Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-07-03

th AZ. sanoe extent as her hands, and other
nortions of her body were being similarly
effected. Eighteen physicians OF Mis-
eouri and Iowa, Mrs. Watson said, pro-
nounced it the most remarkable thing
thew had ever witnessed.
FARMING operations in the vicinity OF
Epypt. Miss, are greatly retarded by the
crawfish. which burrow in the fields ana
keen the surface broken and wet. Ihey
bore under the ground to the depth OF
two or three feet, so that the hogs cannot
oct them. else they would not live TO 40
anv DAMAGE. At the bottom OF their
holes they have a capacious nesting place,
where hundreds of them nest together'
and whence they boret o the surface IN
every direction. So great pest nave
thew become. that planter in the VI
cinitv conceived the idea of enlistlng me
colored people to exterminate them ne
offered ten cents a hundred. me coioreu
people took lanterns and hunted the cra"-
fish Mt night when they would pe prom
enadino around the mouths OF their
holes. The planter paid $50 for TWO
NIGHTS catch and abandoned the plan.
He thinks of establishing colony OF
raccoons on his place. kaccoons eat
/ crawfsh.
! LOUIS WARREN placed bag-n IN the
Kinchafoonee swamp, near Preston.
Georgia. The following morning
when he attempted to draw the net ne
was astounded at its great weight. ne
thought that he had captured all the nsh
that had ever swum in the waters
of the creek When, after numer-
Gus strenuous endeavors, he succeeded IN
drawing the net, he was surprised at the
sight which met his eyes. Within lay
two dead monsters-an alligator and a
turtle. The alligator was nine feet IN
length. while the turtle was OF the log
gerhead variety, and a subsequent weigh
ing showed it TO be eighty-iive pounds IN
weight. The back of the alligator was
broken in two places, while one OF the
feet was almost severed from the body.
The she'll Of the turtle was crushed in.
The teeth Of the alligator were knocked
out and distributed among those present.
SOME time ago party of gentlemen,
near Social Circle, Ca, went out fox
hunting. and on entering piece of woods
thew spied fox making across the woods
at break neck speed. The dogs gave II
, about two hours chase, when the FOX re-
turned to a large log lying in the woods
aud was seen to 90 right on, making the
chase three different times. One OF the
party decided to station himself at the
log in order to determine what the peou-
liar actions of the fox meant. Shortly
after he had taken his stand he saw tho
fox coming The fox leaped into tht
large end OF the log. just as he jumped
into the log another fox was seen to come
out the other end. And on examination
! the log was found to be entirely full oil
! foxes. sixteen in number. And when one
I would Jump in at one end he would puncl
! out another, and thus force him to MAKE
the race.
| A QUEER case is reported from vii
lialnsburg. Pa A former merchant has
c Just died there who made great deal o
: money during the war selling goods a
! ''war prices He became so attached
D to war prices that when the war was owe
l and the dove built her nest in the can
: mons mouth he could not bring himsel
8 around to the point Of reducing hi
I prices, but stubbornly kept them up t
the old notch. Rather than sell good
= cheaper he locked up his store, and nov
/ at his death it has been opened and IN
i goods are found to be covered with greel
: mould, dust and cobwebs.
I VICTOR BouLET, poor workman q
!. Keenville, n. Y, has made lucky find
/ The path from his house to the gate ha'
: worn down so that some stones In 1t be
/. came troublesome One morning he tool
h crowbar and began prying them up
i. He found that they were cobblestone
/ that had been driven into the ground
: forming a circle. Beneath them was
s large fiat stone His curiosity was eS
!. cited. and he pried up the latter, whe
d he discovered beneath it brass kettl
II full of money, but whether gold or silve
e is not stated
:, GALVESTON (Texas) doctors have
.. patient on exhibition, a colored man, VIII
IS is afflicted with filaria. In other word:
a there was a little animal in his bloc
d usually found in the blood of dogs. Tn
C blood was placed under the microscop,
IN where the little animals could be plainl
is seen. They were about $50 of an inc
1t long and 10000 of an inch thick an
e transparent. They are said to be trans
IS planted from dogs to men through mos
a. quito bites and even flea bites.
SOFIA PRyGUNKovA, woman age
|, 1876. has lust died in Samara, Russi'
q She was in good health and vigor up
!" her latest day. One of her memories W;
\ of waiting on Napoleon !. when /
le passed through Smolensk during ii
+ invasion of Russia. She served him
i dinner with meat cooked in tn
= French STYLE and he gave her gol
4 !, piece, which she kept until her dyin
= day.
h, JOHN NJ LOCKWOOD, of Sturgis, Mich
~ has rare specimen of freak of natur
81 1t is a little lamb that walks on its fror
y feet only, its hind feet not touching ii
y ground. 1t is quite lively little ANNA
Il and follows the rest of the flock all ov'
in the field. 1t is quite curiosity, an
~ presents an amusing appearance as
1o stands or runs around the lot balancin