New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-04
NOVEMBER AFTERMATH.

Tho constant reader of The Tribnne-anu no
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reader-cannot have failed to oDserVe o"i si"S
ing success in discovering in conternporaheou' ,',
tory the curious the dverting and the NN""'''
This we can say with becoming modeS'S, sino'' 10
600 ho,s many times confessed. credit is due us
smplv for exercising the vigilance when WE cur
ceye TO be our duty in scanning the c'i"iiin'
Of our many exchanges from all parts OF the o''
try Thus, whether we speak oil the H'" WI
mercal aspect OF black cats. an uniortuna'e low"
woman caught in her husbands pocKe'-pooN' '"'
explosion of the George Washington MYTH an en-
Pertaining book of teachers "reminiscences OF tne
movement just starting In several STATES asai.so
the dog we are indebted alike 10 tno
nress OF this country But there are com
norativcv few of the current incidents OF the
dav brought TO our notice by this great dissent
major of intelligence which combine the three
essentiaIs-which are alike curious, diveFtlns ana
valuable The ones we have just mentioned, on
which we commented stood the test az well as
many others. but the wheat among the cham a.
after all. very scarce. The month OF November
lust closed was particularly prolific in occurrences
di.olaying one or two of the requirements, out
not the necessary three, and glance at them
may not he Improbable.
Among other things, we may mention the case
of two Botzun Ohio, men who were rePoi.e"
late in the month as sitting on rall fence ior
a wager Of an oyster supper. They had oeeh Oh
twelve hours when the able correspondents hleu
his dispatch at the telegraph Office, and neither
showed any signs Of weakening This is curious as
well rs diverting, and might perhaps, be valuable
IL we could have learned the result Of the con-
test but this, unfortunately, never came, ana so
far as the outside world knows, these two passive
Botzum amateur athletes are still sitting on the
rail Their case suggests slightly that Of the Aran-
sas man who was ridden on rail by his nelghoors
until he came to like it, and when come kind
hearted ladies put cushion on the rail, tore u
of Indignantly with the remark that he might he
n moan man. but he was no dude. Then there was
the Texas man who was hanged In small town
there. and had the local cornet band play
to reconcile him TO the great change. This
may be Giverting but IL is not
curious TO any one who has ever heard cornet
band in a small Texas town. And another Texas
incident valuable, but not diverting, was the re
port of a match-hght between two goats The
sporting proclivftes Of the goat have evidently
never been fully appreciated. This should at
least obtain attention in Kansas City. where,
year or two ago gentleman had q two-yrar-
old bull which he anxious 10 match for
liberal sum. Nor must we forget the Danbury.
Conn. sea-serpent in lake Kenosha, being The
latest report Of sea-serpent sent out; the Okla
boma Young woman who chased an Indian chief
with pitchfork: the Alabama sleeping
car passengers who, with empty pockets
and dimly polished shoes, rose up and
lynched the porter by means Of TREE nor The
Gloucester, Macs, minister who preached sermon
ON the subject "Can Man be a Fish-dcaler ana
n Christian" These are all OF interest In some
respect but lack il in others &c. too, OF the
four or five young women in different parts OF the
country who killed bears the Maine farmer who
had been pited for ten years as being not exactly
bright intellectually who buncoed his neighbors
out Of 81 500 and went away in the night sadly.
and the Canaiohare man who had four daughters
clone, one by one, with four brothers and then
came home week ago 10 find that his wife
had gone with the young mems father. Interest
ing in some ways, too. was the case of the
California farmer who had large barn stored
full of popcorn, which, the barn being struck by
lightning popped out and overlooked the county
and that of the South Carolina man who-but
lack of space prevents our extending this in-
terestng list.
Not every month, Of course, is so prolific OF
incidents out OF the Ordinaryo as was November,
but there is no month without many things which
demand intelligent, and more especially conscien-
tous treatment We shall continue 10 detect
and bring to light the curious, the divertng, and
the valuable but that occurrence must still fail
in all of these which is not animated by the sacred
presence of Truth.