The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-09-03

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erous cats and dogs in tho vicinity. She
asked tho first man that came along TO
watch them for her while she rushed
into the house for basket, In which she
carried them to the top Of q shed and
left them. In short time the parent
birds had found their lost babies and
carried them away. Each placed wing
under one OF the little fellows and then
each one tapped It's outside wing, two
wings serving for both, and thus they
safely supported their precious burden.
How they found the little ones so quickly
is wonderful, as the top OF the shed was
quite distance from the street.
"OLD KATE" a horse burned to death
in Cincinnati, was, her owner alleges,
forty-fvo years old. She was born in
Wales OF thoroughbred stock. She was
shipped to Canada In 1886, being only
yearling. The voyage had bad effect
upon her, aud the importer sold the
stunted colt to a farmer, who kept her
until she was three years old, when she
began TO grow. The farmer sold her to
Hugh Morgan, lumber dealer, and he
kept her up 10 his death, in 1861. She
was OF Jet black at that time. and
served as carriage horse. At Mr..
Morgan's death the mare went to Mr..
Inning, who ran planning mill. He in
turn sold her to a fish and oyster dealer,
and il was of this man that her last
owner bought her seven years ago. She
was then thirty eight years old, but
lively rs kitten.
~ KNOW OF half dozen frauds, said
a New York post-otfice employee, "who
waxed rich by mailing advice TO people
who expected something for nothing.
Everybody has not heard Of the man who
adveFtises to send sewing machine for
twenty FIVE cents, aud who sends the
dupe needle; OF the man who offers
steel portrait Of Garfield for ten cents or
Of Franklin for two cents, aud who mails
q tive-cent and q one-cent stamp with
the engraving on them Of those gentle.
men. These people rarely get caught,
because man feels so cheap he will not
complain The latest fraud Of this sort
has Just been arrested for advertising In
the agricultural papers How to Keep
Hogs Healthy 10 inquirors who sent
him the fifty cents asked, he replied
Feed them well and water them when
they need it,
A coLoRED woman in Georgia hoed
cotton until midday and then lay down
for nap in the shade of tree. She
was barefooted. Suddenly a tickling
sensation in one OF her big toes disturbed
her slumbel. She looked sleepily In that
direction, and saw o sight that made her
teeth chatter. A huge black snake had
swallowed the tee, and was acting az
though he proposed 10 swallow the rest
Of her. AS she gazed along the sleek
back OF tho undulating serpent he
seemed so long that his tail was below
the horizon When she recovered from
her temporary paralysis she arose like q
sky rocket fired santwlse, and disap-
peared in the pine timber with blood
curdling shrek. After being jerked
through the underbrush for few rods
the snake let go.
THE vitality Of the mule is little short
Of amazing. in Memphis, Tenn, one
fell twenty-five feet down an opening in
I. the street II landed Oh rs head and,
the hole being narrow, IL was unable 70
change It's position. II was supposed
that the beast had broken It's neck, a. q
sharp, clicking noise was heard when II
struck bottom. After half an honr the
mule was hoisted out BY the heels and
laid on the ground. 1t showed no signs
Of life, but, notwithstanding, ii was
given brandy literally and. ia little
while, to the surprise OF the thousand
spectators who had collected. the mule
rose to his feet aud walked of as though
nothing unusual had happened.
A REMARKABLE occurrence took place
at Florence, =. u, about the middle Of
July. A hailstorm Of unprecedented Sc
verify completely devastated the fields,
stripping the leaves and stalks from the !
cotton aud leaving bare stems over con-
siderable area. Three days after the
storm some persons from the town
gathered cotton bags full Of the hail
stones and made ice cream with them.
Most OF the stones were considerably |
larger than hens eggs, and the devasta-
ton was complete as far as the storm
spread.
Az old brindle COW belonging to an
Indiana man broke into another's field, /
and in court the owner OF the field |
proved that the COW destroyed the fol
lowing mentioned property, TO wit Two
four-year- old cherry trees, seven apple
trees, Eve pear trees, one plum tree, 100
head Of cabbage, twelve rows OF beans
FIVE rods long, one row OF beans one and
q half rods long, fifty 10 100 sweet pota-
to plants, one bed OF onions, three
and fourteen blackberry
bushes.
scRTyEE CoUNTY, Ga, has genuine
10 the form Of colt which car
ries pair Of unmistakable horns on bis
bead. He is now nearly a year old, and
10 no way remarkable save for the horns,
which have grown with him until now
Lhey are nearly foot in length and as
handsome a pair a. any COW ever carried.
Nor far from Portland, Ne. a barn
vas set on FIRE by lightning. The same
bolt that fred the building shattered
oipe that connected with 8 water main, I
md the flow Of water extinguished the
lanes. n
In 3 resent storm 10 North Dakota
iailstoncs Of such extraordinary size fell
bat residents sought refuge in cellars
)ne Of the hailsioDes, Il j. said. meas.
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