Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

1t only requires "a hours to convert
corn into sausage at Wichita
Around Rangely lakes, in Maine,
sleighing is stin being enjoyed.
The cattle in the vicinity of Westphalia
Kan, are "dying of brain fever"
"A Chicago woman has published a story
of which the scene Is laid IN heaven.
Several members of the faculty NJ
Dartmouth College voted against prohibition
the other day, while two-thirds Of the bows
voted for it.
"A Burlington, Iowa, man who had been
reporter, editor, sheriff and chief of police by
turns, was bcnkoed out OF q 900 the other day
By very shallow device.
Nine persons were carried distance Of
LOCO yards, and four Of them killed outright.
oy an avalanche near ST. Michel, Savoy, week
ago, and on the same day another avalanche
destroyed the village of NfYoIet in the same
neighborhood.
An Indiana citizen, though he made
his living from the sale of drugs, always refused
medical advice, and even in his last sickness
would not consent to see a doctor. Friends
nnaliy though insisted on calling in physi.
clan, who found the sufferer pulseless and
dying
AN Englishman has produced piece of
horses cannon, artillery, infantry and band
Of 81 men, each with an instrument. A tiny
windmill turned by the current from burning
candles furnishes the power to move all the fg-
ures automatically.
John Smith, of Falls township, Ohio,
who lately purchased monument and coffin
for himself, last week made further prepara-
ton for his burial by buying grave and paying
DOa9tg that 10 has in htan i'm
receipts for all his funeral expenses"
Two Congregational churches in Maine
have pastor between them. Both desired his
services at the same hour, but as that was i'm
possible the matter was compromised by
having the pastors wife officiate at one Of the
churches. And the church at which she Of.
fciates thinks it has the best of the bargain.
AN old lady who lives IN Whitechapel,
London, spends weekly shilling as follows:
Her rental is paid for her, and her weekly al
lowance consists of relief tickets for Il cwt Of
coal, one Alb loaf, OF of tea, n lb sugar, and
Is, which is spent as follows: Clothing card,
I'd: oil and wood, l; meat, Sd; soap, Id; butter,
213d; vegetables, I'D: apples (for dumpl1ng1,
I'D; -four, I'D. Total, Is. The meat" means
either bones or the trimmings Of fish and meat
from an eating house. She and another old
woman put BY one lump coal each week, and
this lasts them through the summer months,
when the coal tickets are not given out.
w. P. Hardy, one of the oldest citizens
of Jasper county, Ca, says that about the year
lS47 he had his horse shod in Covington, all
round, for rs cents. He then drove him to
Texas, had the shoes removed, remained .
year OF two, and when he concluded 70 come
back to Georgia he had the same shoes put
back, and when he arrived in Georgia his horse
had on two Of the shoes, having lost two on
the way. On the same trip the axletree Of II.
NJ. Martins wagon broke in the Mississippi
swamp. They cut down a green pine sapling,
While there he % and returned med to Georgia and % used
it for regular hauling for several years after
ward.
"A curious cause of death was recently
recorded in India. A native who was fishing
in stream caught fat, eel-like fish, about 15
to 10 inches in length. Being desirous of kill
ing 1t, he put it into his mouth in order TO bite
off its head. The fish. however, scarcely ap-
preciating this clumsy attempt at decapitation,
essayed to make other arrange
ments, in which 1t was partially successful
Gifted with sliminess, which made 1t very
fingers into his mouth, and conveyed itself
partly down his gullet. The situation now was
bad for the fish, but still worse for the man,
for, owing TO the sharp fms on the back of the
fish, it was not possible to withdraw it. The
man died in great agony within an hour.
"A man named Joseph Kline once lived
in the northern part of Franklin county,
Georgia, who had the misfortune to be ridden
by witches almost every night. They would
whisk him out Of the house, change him to a
large black horse, put q saddle on his back and
ride him many miles to attend diabolical
origfe and return before dawn. One morning
he arose weary and exhausted from long
nights tramp and informed his family that the
witches had given him hard ride during the
sn-I.% hat rfv1 hal Rnr-
ton old fields he struck his forefoot against
bell. Several Of his neighbors repaired to the
spot at once and found the bell. 1t had been
displaced by horses forefoot only few
through the old field upon the very route
Kline said he had travelled. The witch doctors
and the necromancers made many unsuccess-
full efforts to break the charm that bound the
unfortunate man to his destiny. They shot
hair balls and silver bullets at the drawing Of
the witch, but she was so agile that she always
passed in front Of the picture before the ball
reached it and escaped harm.
Ten and half miles north of Carnes-
7ille Ca, Is spot called the Indian ring. It is
/ circle of raised earth with a depression in the
,enter like many others in this section Of the
State. This ring was once the trysting place Of
ghosts and goblins Horsemen were frequently
arrested in their journey by hugh barrel
which rolled into the road before them, and
which it was impossible to pass without leap
ng over it. At other times fearful animal
with protruding tongue, fiery eyes, a tail 30 feet
ong and voice which struck terror to the
heart OF man and beast would leap upon the
horse behind the terrified rider and bear him
company several hundred yards. A headless
nan, mounted on large claybank horse, was
)ften seen in daytime riding through the woods
Ind passing out of sight over the brow Of the
lill. Elmsly Wolf, in passing on foot one
night, was confronted by a man of gigantic
Iize who emitted light. He had an immense
dressed In a strange white robe. His limbs
we're loaded with chains that clinked as he
,trode back and forth across the ring. Mr..
w off fed in terror to the nearest house, and
ELL faintlng at the door. and was not fully re-