Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-07

JOHN CAwLEY, of Greencastle, Ind,
has terrapin in his aquarium which he
acquired in novel manner. On break
ing open block of ice foot thick the
terrapin was found snugly imbedded in
the centre of it. His back was covered
with thick growth of moss, and lie was
apparently lifeless, but revived on being
thawed out by the water The ice was
shipped recently from Chicago, and is
supposed to have come from one of the
lakes in Wisconsin. The terrapin
measures four inches across the back, and
is as lively as a cricket.
THE low language of parrot in Kan
sas City led to the arrest of the bird and its
owner. The parrot belongs to barber,
and it singled out, as an especial object
for its abuse, Col. w. J. Nelson, whose
Office is across the street. For several
days, as the journalist entered or left his
Office, he heard from the bird expressions
! like these: 'sLook at old paste-potl"
"Soak his headl" sect your hair cutp
When the bird was brought into court
it amused the spectators by screeching,
"Johnny, get your gunw
A REMUNERATIvE business is done by
little steamer which frequently leaves
Victoria, British Columbia, always at
night, with several Chinese passengers
on sometimes five, occasionally
as many as twenty. There are secretly
landed on United States soil, and the
owners of the steamer charge from $50
| to $50 per head for this service. The
artful Chinese thus evade our laws, and
come here in almost as large numbers as
before we passed laws to exclude them as
emigrants.
A WATERvLLE (Me.) feline has great
fondness for the flesh of birds, and in
order to make her quest for the same
successful employs a strategem. Evil
IDENTIFY understanding the birds fondness
for angle worms, she collects anumber of
the same and buries them in the ground.
She then takes her place in convenient
place of ambush, and when the birds
alight to secure their coveted morsel she
springs from her concealment and pounces
upon them. Many bird thus falls prey
to pussy's shrewdness.
A MYSTERY of New York is ''Nor-
wegian, thorough cook and house.
keeper, with the best of references as to
character and ability, now out of employ
ment, " who has been advertising for a
situation for nearly a year. Sometimes
she receives as many as one hundred let
tiers a day Several decoy letters have
been sent to her by newspaper men de-
sirous of penetrating the mystery, but
they have been unsuccessful.
JUST as John Burns, the deputy jailer
AchlaVH We hoH aranaH fho iafl
doors to take out a squad of prisoners, he
dropped dead in a chair. The prisoners,
some of whom were held for serious
ofIenses, thought Burns was merely rest
ing, and made no effort to escape,
although they might easily have got
away. Half an hour later, when the
jailer appeared, the dead deputy seemed
still to be on guard.
A FARMLAND on the farm of Alex.
Sturm, residing two miles south of Hunt
ington, Ind, while moving in a low
meadow, saw large snake coil itself and
prepare to strike, when the machine cut
it into three pieces. The snake was
measured and found to be six feet and
five inches, having a shell-like covering
over each eye, and gray and yellow spots |
along its back 1t is not known to what /
species it belongs.
A MATCHMAKER in Newcastle, England, |
recently completed a set of three gold I
shirt studs, in one Of which is watch |
that keeps excellent time the dial being +
only three-sixteenths of an inch in /
diameter. The three studs are connected |
by a strip of silver inside the shirt bosom, |
and the watch contained in the middle /
one is wound up by turning the stud
above. The hands are set by turning the
one below.
THE largest single log of poplar ever
cut in West Virginia was cut few days
ago in Logan. 1t measured 90 feet in
length, SO inches in diameter, 1000 cubic
feet and 81, 1876 feet board measure. This
log alone is large enough to build good
sized frame house. 1t will be run out for
a Cincinnati market on the first water of
sufficient height in the Guyan River.
JOHN BIGGs, the mail carrier on the
Campbell, n c., route, delivers his mail
to the offices on foot, walking twenty
four miles one day and thirty-one miles
next day. During a year he steps over
s, 454 miles, and at this rate would cover
the circuit of the globe in three years, ex-
elusive of Sundays.
a SWARM Of butterflies on the noun
tain range near Plainville, CAL, settled
about the springs and moist plains SO
thickly that teamsters report that at times
it is impossible for them to see their
leaders, and that horses are often scared
by the sudden rise of large masses of
them.
AT Dion, France, a convict under
sentence of twenty years penal servitude
was permitted to leave his prison and
marry his sweetheart. He returned to
prison after the ceremony, and in two
years time his wife will be able to join
him in New Caledonia.
Elevator Sickness.