Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-27
STRANGE TO RELATE.

~ SlHANSE ~ HEl ALE.
\ AMAN who recently fell i'll in Warsaw
begged his doctor to accept an old lot
terry ticket in place Of fee, and the doc
tor did so. Tho ticket drew $4,000.
s@ A CURIOUS use has been found for tho
monograph. 1t was produced at the
funeral Of . clergyman in order that
sermon Of the deceased upon himself
might be heard by the mourners.
An actress in New York has entered
claim that q particular pose which she
assumed while being photographed sis
all her own," and that no other actress
or photographer has the right to appro-
pirate such pose.
Mrs. CONWAY, an aged Irish woman
OF Atlanta, Ca, put on mourning in
honor Of Jefferson Davis and Henry w.
Grady. Her dresses were mado from
the calico used In draping some Of tho
city windows when those gentlemen
died.
IT very seldom happens that boes will
mako their honey and comb in the open
air, but such . case has been found in
an orange grove southeast of Orlando,
Fla, where swarm Of bees made .
largo pieoe Of honey on the limb Of an
orange tree.
A TEXAN advertised that he would DO
at Murfreesboro, T snn., ono day lately,
to buy all tho hens no could get ut
twenty-five cents apiece. He came
along In poultry car capable of hold
ing 5000, and no had to telegraph for
another, as there were 10000 pullets
waiting for him.
A ST. LOUIS woman identified body
In the morgue Us that Of her husband,
from whom she had been separated for
several years, and gave 1t a. expensive
funeral. Her husband has sl.:ce turned
up alive and we'll, and, having learned
that bis wife had buried him in style,
called on her to express his thanks.
CHARLES NESS, OF Searsmont, Me-,
who was partially blind for twenty-five
the war, fell while carrying o pail Of
again struck the back Of his head heavi-
ly. Strange to say, his eyesight has
been restored, and now he can see to
read rs we'll as before the first accident
i oNE Of the industries Of New York 10
the insurance Of babies. The sum paid
Is usually Ave cents q week on each
child. The system is productive Of good
In so far that 1t assures very poor peo-
pie against being put to extremes in
tho event Of death In the family. On
the other hand, tho possible and even
probable abuses are obvious, for 1t gives
\ heartless parents direct personal in
4 terest In tho death Of one who is entire
Aly ct their mercy.
In New York life insurance COM
pany has lent S120,0o0 to church
and the church has had the lives
OF . number of its members in
sured in favor Of itself. The
Life insurance company agrees, every
time one Of the members who is thus
Insured dies, 1t will reduce the debt OF
the church by the amount OF his policy.
Every time the church has funeral Of
one OF these 1t tops of q slice OF debt; in
other words, members and debt disap-
pear together.
III An old convict ecently released from
I the Auburn penitentiary, boasts Of the
9 fact that he WAS conducted to that insti-
tuition by Grover Cleveland. He was
oonvicted Of murder and sentenced to
. imprisonment for life at Buffs-
, 10 in 1871. ''Grover Cleveland
{ WAS Sheriff 1T the time Of my sentence"
he says, land instead of send
ing deputy to Auburn with me he
won't himself, saying that no had never
been in the State prison and wanted to
Improve the opportunity. believe
{ Nm the only man in the world who has
been escorted to prison by President
Of the United States. The very last
!. paper Mr.. Cleveland signed his name tc
ot Albany - Governor was my pardon
b take effect March 8, 1890, and here
sNm."