The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-28
GEORGIA ODDITIES.

There is a lady on the shady side of forty
living in Athens who admits that she has
never had a proposal of marriage in her
life.
The same Lexington lady who set the COW
on fire not long since had another expert
ence with calf the other day. The animal
became infested with vermin and to rid it
of the plague she had some strong ashes
sprinkled over it. Shortly after this was
done a shower came up, wetting the ashes
and forming I've which took all the hair
off the calls skin and literally tanned the
beast alive.
Gainesville Eagle: We have been shown
by S. T. Whelchel an antiquated 81 bill,
issued by THE United States of North
America" according to resolution of con-
gress of Jan. IA, 1719. 1t is printed on
coarse paper. and the typography and dec
orations of the bill are of the crudest sorts.
1t is the property of an elderly lady of this
county, in whose family it has been pre-
served as relic for great many years.
Hamilton Journal: Uncle Jimmie Cox,
the Oldest and one of the best men in Harris
county, spent Tuesday night at the hotel,
Uncle Jimmie is SO years of age. His health
is good, his appetite good, sleeps like
child, and says he enjoys uninterrupted
health. The physical man is failing through
age, but the spiritual man is renewed day
by day. He says he lives every day as
though it were his last. We should all do
this.
John B. Elder was drawn on the jury of
the Oconee county court He was in Wat
kinsville all day Monday, and whom he re-
turned home Monday night he discovered
that he had lost a five dollar gold piece.
Knowing that he had lost it on the road he
gave up all hope of ever finding his money.
He went back TO Waekinsville on Wednes-
day following and when some distance from
his home happened to think Of the lost gold
piece and CHANGING down in the road found
it where a wagon had almost buried it in the
sand.
CrawfordviIle d emocrdt. Anderson
Little, depot agent at Crawford and who
was reared in Crawfordville, tells US of a
queer incident about cat giving him
kitten. One afternoon when all was quiet
in Uncle Anderson's room in walked
strange cat with a small kitten in its month.
The cat seemed very much interested in the
kitten, but soon left it in Mr.. Little's
charge. He didu't think much OF it, until
his retnrn to the depot next morning, he
found the mother cat lying dead near the
depot Mr. Little is confident that the old
cat willed him the kitten, as she knew her
end was near. He took care of his pet and
made a fine cat of it.
Gainesville Eagle: A strange bird. of the
crane family, was wounded and captured
by Joe M. Bell, near his residence in
this city, one day last week. Although the
white crane or heron is common in this
part of the country, this one is in many re-
spects very different from any ever seen
here before. 1t is over three feet tall,
when standing erect. its plumage perfectly
white. Tho main popularity is the long
quilts or feathers, about forty in number,
that are attached to its back and reach out
beyond the end of its tail. Instead Of these
qu!lls being feathered in the ordinary way,
they are ornamented with long hair-lke
strings or threads. These quilts the bird
can raise up at will very much like pea
cock raises its tail feathers when strutting.
When thus erected they present a very
beautiful appearance indeed, the mass Of
soft white strands falling lightly and grace
fully over the birds wings and body, looks
very much like the gauzy texture OF a
bridal veil. 1t was probably blown from
the coast, as no one here seems to have
ever seen any bird like it before.