Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

"A twenty-five pound carp was caught at
Dickenson's Ferry. in San Joaquin county last
Thursday 1t was said to be years old.
Thick deposits of ice are found in the
Stevens mine on Mount Mcclellan, California.
Biologists say that the ice is so,OOO years old.
Oscar Wilde reads in bed for several
hours daily. He reads himself to sleep, and
reaches for his book on awaking. He is very
rapid reader.
-Lsnsing's chewing gum factory is BOOM
ing to such an extent that removal to another
city may be Necessary in order 10 secure sufi-
clent factory room.
The question of allowing chickens to
run at large is the issue in the municipal elec-
tion at Norwich, Kan, and there are already
two tickets in the field.
After 40 years of Mormon rule all the
city of Salt Lake has to show is some sets Of
books that the most expert bookkeeper in the
universe cannot balance.
When Jesse D. Carr went to South Caro-
lima last year he imported 200 head Of fine Dur
hams and put them on his Modoc county
ranch. This winter has proved fatal TO every
one.
"A Simon-pure Jaeksonian Democrat,
Aaron Burnham, of Essex, Mass, who voted
Tor Old Hickory" in 1924 and again in 1928
celebrated his 93d birthday anniversary last
week.
"A one-legged negro in Egbert county,
Ga, has produced the first bale of cotton eyery
season in that county for several years He il
properous and IS accumularing handsome in
dependence.
. Millions of youthful brook trout aud
other fish are being planted in Michigan waters
now. The Fish Commits sion is IN the midst Of
its sowing. that the rest of us may reap at some
time in the future.
"A huge squash that had been exhibited
in an Auburn, Me-, store window for several
months, being cut open, it was found that the
seeds had commenced to sprout, and there were
a number of well-formed leaves,
"A travelling dramatic company per-
formed so execrably in an Indian village in
Michigan that the audience chased them from
the exhibition building. but held on to the
orchestra andspent the evening in dancing.
w. J. Pennington, of Tiffin, o., has a
yearling calf which was born without tail,
and has none up to date. Last summer when
the flies were bad the animal would lie down
and roll around. and not enjoy itself at all.
1t came out in an English court a few
days ago that 100 worn out horses had Just been
shipped from that country to Germany and
Belgium to be used in the manufacture of
sausage. and that such shipments were a regu-
lar thing.
Rev. j. NJ. Deitzler, of Annville, Pa,
pulled from his pocket SO bill recently and
threw 1t in the fire, under the impression that
it was slip of paper containing the numbers of
the hymns he had, that day, announced from
the pulpit
The engineer on the south-bound pas
senger train leaving Kalamazoo Mich, on the
Sth, says that two wild ducks kept abreast Of
81 g.
made. The distance was covered in little less
than six minutes
"A resident of Bemus Point saws he has
kept an ice record for nearly 80 years, and that
the ice was 20 inches thick on Chautauqua
Lake on the 18th of March, 1874 he says that
the lake has not been completely frozen over az
any time this winter.
"A picturesque character who recently
died in Washington county, Ca, was noted for
trading jack-kniyes. On the handle of every
knife he ever owned. he made little private
mark by which he could recognize it if it ever
came into his hands again.
The Anaheim, Ore, Budget started a
society column last week with the following:
''An immense bullfrog has taken up his resi-
dence in the culvert at the corner of Center and
Los Angeles tIeets. and when it rains he makes
music for the neighborhood."
MIR. Davis sorrel horse was in the lot
at the back of Lightsey & Lewis livery stable,
at Fort Meade, Fla, and one of their two
pigeons was flying around. The horse watched
his opportunity, and with deliberate kick
killed the pigeon ION the wing"
"A boat has been invented for the use of
duck hunters, in which the oar is thrust through
the middle and bottom in a contrivance not
unlike a centerboard. The leverage obtained
is enormous, and the inventor claims that a
small boy, through the use of his device, can
beat professional oarsman in a she'll.
The English army and navy is being
outraged by the sight of men in the uniform of
the highest officers psrading about the streets of
London at the head of professions of sand
wich men advertising soap, and 1t is found that
there is no law to prevent anyone from wearing
any uniform except that of a policeman.
Detective John T. Norris, of Spring.
field, o.. is about to submit to q painful sur
gical operation At Gordonsville.. Va, in 1S63
he attempted to take a mule from an aged
colored man, who shot Norris in the left arm.
The shot have gradually worked down to the
palm of his hand, from which they will have to
be cut out.
During a storm which recently ragged in
the canton of NeufchateI, in Switzerland, a
shower of living caterpillars fell on the hill of
Cretes. They were in myriads. and of three
species-some yellow the others black. and
varying IN length Among the c2terpillarS
were many other insects. The source from
which the gale conveyed them is unknown.
This singular announcement appears in
the Fergus County Arous: 'Wanted-In Phil
brook. resident pastor; no questions asked as
TO religious belief; only men Of the finest
ability need apply; to the right man a wealth OF
promises will be guaranteed, and if he survives
The year more promises will be promised. We
,an promise this to be a promising neighbor-
hood"
The shipment of carload of baled
alfalfa from Rocky Ford to New York is q
matter of no small import to Colorado. The
freight is $50, but even at this rate the alfalfa
will cost but sl9 a ton at New York City, as
against SIS to $40 for timothy. The shipment IS
In experiment for the purpose of feeding mich
COWS very little being known practically of the
value of alfalfa as a fodder food for cows.