Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-24

stopped my herss and sew what i
thought vas . toe year Old deater. as
gei near 20 II ] thought part OF rs
head been cuea6 bat 70 nay astoaikh-
ment, when II locked up ~ me, thare
Was the we'll marked hsssaE features.
IL occurred u nas that ihAfe wsS so0le-
thing that you could make more out Of
than youF lnerNAsd. Whlts eiep6Ant.
and Jumbo tnreuso In- nov II you
wAnt this Animai what would give for
II provided sts what | clam u 10 he.
plesse let ne know ~ oEo<, - wlli
buy Il on speculation myself II you
don't want It."
oa,y sl. SOC Wanted.
A Massachusetts man writes: s.Nr.
Barnum-Deas SIR: Will you lend me
ID huodred 10 bye me = home | will
pay you as fast ss can the place
want Is tie property OF A Lady who
wants 10 sell very much aud | can get
il cheap. III yo Wish il can send you
the names of INV Majors. yo can write
10 eny Of them for refenoes."
The following epistle from Mississippi
explains itset: II have a genuine
rooster's egg. Laid IN the open yard,
and witnessed by man OF unaoubted
veracity. IL is or very peculiar
shape. something like small size
gourd. | contemplate sending !. 10 the
Cincinnati Exposition. But thought
would write yon and see what you
would offer for q natural curiosity of
the kind: This - no hoax or joke but
a yeritable fact"
An EisphsntF soted Girl.
A man in Pennsylvanis writes as fol-
lows, TO offer me an eiephant-footed
girl: What will yosi give me 10 point
out 10 an agent whom you can send
here IAN elephans-footsd glri.' aged
about 10 years, one of whose feet
almost resembles that OF an elephant.
being circular III shape, and about as
as large as an ordinary mans head or
larger, What am 10 do is TO ind the
girl, and You the rest"
Musical Cat offered.
A New YORK man offers me not q
"singed," but singing cat. I've have
a Cat which think you would like 10
buy for the Creates: Show on Earth
She 10 simply q wonder 10 all who have
seen or heard her. The wonder is this
she sings, not purrs like others of her
kind) but actually sings 60 loud tina.
you can hear her from forty In fiity
rods. Every one who has heard her
asks why not write 10 you ana let you
send oue OF your agents 70 see and hear
her. ! assure you you will not be sorry
If You do SO. nhe as three years old.
and will sing for food or If you speak
to her. She has two nice kittens"
Power Over the sun
A crazy correspondent shinks he can
remove the suns cff1lgence. He writes
thus. "Dear Slr--"l thought | would
write TO you IN regard TO q certain
magic power that poses.sI can remove
the effulgence from the desk Of the
sun with this magic power. ef you
want to zee IL don II you will write me
line and state the time will perform
this fete tenn times in half an hour.
from five until ak Is the best time.
our famely don't KNOW that l poses
this power. you will say this is big
humbug but 10 no humbug. If you
don't want put this on exhibition
you will do ME favore by saing noth-
ing about it for shal sine my own
name to this paper"
ouadruple Poretne
AuutuSS correspondent ouehs . NV
with four ears and hand:
ii thought Would whrite you 10 let
you be now that had . living curl
osity of a hog. it has two ears each
side Of its head and something like q
hand on one aide of its head. it is two
months old today. il was piged April
tho lst. 1884. IL is nice thrifty pig.
would like to sell il to shoman.
want to know what you will give for it.
If don't sell il shilfexhib.t IT,"
a Double hoy.
A correspondent IN Hindostan, Asia.
wants TO sell me double 10y. He
says: 1T 10 stoutish Iiindoo lad,
properly developed. Suppose the lad
to be standing upright. and another lad
taking header (as swimmers would
sayl or diving into him, and getting his
head aud neck embedded into the first
lad just below the chest. with the rest
of the body from the shoulders down.
sticking out quite fully formed" In
other words, "it' 10 two boys crossing
each other at an obtusc angle, and
joined with only one head.