The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

in a cemetery near Detroit are the
rraves of three husbands of the same
woman-all in a row.
One hundred and twenty walnut
trees standing in the forest near Del
phi Ind, were sold lately for SO, 000
"A prisoner in the Albany reniten-
tiary, whose term was about to expire,
asked permission to remain for year
and care for the flower beds.
Some people get into the habit OF
running in debt. They have actually
got the habit and never feel so happy
as when they are owing somebody
Western Rural,
Photographers have ways of commu-
nicating to each other unknown to COM
mon folk. Said one of them: IF / am
sitting next to an associate in an audi
ence room, | never speak. | simply tap
out my message on the hand of my
friend"
An employe at the Baltimore &
Ohio freight Office in Tiffin, has a water
spaniel which acts as messenger be-
tween the division freight office and the
depot, often carrying important mes
sages. The dog is frequently seen trot-
ting along on an errand of this kind,
looking as proud as a small boy with his
first p ir of boots.
In 1871 a man living at Porterville,
Cal, set slip of ivy at one end of his
store. To-day it covers the whole build
ing and mas climbed upon large oak
tree. The first occupants were a pair
of mountain linnets, who were not dis
turbed, and their descendants still breed
there in immense numbers. They sing
as well as the German canaries
The North Pole may at length be
reached, all on account of a pair of
trousers-oil skin Ones-which were on
board the Inflated Jeanette. The gar
ment is said to have been found on the
coast of Greenland, showing that on
their journey from the Pacific to the
Atlantic, the breaches must have passed
the pole, carried that way by current
"A Knoxville (Tenn.) barber shaved
a man recently who resides in the Smoky
Mountains, and whose beard had been
growing since the battle of Chicamauga.
The man, whose name is Harmer, was
in the Confederate army, and shaved
the day before the battle, and had not
shaved since. He said he had got tired
of wearing SO much hair and wanted it
removed.
Asparagus on Toast: Wash and cut
the tender stalks into pieces two inches
long; put in just enough boiling salt
water to cover. When tender, add a CUP
of new milk, a tablespoonful of butter.
teaspoonful of sugar, and pinch of
white pepper. Let boil up once Have
slices OF buttered toast in a deep dish
sauce-plates.
The owners of a frog farm near
Menasha, Wis, gives some interesting
facts relative to the frogs habits In
ninety-one days the eggs hatch The
thirty-ninth day the lit lie animals begin
to have motion. In few days they as
sumo the tadpole form. When ninety
two days old, two small feet are seen be-
ginning to sprout near the tail, and the
head appears to be separate from the
body. In five days after this they re-
fuse all vegetable food Soon thereafter
the animal assumes perfect form.
"A fog signal prematurely exploded
recently at the famous Bell Rock light-
house, off the east coast of Scotland
The dome was shattered by the explo-
sion, and the light was extinguished for
the first time since the lighthouse was
built in 1911. After the explosion a
passing steamer had narrow escape
from being wrecked on the reef. owing
to the absence Of the light. She was
warned just in time by fog signals and
disaster was averted.
"A case came up in st. Paul court
the other day in which a big colored
woman was a witness. She testified
that she had whipped her little boy very
severely, and as she went on with the
story of the exceedingly stiff beating
she had administered, the Judges clear
brow grew a little darker, and he in
terrupted her to ark if it had been
necessary tochastise the boy so severely
The colored lady looked astonished at
the question. Gazing intently at the
Court, she inquired: "Jedge, was you
cher de father of wuthless mulatte,
boy?'' mo, no, said the Judge, hastily
Then, ledge, you don't know muffin
about de case. "-Minneapolis Journal.