Crawford avalanche., 1892-09-22

beauty or OF iliustrious pedigrec. Miss
Coltman values her pets at 1000.
When her cat family grows larger than
she wishes IL TO be, she sells the super
fluous kittens and dcvotes the proceeds
70 charity.
An equipagc that would have attracted
attention even In old Acadia Is that
driven by Uncle bennett Of Cape Eliza
beth, Me-. who supplies the summer cot
tagers OF that vicinity with milk, eggs,
and garden truck. II consists of two
year-old bull, harnessed by means of a
crooked yoke TO light cart, which is
also boat. BY means of reins of rope
attached to a ring in the bulls nose and
drove through rings on his horns, he Is
driven as casily-as most horses. With
this queer outfit Uncle bennett makes
two or three trips week to the beach,
crossing the Spurwink River on the way.
The bull swims the river like dog, and
the water-tight cart-body easily supports
the driver and load.
s.DrD you ever ride on train where
they stop to kill snakes2v asked u young
man few days ago in the Blairsville
penn. Reporter. "Well, did, While
coming over the Redstone branch. in
Fayette County, last week, the train
suddenly checked its speed and stopped.
On going to the windows and platform
to learn the cause of the sudden stop
page the passengers were treated 10 a
novel sight. The fireman, with long
poker, and the engineer, with n link,
were making frantic efforts to kill a
large snake. When the task was com
plcted the fireman coolly remarked to
his companion, John, here is where we
killed that one yesterday"
JOHN S. ALLIES, of Pittsburg, Pa, is
said to suffer with an annual recurrence
of hydrophobia. When he was twelve
years old he was bitten by a mad dog in
weeks, but year afterward he became
ill and developed all the symptoms of
hydrophobia. Under the influence of
powerful opiates he at last became quiet
and slept, awaking exhausted, but APP
parently well. He is now twenty-seven
years of age, and every August since he
was bitten has had recurrence of the
hvdrophobia symptoms, and each more
violent than the last.
TIE young and the old are smart in
the Pine Tree State. Ida Gibbs the ten
year-old daughter of John Gibbs of
Brooks, Me-, has driven horse rake all
over 100 acres of hay fields this summer,
raking the hay up clean, and has taken
care of the horses besides. The town of
Cooper, Me, boasts of lady of seventy
three who rakes up after moving ma
chine as well as any of the men.
A WHITE swallow was seen in the
Mystic Valley at Nest Mcdford, Mass.
the other afternoon, to the wonder of q
number of people of that town. The
bird was pure white with the exception
of little dark spot on the under side of
the wings near the body. When last
seen a flock of common swallows was
driving the white bird from the field.
THE danger of small boys fishing for
big game was illustrated at POttstown,
Penn, by John Keim, lad of thirteen
years. He stood on the Schuylkill River
bridge and in attempting to land five
pound bass he was pulled over the rail-
ing and into the water, thirty-five feet
below. Friends pulled him out and
found his leg broken, but he got the fish.
ACCORDING to J. B. Winkler. there is
only one penalty for all crimes in Corea
to cut off the heads of the culprits.
Some time ago Mr.. Winkler charged a
servant with stealing his sleeve-buttons,
and, believing that he had swallowed
them, the tribunal before which he was
arraigncd politely offered to have him
cut open in search of evidence.
THE Rev. John H. Coleman, a Metho-
dist minister of Troy, says that his
father and his uncle are the oldest twins
now living in the United States. His
father is farmer of Gloversville, n. Y,
aud his uncle is Methodist minister Of
Fond du Lac, Wis. They are ninety-two
years Of age, have 'ncver been sick a
day. and ''do not know the taste of
liquor or tobacco
HARD luck and constant disappoint-
ments caused lady in Paris to commit
suicide in "A novel way. She applied
lceches all over her body, and soon died
of exhaustion.