Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-03-01
SELECT SIFTINGS.

T. E. Blacksheer, Of Townsville,
Ca, planted potatoes IN September, and
il January ne dug the first crop.
There are three o~ne-legged members Of
the National House Of Representative
Henderson, Of Iowa; Stone, Of Ken
tuck-, and Boothnan, Of Ohio.
s.. Louis has TWO very wealthy eolored
people. Mrs. Amanda Labadie pays taxes
81 500. 0C0. and Alfred White. a caterer
end con~fectioner, has made $50, 200 al
bis business.
While cleaning out vault in the cellar
CT his restaurant, g. I. Burridge, Of
Philadelphia. found two swapping tur-
t.es that had been thrown there three
year $40 and forgotten.
Conductor Kelly, who operates an cleo
trio cur 1T Scranton. Penn, was engaged
Ia milking some repairs to the brushes a
few DAYS ago, when a bystander saw a
gha3l IF fire lowering over keIly's head.
kew wss 50 stunned that he was unable
to wor6 any longer.
Nellie and Hattie Cook. aged fourteen
and sixteen years respectively, daughters
Evlnan Cock. Of Smith County,
Kansas. husked 1000 bushels Of corn for
taer father last fall, for which he paid
25. having agreed TO pay them y cents
4 bushcI for al they would husk.
Js-9nh r. Craig. of kentucky. weighs
500 pound, and is tail in proportion.
II IS an Old Fellow and carries a gold
medal eiren II him by his associates in
c9muem9ratioa Of the fact that he was
probably the heaviest Fellow who had
ever succeeded in going through the
thiri decree.
situated on the farm Of Scott West,
Gear the town Of F2yettc, Me, are two
living springs only a few rods apart, but
,n opposite slopes Of a wa,er shed
isills running in different directions from
.heee respective springs traverse each 2
distance of more than fifty miles before
.Lev lnsliy reach the same distinction.
Paul White, a prosperous Colorado
ranchman, advertised for a wife, giving
a accurate description Of himself and
his surroundings. His mail has been so
heavy ever since that it has Bsen1eaes-
;lrv to put it in barrels at the postotice,
and Mr.. White. was compelled to bring
his f~arn-vagon to town to haul it home.
Dealers sew up horses tails in canvas IN
order to prevent those usual a~ppendages
rom damage il shipment. This damage
5 cf two kinds. first. the horses rubbing
- against the SIDES Of the car are liable
. destroy their tail entirely, and in a
nixel car load uf horses and mules the
Eltter often craw at and ruin the tails Of
Ae former.
The inccssant barking Of his dog, in
iuoel John Brown, of Lorimer, Penn,
ID Investigate. and as he emerged from
Ire Kitchen doc and passed into the
gard he was seized by a big bear, with
Rhigh he had a tussie. He finally es-
,sl1ed from the animals clutches. A
Brcin wore a nuzzlc, II is thought he es-
capped from travelling italians.
The Chinese have contractions for all
he characters Of their written language,
tbs use CT which qualities them to become
shorthand reporters OF speeches in their
;~n language. They do not practice
,pesch-maklng, but they write the con
:rao.ions with wonderful quickness, and
tae scrlbes tan imperial audience pro
0a157 write At Or nearly eli that is said
4 r@'ar bear y the Cincinnati Zoo.
aas gseen brit tot0o young cubs. The
,p6s az believed - BE the first Of thei
species eve BON u captivity in thi,
country. i VIII require great patience
sa.i o1fe II ~. c them, - their diet, after
tic weoniag process is over, must BE-
n&5aiv ish, ii pursuit Of WHICH the,