Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-30
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

John Tarr, a Westmoreland county
farmer recently found himself the possessor Of
a six legged colt, the extra legs extending from
| the front knees.
| Fort Myers, Fla, has a pineapple
weighing 6h pounds. and another Flori1a man
| plucked a lettuce head which weighed N
pounds. and measured 16 inches across.
| The Hum boldt river and its tributaries
at w ellis, New. are gorged with carcasses OF
cattle that per1shed last winter, and the stencil
is unbearable. Many railroad employees have
been made sick by 1t.
"A truck farmer at Interlachen, Fla,
shipped one box of beans to Cincinnati and the
box was sold for 81 So The freight was 81 Is
| and the commissions Is cents, leaving balance
| In favor OF the grower OF 10 cents.
George Wygles, a careless farmer of
| Orangeville, was spraying his orchard with a
tots drank out of the can when thirsty, and one
is dead. The other two are very low.
Jacques Pirou, a drum major in the
army of the first Napoleon, died last week in
the French town of La Suze at the age of IOl.
He mingled in nearly all the battles of the
great Emperor, and was wounded 80 times.
"A. P. Gordon Cumming has discovered
a new specles of violet on his place near Skyes-
vile, Md. 1t is single violet, and the flower
leaves are soft white. striped or mottled with
light and dark purple. They are very fra
grant.
1t has been decided by the Supreme
Court thar the children must support the
father and mother. The case was started In
Clinton county by an INDECENT old man who
had lot of boys; but most boys would be will
ing to do it without any decision
"A new disinfectant has made its ap-
pearance under the name of thiocamph. 1t is
combination of camphor with sulphurous
acid, containing over go times its volume of
sulphurous acid gas. which, upon its exposure
In warm room, is gradually evolved.
The Canadian Indians hang their dead
in large trees. The Siwash tribe had 300 an
cestors hung up. Hunters set the forest on
fire. and the bodies dried by years of exposure
burned like tar barrels. Among the Indians
there is uncomfortable grief, and they threaten
vengeance.
Saginaw, Mich, has a family which
lives in shed II by 16 feet in area. The family
horses, two COWS, two goats, SIX dogs, flock Of
pigeons and six cages of singing birds. A bale
of hay separates the so-called brute portion OF
the family from the rest
"A new use has been discovered for
electric light globes in Boston. The spring
birds have found that they make excellent
places in which to build their nests sheltered
and many a lively and lovely courtship may be
seen almost any day by glancing at the top Of
the tall poles.
Charles Graham was born in 1919 in
New Vineyard, Kennebec county. Mass. The
next year New Vineyard became Industry
Somerset county, Me. Later Industry became
part OF another town in another county and
Mr.. Graham, who is now n, and has never
moved from the spot where he was born, is a
resident of Pennington, Franklin county, Me.
"A hatless and costless stranger rushed
into Tacoma store and asked if they could
cash $40 check for man who has an office in
the same building upstairs. Being told that
they could, the stranger rushed upstairs and In
moment came down again with the check,
which was then cashed. When it was sent to
the bank the next day the forgery was discoY-
cred. The swindler escaped.
George T. Nicholson, General Passeu-
ger Agent of the Santa Fe Railroad, is very
youthful in appearance. and recently while
riding over the line in Kansas when the con-
ductor took up his pass he looked at Mr.. Mich
olson very skeptically and at the next stop he
got of and sent the following telegram to
headquarters: Young Nicholson is riding on
it?"
Of the original edition of the sonnets
of Shakespeare. published by George Daniel,
of London, in 1909, there are but two perfect
copies known. One of these is in the British
Museum; for the other s., 900 was paid but
short time ago. As the book is very small.
only 7x4 inches, and weighing less than ten
ounces, it was figured that at that rate each
ounce of the precious volume brought $780, or
many times its own weight in gold.
Near Thomson an adventurer was
hanged, in a hollow at the forks Of three roads
during the war. The hanging was by amob Of
outraged citizens. Residents in McDufis
county, Ga, say that place is haunted now, and
il nff
riding rapidly out of the haunted hollow. A
negro can't be induced to pass the place alone,
even in day time, and though most OF the
white people boot at the idea OF its being
haunted, they manage to give it wide berth
night and day.
George E. Taylor, of Newaygo, Mich,
has lust secured a pension of $50 per month
through the efforts of Congressman Cutcheon.
Taylor had a hard time during the battle of the
wilderness. He was in his tent during the
morning when the Confederate cavalry sur
prsed the Union troops. During the excite
ment Taylor lost his hat, and all that day he
fought under the fiery rays of midsummer's
sun without the protection of q cap. Il
affected his sight and blindness gradually came
on, until now his eyes are entirely sightless.
w. W. Hopkins. of Usage City. Kan,
says he has been in nine States this spring. and
the greatest curiosity he has seen in all his
rounds was skunkery at Homer, Mich. A
man by the name of Abe Vreeland Is raising
skunks on a large scale. They are Just breed
ing and he will this season increase the stock
nearly 5000 Choice animals for pets bring
about $40 each, and the hides bring from 30 to
80 cents each. They are tame, easily controlled,
make no offensive smell and it is proving quite
a profitable business.
A remarkable result Of the unreliable
ness of circumstantial evidence is reported
from Chengkiatuan, China. While thief
was engaged in robbing house during the abb
sence of the family. the watchman, hearing
noise entered, but failing to discover the in
truder proceede TO enjoy his pipe. He fell
asleep and set fir to the building. The fright
ened thief was caught by the villagers as he
essayed to escape, and. as many houses were
by the devouring flames, they pro-
3eeded to lynch him as an incendiary caught in
he act He was bound hand and foot. satur-
ated with oil, hurled into the burning mass and
;peedily cremated, victim to the blind fury Of
! Mongolian mob.