It is so feet deep,
and the water Is cold, clear and pure.
Orlando Brown, Of Waterford, Conn,
had been moving roadside weeds. and athirst
he went to drink at a wayside well. The well
was dank and dark and slippery, and overgrown
with tares, and as Orlando stopped to let his
bucket down a stupid adder thrust its head
from a crevice in the stone curbing and hissed
ut him. He stepped aside to seize club his
feet few from beneath him and he slid down
the shaft, taking the adder along with him.
The water closed over him with Kissing bubbles
and plaintive plunk. Orlando wasn't gone
long. He came up spluttering and wrathful.
and the sight of the adder, which had betrayed
him into the well gliding across the water into
the wall, did not aid to appease his anger. He
made grasp for the serpent, but be didn't get
1im. and thoughtfully he climbed out Of the
well. He was so ireful that he went away
without drinking.
AUTUMN MUSINGS.