The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-03-31

il was a valuable one, he did consid-
erable hunting when he got home,
but without avail. He gave il up as
gone. The next morning at his store
he spied the ring on the self-same
finger from which he had lost il. The
explanation of this somewhat mys-
terious episode is easy. The ring
fitted loosely upon the finger, and
when the gentleman went home Sat
urday night he wore a pair Of gloves,
which he took of and did not put on
again until Monday morning. The
ring must have remained in the finger
Of the glove and have been restored
when that article was next put on.
THE house at Morristown, n. j.,
occupied by Frank stockton (the
story writer, once had the report OF
being haunted. The owner was about
completing the sale OF the house 10
lawyer when a word was dropped as
to the uncanny legend touching the
place, and the would-be purchaser
Immediately declined TO proceed fur
ther with the negotiations. Mr..
Stockton, however, cheerfully took
the house, ghost and all, and per-
haps he was little disappointed
when the trimming of some trees
about the caves put 10 flight the
legend Of the place. Ii was discov-
covered that the squirrels were ac-
customed 10 leap from the trees 10
the roof and use the water trough as
a runway. The sound OF their scam
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| ghostly feet.
A REMARKABLE story OF a ride upon
an avalanche comes from Atlanta, in
/ the Sawtooth mountains, Idaho. Gen
orally when man is caught in n
/ snowslde he is buried and either
! crushed or smothered TO death, but
| in this case the imperiled man actu-
ally rode the avalanche half n mile
and came out alive. Charles Goetz
was hunting i'm the mountains near
Atlanta when the snow started under
his feet. He was unable TO extricate
himself from the moving mass, and
in few moments he was being car
ried along upon the breast Of IA roar
ing avalanche. The slide rushed
down into a rocky, precipitous can
yon. but GoetZ went through alive.
He was found eleven hours afterward
by "a rescuing party, and though ter
rily bruised, he is in a fair way TO re-
covery.
GEORGE DIEFENBACK Of Louisville,
has game hen from County Galway,
Ireland, that is better than rat ter
rier. The other morning large rat
tried to get at the hens nest. In
Stantly the hen was all feathers.
When the rat tried 10 run under her
she pecked at him viciously. The
rat jumped at her and tried TO catch
her by the neck Every time the rat
came at the hen she dropped her
wings and met him more than half
way. Once the rat pulled out little
bunch Of feathers, but his Jump was
short, and he failed TO catch the hen :
neck. This made the hen more angry.
She went at the rat in earnest. The
rat would snap its Jaws and squeak
in great rage. The two fought for
half an hour, and the hen killed the
rat. The rat weighed three pounds.
A PORTLAND (OR.) paper says that
Gus Carlson, who was accidentally
thrown against steam wood saw
some four months ago and cash cut
across his breastbone and ribs expos
ing his lungs and other internal
mechanism, has nearly recovered and
will soon be able to 90 out. The doc
tors were much interested i'm his case,
or rather i'm viewing what was inside
the case, as it is very seldom they
get a chance to watch the expansion
and contraction Of a set OF lungs.
The most remarkable thing about it
was TO see how gradually the lungs
were filled and how suddenly they
collapsed when the breath expired.
The doctors would have liked TO leave
a deep hole open in Carlson's thorax,
but were afraid he might contract
pneumonia through it.
A MILLIONAIRE who was noted for
his eccentricity has died at Antwerp.
NJ. van Goulaken was one OF the
celebrities OF the City Of Rubens :;
and his house one Of the sights that
was more amusing 10 the visitor than
to the neighborhood. Van Goulaken
had special antipathy to tram lines,
and when they were laid down in front
Of his house many years ago he took
an oath, and registered it in letter
to the authorities, that he would
never have his house cleaned or
painted again. The house was long
disgrace 10 the fashionable quarter
in which he lived; but he regarded
its dirtiness with grim satisfaction.
In his will he has forbidden his heirs
TO use the word regret" in any an
nouncement Of his death.
LIGHTNING struck n pine tree at
Brookville. Fla, recently, tearing il
TO pieces and scattering il in every
direction. One piece OF timber about
seven feet long about the size Of an
ordinary rail, was thrown seventy