St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-26
into the best room in the house and fed

into the best room in the house and fec
on all the dainties that are spread before
the other guests. The annual event has
just been celebrated with more than
usual magniticence, the guests and the
horse being served with one Of the finest
dinners ever laid in this city, an entire
day being given up to the festivities.
The animal is Kentucky bred, and in its
younger days was racer of more than
local celebrity.
ONE OF the strangest superstitions of
Cinnamon is the awe with which they re-
| gard the cockroach. John holds the ug ly
black pest as something sacred, claiming
that it is specially favored by the gods and
particular favorite of the great Joss. The
, most unfortunate mishap that can bcfall
Chlnaman Is to step on a cockroach.
Instantly visions of terrible disasters and
| calamities arise before him. In some ill.,
stances the superstition has been known
to prey so on the minds of the Celestials
as to drive them insane. As result of
this state of affairs Chinatown, Philadel-
phla, is overrun with cOckroaches, and a
Chinaman would as soon think of killing
himself as of killing one of them.
PLAINFIELD has been all agog over a
wee bit of newly arrived humanity. Mrs.
Wallace CorrieIl, of North avenue, gave
birth to baby girl who was so tiny that
it seemed almost incredible that the
little body could be animate. The child
at birth was about fourteen inches long
and weighed about four pounds. 1t had
the tinicst little hands and feet. The
blue eyes seemed almost too large for the
tiny face, which was only about four
inches long, aud it seemed almost impos-
sible that such a Nee bit of humanity
could cry so loudly for its dinner.
A QUEER story comes from Mont
gomery County. Ga. Henry Randolph
caught mu turtle, took it home, cut
its head off, had it dressed, cooked and
served for dinner. On the fourth day,
III the evening, after the head was cut
oil, noise under the house caused an
Investigation, when it was found that
the turtles head had caught u chicken.
The head had the chicken by the bill,
and held it SO tight that its mouth had
to be forced open to get it loose. The
chickens bill was broken so that it could
not eat, and it died.
The Rev. A. NJ Cockrcll, of Sweet
Springs, Mo-, has been the subject Of d
surgical operation. The ell |
bow joint was taken out with about two |
Or three inches of the humerus, ard as
much of the radius. The joint has not |
only reossited, but is articulate, and it |
s said to be the only case of the kind On |
record. He now has the use of his arm,
lnd in due time it will have its original |
strength.
AT Rock Hill, N. c., live tiny hero
md heroine. n little eighty year old son
If j. W. Thompson fell into a we'll about
hirty-six feet deep. There was no one
lear except ten-yearoId sister, but he
climbed out OF the water by the aid of
he rocks in the well, and was rescued
y his little sister, who lowered the well
hAin and drew him out.
No woman fears mouse more than
ord Roberts, whom Queen Victoria re-
emily decorated, dislil1es Il cat His
lcrvous sensibilities are such that he can
etect cats presence when unable to
&c it,, and he is i'll at ease until the ami
lal is removed Such. at least, is the
tory DR.. Mackenzie's daughter, writing
rom London, tells in Philadelphia
apcr.
T. J. EDWARDS, of Worth County,
'eorgia, lost a fine milch COW under
,range' circumstances. Her horns were
cry crooked, and from the position in
hitch she was found aftcrward it is sup
osed that in paving at the flies, which
re- troublesome, she hung her foot to
cr horns, and died before she was dis,
JVered.
THE old cemetery of Barcelona, Spain,
in truth a lefty of the dead" Streets
pom streets of walls, with five or six
ories of inches, into which the collins
re to be placed, give one indeed the idea
deserted city. This fashion obtains
Il over Spain and in some parts of
ally.