Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-02-20

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brought with him handful of crumbs
chickens like, and little by little his pet
acquired the habit of following him about
the place.
In a grove near the house there was a
bench. When the young man reached
this bench he invariably seated himself,
and the fowl, jumping up 10y his side,
picked the food from his hand and was
petted by being stroked ON the head and
back.
This had gone on for quite a long time
when the young man left home TO 80 to
college. For the first day or two the
chicken seemed not to be inconsolablc
over the loss of his friend, but took his
food with the rest.
After a few days, however, the fowl
seemed to become aware that his friend
was not coming back, and it was seized
all at once with an unconqucrablc melan-
choly. 1t fingered morning after morn
ing under the windows of the house as if
waiting for its master to come out Fin
ally it betook itself to the bench where
its master had been accustomed to feed
it, and there 1t remained, its head under
its wing, almost motionless, day and
night. 1t was useless to try to tempt 1t
with food; the chicken refused to look
up when the most tempting handfuls Of
grain or dough were thrown down before
it. Its eyelids were closed, and its inten-
tion to die of hunger was so evident that
it was deemed merciful to kill it.
M. c., AGED seventeen, plump,
healthy-loolSing country girl, in service
in a minister's family, was brought to me
by her mistress about the end of March
last, complaining of severe pricking pains
on the dorsal surface of the left hand,
says writer in the London Lancet. Her
mistress informed me that the girl was
not at all fond of work, and that she bad
d deal of trouble to get her to do it; that
since the hand had been bad she would
do nothing but sit down and cry. On
examination Of the hand found it puffy
and inhamed, and on asking if she felt
the pricking sensation at any particular
point was referred to spot in the centre
of the hand. On touching this with my
finger | distinctly felt something sharp
and pointed. used pair of dressing
forceps and extracted full-sized sewing
needle, which had been pushed obliquely
into the flesh until the whole of it was
out of sight. She could give no account
of how it got there. Three evenings
afterward she was again brought in, and
from the same place and in the same man
ner / extracted another needle. About a
week after she came again, and this time
l withdrew pin (Which had been pushed
In until the head was covereD from the
same place. A few days after she came
again, with her hand (of course previous
ly infamed from her treatment of it) very
mdematous and of bright blue color,
which l found she had produced by Il
liberal use of the blue bag and vinegar.
I felt SO disguised withher that I advised
her mistress to get rid of her at once,
which was done, and the girl returned to
the country. 1t seems hardly credible
that person of her age could be so cum
ming and would inflict SO much pain upon
herself to avoid work.
AT Batesvillc, Ark, a recent shooting
ARRAY brought into notice woman known
as "Sorrel Sue" She always appeared
in public riding sorrel horse. 1t was
believed she belonged to gang who
stole horses. A surgeon, who was sum
moned to attend one of her admirers who
had been wounded in the row, mistook
his way and wandered to Sues cabin.
Before he could be hustled out he saw
certain things which aroused his suspic-
ions. These he reported to Sheriff Sim
coe, who, with a posse, managed to sur
round the den of the horse thieves, cap
turing Sue and two of her gang. HI
found that Sue applied the means Of
bleaching her own hair to that of the
horses. When the posse entered they
found horse cnvcloped in a jacket made
out of rubber coats, being treated to {
sulphur vapor bath. The appliances were
very ingenious, and worked very well
A black or bay horse would be stolen an6
run into the blcachcry. After its colo
was changed and its tail and name trim
med, the disguise became so pronounced
that without any great risk the ANNA
could be taken in daylight through thu
very district from which it had beer
stolen. 1t was Sues business to not only
superintend the bleaching, but also t.
ride the animal out of the country.
ONE day recently, nurse in Budapesth
Hungary, took her charge baby two
years old-for an airing. Being absen
an unusually long time, search was made
and the girl found, her clothing being
wet and soilcd She explained tina
while walking with the child she fcl
| that petty theft she had committed
would soon be discovered, and rathcl
than be punished for such little thing
she thought she had better do something
that might keep her in prison all her life
She had been very happy in prison whcr
| there before, she said, and hoped to spcnc
the rest Of her days there if she threw he
masters child into the river. She bought
the child some cake and made her laugh
by holding her over the water on the banl
of which she stood. Then suddenly sht
dropped the baby, and the current caugh
her and carried her of. Before the chile
had floated many yards, she saw her sink
THE servant did not show the least re
pentance, but carefully inquired whether
she was really to be locked up for life
| The mother hoped that the girl had lost
| the child, and that her declarations were
untrue; but the river side was searched
with torches and the body Of the little
one found.
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