Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-15
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

| "A Californian raised 80 tons of cabbage
on five acres of land this seassn.
-Chinamen use the skin taken from the
belly of the sturgeon by tanning it into leather
| Tor shoes.
"A Potter county man owns Berkshire
sow who is raising two bear cubs. The owner
believes that the sow stole them, as the mother
OF the cubs day or two previous had deyoured
TWO OF the pigs.
"A mad OK was killed at Daviston, Ca,
last week. He broke through every barrier,
ana was hard to keep up with. The men shot
| MN q tlmes before killing him. He was bitten
| ny mad dog three weeks ago.
Prominent cattlemen of Crook county,
Ore, have recently expressed the opinion that
horniess cattle were better able to endure Sc
| sere cold than those having horns. They base
this opinion upon the experience of the past
| winter.
Judge Thomas 7. Bouldin, of Charlotte
county. Va. owns the plantation on which his
| grandfather and great-grandfather are buried
| and which has been in the family for I46 years.
lie lives in the house in which he was born II
years ago.
There is reported to be a general feed
| famine in Boone and Wyoming counties. w,
va 1t is said that cattle are dying daily. Yokes
oil oxen worth SO TO 500 are being sold for so
/ 20
| price now.
More than 1000 farmers have applied
to the Agricultural Department for seeds of
the sugar beet, of which the department has
| imported several tons This looks as if the
| farmers were going to try the beet sugar ex-
| pertinent on a scale large enough to give it a
thorough test.
Evangelist Fetterhof called at the Reed
City, Mich. Democrat office few nights ago.
| his purpose being to whip the editor. On this
| occasion again the editor was in and when
Evangelist Fetterhoff got through he was
ready to affirm that he had played leading
| part in a Louisville cyclone.
"A curious fact is noticed in connection
with the formation of barnacles on ships bot
TOMS In the majority of cases there is a much
heavier growth of grass and barnacles on one
| side than on the other, and in numerous in
| stances one side will be almost free from ma
rine growths, while the other is as foul as pos
| sible.
"A Wisconsin man bought a pickerel
that weighed Is pounds the other day. The
pickerel had swallowed bass that would
weigh two or three pounds, and when he
dressed the bass he was rewarded by finding
two good sized perch in him that he had swal-
lowed, so he actually bought four fish instead
OF one as he supposed.
The time required for Journey around
the earth by u man walking day and night,
without resting. would be 42S days; an express
train, 40 days; sound, at a medium temperature,
321z hours; cannon ball, 2l54 hours; light, a
little more than one-tenth OF a second; and
electricity, passing over a copper wire, little
less than one-tenth of a second.
"A Biddeford, Me-, man who hustled
about and gathered together large crowd of
fellow citizens and lantern to assist in search
ing the gutter for a SIS gold piece. which he was
under the impression he had lost. was much
cbagrined when the coin was found to be
bright new copper and the gold piece was
found safely stored away in his pocket
The Bridgeport. Conn, Suicide Club,
appears to have about run its race. One by one.
| in accordance with their vows. the members
| have taken their own lives. At the last meet
| ing only the President and Secretary were pres
| eut. Since that the latter has cut his own
throat. 1t is understood that the President
contemplates following his cheerful example
| before the year is out.
Two and half miles from Louisville,
| in a southwesterly direction and in the neigh
borhood of the Louisville almshouse, there is to
be seen a rare object the shape of pure
| white crow. 1t has been in the neighborhood
| for several days and is with a flock of black
| crows. The crow is not subject to varying in
| color, and to vary suddenly from a pure black
| to pure white is remarkable.
Rev. A. n. Somers, of Fort Atkinson,
| Wis, who is a noted archeologist and an ex-
pert on the work of the mound builders has
discovered that the little village of Aztalan
Wis, is built upon the ruins of city which
was once evidently the capital of vast region
held by the mound builders. By recent excava-
tons Mir. Somers finds that four cities have ex-
listed in the same place, one built upon the
ruins of another.
The grounds on which the White House
now stands were once the orchard of David
Burns, an old Scotch farmer, whose cabin still
stands in lonely obscurity few squares back
from the Executive Mansion. 1t is said that
Washington, when engaged in laying out the
city, had many long and bitter quarrel with
Burns before he could persuade the old man to
sell his land even though it would be used in
future for the home of the Presidents.
-Ex-Mayor Daniel f. Beatty, of
Washington, ". J., arrived home on April 9
from a tour around the world. He has visited
Ireland, Scotland, England. Belgium, Ger
many, France and the Paris Exposition SPAIN
Africa, Italy, Sicily Palestine (Holy Lard)
Egypt, Arabia, India, Ceylon. Australia, New
Zealand, Samoa. Sandwich Island and the far
West of the United States including Chinatown
and the Garden of the Gods.
Some residents of North Saco got into
4 discussion the OLner u1y as 10 Wnetner the old
fashioned hammock, made simply of Indian
meal and hot water and baked before an open
fire, was any better than the dishes of TODAY
To settle the question, delegates from several
families met at the parsonage witnessed the
baking of bannOck and tasted the bread after
it was done. The verdict was that the hammock
was success but that there are other successes
in life.
AS two merchants were returning lately
in a carriage to Bartfeld from the Hungarian
Galician frontier they were attacked by pack
of nine wolves the leader of which was shot as
soon as he leaped on one of the carriage horses.
The remaining elght far from being frightened
OF furiously pursued the travellers. who man.
AGED to shoot two more of the bowling animals
Just as the horses began to slacken their pace
through loss of blood and fatigue, five hunters
hove in sight from neigbboring field and
quickly dispatched the rest of the pursuing
pack
-"Old Mig" the American House omni-
bus horse at Addison. died few days ago.
For q years he had made the trips from the
hotel to the Erie railroad depot every day, and
never missed a trip. No one knew exactly how
old he was He was captured in 1862 from a
rebel cavalryman. and was then a magnificent
black horse, probably six years old. The brand
sc. s." was his neck. He was branded
with ~. s." on his shoulder after his capture
On his hip the letter ''H'' had been branded
He served IN both armies, ana was finally sold
his services with the American House bus.
FUNNY MEMS FANCEEs.