Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-22
MISCELLANEOUS.


the quaint town of Holden, Mass, now
dying at the age of ninety-one, had dur
ing his forty years of Office inferred 800
persons.
-Self-Made and Homemade.
ny-"Say, Uncle George, God didn't
make everything, did hep" Uncle
George - "Guess he did, Johnny"
Johnny-"Don't see how that can be,
cause Sis beau was here last night and
l heard Sis say he made himself at
home. Boston Courier.
"A French official has devised the
following means for separating the
leaves of charred books: Cut off the
back of the book so as to render the
leaves independent of each other, then
soak them and dry rapidly by a current
of hot air. The leaves will then sepa-
rate, but must be handled with extreme
care.
THE members of Maine family"
relates the Boston Herald, "were quite
badly scalded in strange way. They
were sitting about the dinner table.
when a 1917 pound rock from a blast in
a nearby ledge crashed through the
roof, and, falling plump into the soup
tureen, splashed the hot liquid over all
the diners"
Her Deadly Aim.-Higgins-
never can tell what an angry woman
will do. 1 was walking past the big
plate glass windows of Highart's store
the other day when a woman, who must
have mistaken me for some one else,
threw stone at me-" Fogg-"And I
suppose 1t broke the Window" Hig-
gins-"No. 1t hit man on the other
side of the street. Saturday Evening
Herald.
John Cozine, employed in bobbin
=1fll at Tunkhannock, Pa, saved his
tife recently by presence of mind and
quick work. His left arm was caught
In the machinery and his entire body
was being drawn in. With his right
hand he drew knife from his pocket,
anu, opening 1t with his teeth, he cut
the belt that drove the machinery. He
will lose the arm that was caught.
"A big leopard seal came up in the
midst of lot of bathers at Santa Bar
bara, Cal, causing a good deal Of alarm
at first, as some thought the creature a
shark or sea serpent Some of the boys
barked like a seal and the visitor
seemed for time to think it was among
friends of It's own kind and kept com
ing closer, until finally taking in the
situation it turned tail and fed out to
sea again.
Near the old cemetery in West
Alexander, w. Va, big tree is grow
ing, which forks at three feet nine
inches from the ground. Apparently it
is a white oak, but on examination 1t
| appears that above the fork it branches
into two species, one white oak, and
the other white cherry, with the
foliage peculiar to each. The oak is
about sixty-fve and the cherry fifty-fve
feet high.
"A Lehigh Valley car cleaner al
Pottsville found package containing
1000 In bank notes. The money had
been sent from Mahanoy City in the
custody of clerk, who, in order tc
divert suspicion from his important
mission, carried the package in a pocket
| of his coat. In the car 1t worked out OF
his pocket and became fastened nnder
| the edge of the seat The finder re.
stored the package unbroken to the
clerk.
The city directory for 1891 has
made It's appearance and contains &c.,
| OIL names. This is an increase over
| last year, and as the usual average is
four and a half inhabitants for each
name in the directory, this would seem
to indicate an increase of population OF
IS, 500 during the year. The first direc-
tory in New York City was published
in 1885 and contained $40 names. Since
that time the number has steadily in
creased, reaching 49, O4 in 1910, $50, 800
in 1860, and $50, $50 year ago.-N. Y.
| Sun.
Six young ladies, graduates OF
Rosemary Hall Seminary, Walliugford,
Conn, were contestants in a horse
Harvesting match, this being one Of the
commencement exercises. The prize
was silver-mounted whip. The har-
ness lay on the ground, and the horses
were led out with nothing on them but
halters. At the word Start" the girls
leaped forward and hurriedly began tc
harness the animals. Miss Marion
Hazard, of Providence, proved herself
the most expeditions; she harnessed he1
horse in four minutes and a half.
"A hen in Pike county, Ga, had beer
set on fourteen eggs, and for two weeks
stuck to her contract faithfully. But
here she quit her nest on account of the
ravages of mites, lacking just one week
of the regular time of Matching. Put
ting some wool in box the owner
placed the eggs on the wool and threw
a guano bag over them. In about G
week he carefully removed the bag anc
was surprised to find twelve pretty lit
tie chickens in the place of fourteen
eggs.
Edwin Baltzley, of Glen Echo, has
a boy with strong dash of origina
philosophy in his composition. He hac
made his plans to celebrate the Fourth
of July, and on the morning of that day
discovered that his father had failed t.
provide the pyrotechnic necessities. II,
began to cry, and in order to pacif.
him his father assured him that h,
would bring him lots of fireworks. Tha
evening he had gathered his store O
rockets, fre-crackers and Roman can
dies together, arranged them on tn,
floor, and, looking archly at hi
mother, said: Mamma, 1 thought yol
said it never did any good to cry
Washington Post.