The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-03
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" ilsou - IL tfuc type Vi COuid8cOus
frontier womanhood, and her spirit Of
daring and adventure ought to forever
put tie blush of shame to the checks of
her fashionable sisters who are ready to
swoon when q harmless mouse crosses
their path.
MATTHEW DAVIDSON. a farmer living
in Pisgah County, Ohio, was robbed the
other night. Among other things taken
was set of harness, 4 saddle and a gum
of bees. This last was not such DO
nanza as the thief imagined, for after
carrying it half mile the bees came out
and stung the fellow SO badly that he
threw them away. Davidson suspected
neighbor by the name of Overture, and
sent friend over to the latter's house to
see if he showed any signs of lighting"
bees. Sure enough Overturf's head was
swollen to twice its natural size, and he
exhibited other signs of the nights ex.
plot.
An elderly lady calling herself the
Comtessc de WOlfersdorf rented small
suit of apartments in an unpretentious
house in Vienna during the summer. AZ
the lady received no friends except her
physicians the proprietor of the house
considered her very unimportant indi-
vidual until one dav, to his establishment,
his imperial Majesty, the Emperor of
Germany, paid the lady an informal
visit. No sooner had the young Kaiser
departed than the amazed landlord eX.
claimed: "Why, the Emperor of Ger
many has been here" "And why not"
answered the lady, "since he happens to
be my son-in-law."
A PRISONER in the Webster County
Qowa) Jail a few days ago received
copy of ''The Kreutzer Sonata" The
sheriff felt obliged to read the book
through in order to Judge of the pro
priety of leaving it with the prisoner
The official was rewarded for his watch
fulness by discovering two sharp steel
saws secreted between leaves which had
been pasted together. This offensive
feature was promptly expurgated, but ii
is not known whether the prisoner re
ceived the volume as amended.
The four lions introduced into the
spectacle of "Claudius Nero" at New
York theatre are made to do all sorts OF
things, and are treated by their trainer
and owner. Mr.. Darling. much like over.
grown kittens. The reason he never
whips them is rather curious. If !
did, said Mr.. Darling. lit couldn't hurt
them much, and they would find out
that the crack of the whip, which they
now fear, is delusion and a snare,
and amounts to nothing"
A MOST peculiar will made by de-
ceased duchess in Paris sets forth her de.
sire to be buried without any floral decor
atoms about her coffin, but to have at
the funeral ceremony some good music,
for sit elevates the soul and inspires one
to pray better" and concludes with the
strange request that her body may be
buried by the side of her husband, and
her heart taken out and conveyed in an
urn to be buried in the coffin with her
mother.
E. A. GARLAND, a Wisconsin man, has
invented peculiar clock. 1t consists of
three egg-shells set on pivots, one to de-
note the hour. one the minutes and the
other the seconds. The shells revolve
IN the pivots without apparent mechan.
SIN to give them motion Mr.. Garland |
intends making one with glass balls and
hanging incandescen: lamps in each ball,
10 the clock can be made to serve as a
amp as well as timepiece.
A STRANGE and curious freak of nature |
occurred on the plantation of Captain |
English. few miles out on the Peach |
rec road, the other night. jeff Carr, a
armer, who lives near Capt. English's |
,lacc, is authority for the statement that |
IN ordinary mountain cow gave birth to |
our well developed calves. They were
III dead, but a colOred hand who lives
N the plantation preserved their bodies
md had them on exhibition.
A CURIOUS state of affairs has just
,ome to light through the death of John
Roche, member of the London police |
orce. At his funeral, seven women ap
'eared who were all deeply affected, and
Who, it was discovered, were all of them
ngaged to the deceased officer of the
aw. On comparing notes it was found
lie had actually been engaged to one of
hem for fourteen years.
FIREPEOOF construction of buildings is
lowly growing more and more of an
'xact science. A species of porous
erra-cotta thing is rapidly coming into
lse. Sixty thousand dollars worth of it
vas recently put into one building in
New York city. Experts say, however,
hat as far as fireproof floors are con-
,erned alternate layers of plank and &C.
nent form the most impenetrable of con.
tructions.
A REMARKABLE incident is reported
rom the classic parish of Ettrick, Scot
and. A large flock of black-iaced lambs
lad been taken from their mothers and