St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERY DAY LIFE.
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Advcn-
lures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction.


lures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction.
THE other day at Kouchbouguac
Kent county, n b., the Waterman ci
McLcod's mill, about daylight, noticed
an animal swimming in the mill pond.
He thought at first that it was a COW or 4
horse that had fallen in, but on looking
more closely saw that it was u moose OF
immense size. Some Of the hands were
called to capture the animal, which,
owing to the loose logs floating about,
was unable to eXtricatc itself from its
predicament. The moose was in savage
temper, and was dangerous to approach,
but after some trouble the mill chain
used for hauling out the logs was fastened
around its horns. Then the force of the
water was put On, and slowly but rcluc-
family the creature was landed. The
moose, which proved to be fully grown
and taller than an ordinary horse, was
now captured, but what to do with it
was the problem. Two or three persons
who went too near TIE beast were warned
by unmistakablc signs that its hoofs were
dangerous and one mill hand, Scotch
man, who was ovcrbold got a blow from
its forcfoot that he will remember to the
end of his life. BY this time half the
people of kouchibouguac were at the
mill. When finally Mr.. Atkinson, the
manager, made his appearance, he de
cided that as there was no possible way
of keeping the animal in captivity the
proper course was to release it, and this
was accordingly done. The moose, stiff
from its long swim and the rough hand
ling it had received while being hauled
out, went down the incline very slowly,
and kept on a walk for some time after
it reached terra firma, but it limbercd up,
and when last seen was making good time
toward the forest.
Elk REPREsENTATIvE Barnes, of Gcor-
gia, once the "fat man of the House."
spent two days in Washington recently
and devoted q great part of one to making
call on an old colorcd couple who used
to be slaves in Georgia. In speaking
about the visit he said to a reporter:
''Thcse old folks were slaves and ig
norant. They had a boy whom they laid
great store by When he got big enough
to do jobs of work they hired him to
lawyer to clean up the law offices. Later
he began to gomcssagcs and to carry the
lawyers bricfbag, and after while the
old ex-slaves thought they wanted him
to be a lawyer. Their ambition for him
grew upon them and they worked and
saved money. They knew they could
not expect to make lawyer of him down
in his old home, but they had their plans.
One day they packed up and came to
Washington, and soon the boy was at Il
law school, He graduated with promise
Of success in life, but died very soon
yards, and the old folks have never
ne back to Dixie. They are doing
very well, but there is not much in it
now that their boys gone"
THERE were two weddings amid I'M
usual surroundings in Colorado few
days ago. The second was an attempt
to go one better on the first for novelty
and romance, and it would not be sur
prising if third should occur soon to
cap the climax. The first couple were
married ON the summit of Pixies Peak,
the idea, maybe, being to get as near
heaven as possible in the blissful event,
and, perhaps, to display an ardor Of love
that the climate above the snow line
could not chill The second couple,
George F. Schatz and Miss Emma Thomp-
son, were married in the weird and beau
tiful bridal chamber of the Cave of the !
Winds at Manitou The wedding party |
of the romantic pair, comprising the /.
parson and number of friends, was !!
driven to Williams Canon, and climbed !
the rocky trail into the Cave, where the |.
was performed.
A FRENCH convict named Francis !
Paucry, with three other captives, has
from the penal settlement in
New Caledonia. The police, in adver- |
Using the escape, say that he is tattoocd,
and describe his marks as follows: He .
has ON the shoulders epaulcts of vice
admiral, two busts of females, terero in
action, an anchor, pansy, a flower on
The right hand; two busts of muskcteers,
A bust of warrior with a cantccn, two
yatagans crossing each other on the left !
arm; two pigeons, a turban, two flaming
hearts, a crown; on the chest there is |
seen Il horseman, a cross and a dagger;
On the heart n star, a heart and head; |
On the right knee two pugilists, and Il
cask on the stomach. The report does
not mention whether he had any spot on
his skin that might be decorated with
another design.
"THE other day." says a Lewiston,
Me-, man, "when was passing the
.rog pond, | heard the most remarkable
chorus of noises that it has ever been my
privilege to listen to. stopped in
and listened. 1t sounded
like symphony of frogs and
till it didn't l waded through the tall
grass just for curiosity; and there, close
@ the shore, were all of the frogs in the
,ond-some swimming with dazed and
strokes, and others tod
ling on the bank. Yes, they were
Trunk. The best that l could make out
If it.was that they had been celebrating
lpon the contraband stuff that the
deputy sheriffs had spilled into the pond
he day before"
A BLAKELY (Ga.) man writes as fol-
ows to the Atlantat Constitution: |
loticed the other day Pekin duck that
vas moping about and making strange
notions with its head. | decided from
is actions that it had some foreign sub
lance in its digestive organs and would
die. therefore resolved
o make an examination and see what it
vas. On opening the duck found, to
ny surprise, two pieces of gold and a
artridge hull. The gold pieces were
90 badly worn to tell Of what demon
nation they were, but think they must