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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08

full of brlstling suuDDle, and shed wooden
yarn and blood at every jump.
He had barely got out of the kitchen
when the men came tearing in, crazed
by excitement and looking for their
boots.
"Smitten Washington where is my
bootsY' shrieked Watts And then fol-
lowing the example of the Others he
dropped down on the floor and began to
feel around for them Then ensued a
scene that beggars all description. Ten
men in dark room. systematically and
insanely endeavoring to get into a pair
of boots belonging to other parties. and
each one carefully fiinging the wrong
boot straight ahead and snatching for
another. and swearing and screaming all
the time, and hopping around on one
foot and humping one another over like
so many unhappy and incurable mani
acs Some two or three secured boot
apiece and started for the mill; others
went unprotected, while old Watts.
with presence of mind that was truly
remarkable, gathered up an armful Of
them and went bounding across that
corn lot with the speed of an alligator
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08
A Monster Fish.


Thompson Blanton, of Flatwoods, has
secured the biggest fish that has been
taken out of the St Francois river for
years past. Together with his family, Mr..
B. has been spending several days in the
vicinity where the Little St. Francois flows
into the Big St. Francois, camping, fishing
and having a good time generally. One
morning he took boat and went out gig
ging. He hadn't went far when he dis
tinguished a big moving mass in the
stream. At first he couldn't tell what it
was, but as. the boat drew nearer he dis
covered that it was monster fish He let
the gig fly, struck center. and hauled his
game in. IL proved to be big shovel cat
fish, measured four feet from tip to tip, two
feet in circumference and weighed almost
half hundred pounds.
The whole family lived on fish for three
days, and in veriiication of the truthful
ness of his story Thompson brought the
head of the fish into town. 1t alone was
over one foot in length and fully six inches
in diameter. 1t is the biggest fish story of
the season. and what makes it fully so is
that there is no exaggeration in the tale
The head is now on exhibition at the Pilot,
Knob drug store, where the doubter can
go and assure himself of the reliability of
these statements.-Ironton MOI Register
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08

friend of mine owns skye terrier
now years old, Of which she is very fond
When the little fellow was about year
old a very savage cat jumped at him
without the slightest proyocation and
scratched his left eye, from the effects Of
which a cataract formed and after two
wears caused blindness in that eye. From
svmpathv a cataract formed gradually
over the other eye, and last summer be BE-
came totally blind Some years before the
second eve became affected the owner took
Teddie (such is his name) to an eye and
ear hospital Of this city and had an opera.
ton performed on the eye which the cat
had scratched
One of the physicians attached 10 the
! hospital was the operator, and hewas sur.
rounded by other physicians, by assistants
and nurses, all of whom were deeply in
terested. The owner held the dog In her
lap, cocaine was administered, and Teddie
did not move until deep cut caused him
to give little cry. The operation was a
failure; the cataract was so hard that the
instrument slipped. It was like working
on piece of marble.
Later on, the same doctor performed the
operation painlessly on two different occa-
sions on the same eye, with no better sue
cess than the first time; but he was willing
to try it again and cut of the cataract en-.
tirely, but it would be necessary to chloro-
form the dog. as the pain would otherwise
be too great Teddie's mistress was at the
same time informed that he might die
from the affects of the anasthetic, and she
would not take the risk Of losing her pet
A few months ago, however, she changed
her mind and determined to allow it to be
chloroformed, preparatory TO the fourth
operation. The doctor, Upon examining
the eye, told her that nature had done
what the three operations had failed to do
Teddie had evidently struck himself
against something which had loosened one
OF the corners of the cataract which now
swings to and fro like curtain, and en-
ables him to see enough to get around
without hurting himself So the fourth
operation was not found necessary.-New
York Epoch.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08

On May 10, at the village of Hebool, in
the Ankola subdivision of the district Of
Kanara, large tiger was killed under the
following strange and tragic circum-
stances: Shortly after sunset a woman OF
the cultivating class was gathering fallen
fruit under a small clump Of mango trees
on the edge of rice field not more than
100 PAGES from her dwelling.
Suddenly from a shallow, dry ditch,
which ran close by the spot, a tiger, which
had apparently stalked the woman under
its cover, sprang on her. seized her by the
back OF the neck and bore her TO the
ground. Her shrieks of agony brought
out a neighbor whose house was not more
than fifty PAGES away, and who then saw
the tiger standing on the high ground
above the ditch at some little distance from
the body OF his victim. There the animal
seems to have remained until the arrival
of the patel and Mohammedan with a
loaded gun. They had heard the cutlery Of
the first eyewitness from where they were
sitting in the patel's house. not less than a
quarter of mile distant.
The Mohammedan. with commendable
promptitude, GOODNESS and pluck, succeeded
in stealing near enough TO the tiger to kill
him with one shot. An examination of the
corpse showed no other marks of injury
save those caused by the teeth of the tiger
He had fingered neither to drink the blood
nor to taste the flesh. For some time past
he had been freely slaughtering cattle in
the neighborhood. but had never attacked
human being, and was apparently I'M
wounded and In good health.
May it not, then, be fairly surmised, asks
the correspondent, that in the uncertain
light, owing to the dark dress and STOPPING
posture Of the unfortunate woman, the
tiger mistook her for quadruped, and was
himself for the moment taken aback and
alarmed at his own actl That he would
soon have recovered himself and have re-
turned to bis meal had he been undisturbed
there can be little -doubt.-Times OF India
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All possible agencies were used to sub
due the fire. but it had such Roadway
that the prospect was dubious enough.
Mr.. Watts carefully deposited his new
Shanghai coat on a pile Of slabs, and
seizing pint pail that had been used
for drinking cider from. dashed reckless
ly down the bank to the creek. and in a
few minutes returned with the pail half
full. and madly dashed the contents
over Pierce and then hurried back for
more. But all efforts were of no avail
The fire fend marched on without inter
ruption, and in an hour the mill was de-
stroyed. Sorrowfully the party turned
and limped home. Mr.. Watts went for
his coat and was somewhat startled TO
| find that the fire had even attacked the
pile of slabs, and in its insatiate fury had
completely devoured one tail Of the coat
Then Mr.. Watts lifted up his voice and
carried on like pirate.
1t is not necessary to state that the
rag wheel went up with the flames. 1t
SO went Mr.. Watts returned home with
his man the next day. and in the seclu-
blOu anu hdCIC0uccS vi luc uOiiicottC Gil :
Gle made out his bill against Pierce.
Pierce refused to pay it. Watts was
delighted Pierce said that the wheel
was but piece of botchwork Watts
said he would make him prove it. And
land he did. The suit went against
Watts He argued and plead and per-
spired and pranced around, but it was
no use-a veniaI judge decided against
him
Then there was another unfortunate
phase to this remarkably painful affair.
Not another piece of cloth could be
found in town to match tina. ravaged
coat Increasingly did Watts parade
the stores of his native heath, but in vain
was piece after piece of goods compared
to the unsinged tail of that coat. Moth
ing would match. The surviving tail
was peculiar green. and the nearest
approach to it was peculiar blue, and
so Watts had to get it. because he
couldn't afford to lose the coat, and, be-
sides. the one tail was becoming a trihe
monotonous to the public.
The new repairs created quite sensa-
ton at first among the neighbors. bat it
gradually wore off. and whenever he APP
peared with his rainbow tails and that
coarse fur cap with its threatening fore
piece they merely observed, "Halloi
here comes the Jack of Clubs"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08

Stephen Day was very fond of making
high sounding speeches. sometimes with
laughable results.
While calling one day upon neighbor
he was shown a scratched and battered
stone pestle which had lately been found
in the garden. As it was passed from one
TO another, some facetious remarks were
made in regard to its defaced appearance.
One person ventured to suggest that
probably the dogs had chewed it. "Unclen
Stephen looked stern; such language ap-
piled to this venerable relic seemed to him
almost an offense
Patting the pestle reverently with his
big right hand, he said solemnly:
''Sir, those are the ravages of the tooth
of time. youths Companion.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08

Heis young photographer, just start
ing in business and love The other
afternoon his girls mother called for q
sitting He desired to make most
favorable impression upon that portion
of her mind which could appreciate pho.
tograrhy. and SO he became trihe
nervous in the work But he got her
fixed finally. with her eyes fixed classify
on certain object. as is the custom,
then he drew the cloth, took out his
watch and counted off thirty seconds.
restored the cloth and drew out the case.
tGraciousl" he unintentionally ejacu-
lated. Il forgot to put in the plate"
The old lady had TO sit again. and she
prepared for the ordeal. but with con-
idence in the operator considerably
abated. He was more nervous now than
before, and it was some few minutes be-
fore he had arranged to suit the focus
Then the cloth was again removed, the
watch again pulled out He counted of
the thirty seconds. removed the cloth
and drew out the case.
Great heavensr he groaned in a
frightened voice, ~ forgot to pull out
the slide!"
The prospective mother-in-law sprang
to her feet snatched up her hat and
shawl. and pausing long enough to in
quire if he was drunk. shot out of the
door, leaving the pallid faced artist
grasping chair for support.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08
Remember This when Going Away.

Notwithstanding that travelling promises
so much in the way of health, both mem
tally and physically. but few who indulge
in it realize its greatest good, and no small
proportion are literally tagged out even
after journey extending merely over a
day or two Such result can generally be
largely, if not entirely, obviated by little
iudicous management.
The average travellers greatest fault is
that he makes no provision for his meals.
If journeying by rail, he relies almost
wholly upon the restaurants along the
route, and what he eats is swallowed hur-
riedly and ia a state of heat and excite
ment that are by no means favorable to di-
gestion. The food provided at such places
has been the subject of much invidiou5
criticism, yet it would scarcely be possible
to do it injustice, for very little OF it is
above suspicion, while much of it is abso-
lutely unfit for the stomach of man, for
the reason of its questionable nature, be-
ing allowed to stand too long after cook
ing, etc.
Unless there happens to be a dining car
on the train, the best way for travellers is
to make no meal at all until the journey is
over, provided, of course, it is not to be too
long, but to carry supply of provisions.
such as bread, boiled eggs. chicken sand
witches, fruit and the like. They can then
eat when they like, and if they do so
lightly, as they ought, they will be hungry
as often as every three hours.
II this plan is adopted it will lessen in
finitely much of the hardship of journey,
and keep the mind and body in strong
and active condition. 1t will also do much
to prevent the aching and swelling Of the
legs which are so often complained of after
a long days confinement in the cars.
Breaking the fast often in this way is
also preventive of Indigestion, from which
travellers of long distances are frequent
sufferers. especially in summer Often
times they go much longer without food
than they ought, and in consequence the
stomach becomes inactive and partially
paralyzed. When the stopping place is
reached, being half famished, they eat at
once and hurriedly. OF course a full meal
on stomach in this condition, If it is not
vomited, remains for long time undi-
gested- II long period Of fasting has
been unavoidable travellers should not eat
heartily when they reach their stopping
places. but should take something very
hight, as soup, eggs little fruit, bread and
coHee. and make up for their denial at the
next meal-Boston Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08
ODDS AND ENDS.
Assyrians live on six cents a day.

Assyrians live on six cents a DAY.
Russia makes 80. 100000 wooden spoons q
year.
The average workingman wears out nve
ounces of muscle day.
It is expensive economy to make part OF
the truth suffice for the whole.
An oyster shell in the teakettle viii pre-
vent the formation of crust on the inside.
An apparently inexhaustible supply OF
silica has been discovered near Allentown.
Pa
Whenever soul is converted it becomes
possible for God TO make the world a little
richer.
IL is said that there are now twenty-five
ships of war under construction in Russian
shipyards
For cankered sore throat, sore mouth,
etc, use borax and honey; drink sage or
slippery elm tea.
The declared Wesleyans in the English
army and navy number 1928. The church
membership is 1882
The Juice of half lemon in teacup OF
strong black coffee, without sugar, will
often cure headache.
Fort Worth has an artesian well that
flows $4,000 gallons of pure water daily,
the largest in the world.
Leather belts will wear longer and trans
NIT more power if run with the finished or
grain side next to the pulleys.
The French national debt is the largest
ever known. Its interest costs the French
people more than five dollars per head per
year.
A Waterville (Me.) gardener employs a
new way to raise squashes. He vets the
youngplants down three times a week with
skimmilk.
A living barometer dwells in Centerville,
la. It is a boy, whose hair indicates the
coming of storm. A day or two before
the storm bis hair begins to curl.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08

DR.. A. Jacob relates the following ex-
ample; Three kittens were allowed to re-
main with five children sick with diph.
iberia The kittens sickened and died. and
post mortem examination revealed the
presence of diphtheritic pseudo membrane
In their Threats. Cats travel from house
TO house, often congregate and are petted
by children so that they are likely to com
municate any contagiousmisease which it
IS possible for them to contract.-Dr. ]
Lewis Smith IN Babyhood.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08

It has been satisfactorily demonstrated
that when man steps on q bar Of soap
which has been left on the top step, il
win start down stairs with him, and.
though having much the best start. viii
yet be overtaken and passed By him BE-
fore It gets half way down. This sounds
almost like an eastern aIlerorv: bat
J. II. BAILEY.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08

The mysterious influence, telepathy,
manifests itself in form not very dissim-
liar when Que person dreams of that of
which another is also dreaming-of which
there are many well authenticated in
stances. Or. again, two persons may at
about the same time dream of the same
transaction in which the two are mutually
concerned Magazine.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08

A Brookield man writes for the best
way to manage bull If our Brook
field friend has got bull on his prem
ises. and the bull is well. he doesn't want
to manage it All he has got to do is to
get few things hastily together, mort
gage his place and steer straight for the
west. He might as well try to ward off
streak of lightning with fifty cent
paint brush as to manage bull
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08
oh. What HASN'T ne Missed

Alfred Copeland, an aged resident of this
village, Is able to say, with few other old
lnnaoitants in the state, that he never rode
upon steamboat or railroad train. But
Win lar greater I de our Alfred makes
the boast that be never went home with a
giri IN all his long life. We hope that the
ease OF Mr.. Copeland is unique in the his
tory Of the state. Else where would be the
eonsoiing thoughts Of old aeei-Dexter
Aiqss.) Gazette.
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boot he could reach. tried it part way on.
discovered it was originally made for
another man, flung it across the room
and swooped down on another. No bet
ter success Threw that and swore
Grabbed another. Swore again. Made
several attempts to get his foot into the
third boot Foot kept slipping outside
Threw that and swore again. Fourth
boot had no straps TO it Dropped that
at once.
Then he tried some more; kept trying
them as rapidly as he could find them.
and all the time his property was being
licked up by the dreadful flames. and
the perspiration was rolling into his
eyes, and his feet were smarting under
the exertions they were forced into. and
all the while he kept pouring forth the
most ridiculous cursing anybody ever
heard, and finally. in q perfect shrek Of
profanity, be dashed cut Of the house In
Ne stocking feet. and across g cornfeld
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-23
An Automatic Cashier.

An ingenious system of registration
is said to have been applied for the p,lr-
pose of making telephone pay stations
automatic. The principle adopted is
the familiar Observation-Disclosures. Any
person wishing to use the telephone
drops In coin Of any denomination
from u nickel to dollar. and the ma
chine Immediately indicates to the CEN
trail Office the value of the coin deposited,
SO that the operator there is able to tell
the exact time for which payment has
been made, and to control the circuit
accordingly. This communication with
the operator ut tho exchange is effected
by the closure of n local circuit, when
the coin is introduced, which rings an
alarm bell The wave sounds created
by the bell act upon tho transmitter,
and arc thus passed through the line to
the central Office. To guard against
tampcr!ng and to insure tho fact that
the coin has passed sufficiently far to
be beyond the possibility of recovery by
dishonest persons. a spring trough Is
supported ut the bottom of the instru-
mcnt SO that the bell can only be rung
by the closure of the circuit after the
coin has passed through the chute. The
central Office operator thus knows TINT
TIE money has been paid End that tho
customer Is entitled to service.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-23
Two Very PrecInus Gems.

Two varieties of precious stones have
grown rapidly more precious within the
last few months. One is the Divine, a
green chrysudolite, much in vogue for
the formation of lizard, scorpion and
bug brooches in general Though the
value of each stone is comparatively
small, 1t is double what it was wear
ago, and rs 1t is often as beautiful in
color as an emerald, is bound to still in
crease. The turquoise, on the other
hand, was not cheap q year ago, and is
getting to set an enormous price upon
itself. Tho most ordinary little tor
quoise that you would pop into the head
OF a silver snake ring costs the manu-
featuring jewcler twelve dollars to if
teen dollars. While, as for lawless
one the size Of good fat grain of rice,
1t can value itself at any amount from
Sizty dollars to one hundred dollars,
according TO tho shade Of blue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-23
A DOG THAT EATS GLASS.
The Queer Gastronomic Taste OF an Ala.
bama Canine,

bama Canine.
Dogs eat glass? you say. 1t is rather
startling, but l en- going to tell you
what know to be true, for saw it my
self, says writer in the Philadelphia
Times. Not long ago visited u gentle
man living in western Alabama. About
the yard and the house 1 noticed re-
mariably fine, large, pointer dog, Carlo
by name. Carlo showed SO much intel
ligence in understanding what was said
to him and in performing various
tricks that it was difficult to believe he
could not reason.
One day when was adlniring and
petting him after some smart perform
ance on his part one of the children of
the family said to me:
Wouldn't you like to see Carlo cat
CLASP"
"Oh, no." replied; chat would kill
him"
You arc mistaken" she said; she
loves glass"
Thinking it all q joke picked up an
empty ink bottle on the table near me
and threw it to Carlo.
There" said. "lct us sec him eat
that"
Carlo, rs expected, did not notice the
bottle, and the child said, gravcly, half
offended
but Carlo doesn't like bottles. He
likes lamp chimneys and window glass"
My curiosity was greatly aroused
when saw her go TO shelf near by,
on which lay quite a pile of broken
lamp chimncys, and picking up a hand
full OF the fragments she put them in
front OF the dog, remarlsing as she did
so: I'VE save all tho broken lamp Chin
neys for Carlo"
Carlo immediately began picking up
The oits OF glass, crunching them In his
mouth and swallowing them This he
continued to do until all the glass had
disappeared
confess was alarmed, but the child
was fearless about it and said everyone
that came to the town had to sec Carlo
eat glass. Later asked the gentleman
that owned tho dog what explanation
he gave of his queer taste He said tho
do5 began his glass-eating about two
years previously. lie could give no reason
for it except that the dog, being quite
old, was perhaps unable from lack of
teeth to chew his food sufficiently for
ready digestion and had taken to swal-
lowing tho glass as fowls swallow sand
and pebbles to did in digesting the food.
thought, though, that the Same
teeth that crushed the glass might also
| che the food.
1t will DO remembered that Sir
Thomas Brown, in his Popular Err
rors," says that he tested the popular
idea that ground glass taken into the
stomach is poisonous by administering
some to dog and that 1t produced no
| bad effect.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-23
A yoman's Wit.

Another grand lady, whose death is an
nounced, was the duchess of Malakoff.
AS girl she was the intimate friend of
the Empress Eugenie-in fact, the en-
press and she were, as we rccollect, near
akin. Walking in the garden of the
palace one day who should heaye in
sight but Marshal Malakoff, notoriously
the toughest and rudest man in all the
French service. 'Ughl there is that
bear again!" quoth The empress with a
shuddcr of genuine horror; but her
young companion said nothing. The
marshal approaching and bowling to
the ladies, besought the younger one to
honor him with the rose she had Just
pluckcd. Certainly, will give it to
you," answered the girl, swcctly; but
how can rose please you, who live
only for laurels?" This answer com
pletely staggered the marshal; in an
other moment he was hopelessly and
wildly in love with that girl; and it is to
his credit that he prosecuted the cam
paign so diligently that year later the
beautiful young creature became his
wife. Speaking of the episode in tho
garden Malakotf used to say: 81 thought
was hard to conquer, but in that case,
parbleu! I surrendered at the very first
fire."