The sun., 1895-03-03
THE oRoUxD nEWI7cuED.
a Series OF AmusinG Iaeidsrts st n New
Haven street Crossing.

NEw HAvES, March q. shortly before II
o'clock to-day A. Blnkeslee hitched his horse in
front Of saloon on the southwest corner OF
York and Elm streets and went into tho saloon.
While he was inside, the horse chilled by the cold
rain. stamped around In the mud. Suddenly, to
the astonshmcnt of the passrrs-by, the horse
made a leap intothe air ard fell TO the ground.
When he rcgalned his feet he jumped around as
though in pnin and IL was decided that nail
had become lodged In his hoof lie was taken
to blacksmith, who could find no trace of the
nail. lie was brought back 10 the corner, and
In few moments made another circus leap and
again foil.
About ten minutes afterward a mongrel cur
cano up the street splashIng through the mud
and water. When he reached tho spot where
Blakeslee's horse had been hitched he Jumped
four feet In the air, and. with An agonizlng yclp
started up Broadway ns though bcwtched. To
those who had seen the nctlons of both horse
and dog tho proceedings were becoming inter-
cstlng, and soon there was little knot Of twenty
men on tho opposite corner and thero wero
many faces in the wirdows near by awaiting
developments. The next vic. m was farmers
horse, which came jogging down l. III street.
The horses appearance suggested ancient
and eminent respectahility and rrerluded
the possibility Of any inherent ciddlnass in
his bones As soon as no reached the charmed
spot on the corner he began spirited eCune
dance, and, to tho utter Dewiluerment OF MS
driver, started down Elm street Mt n three-min-
ute gait. This brought roar of laughter from
the crowd. and the farmer. thinking II was
some trick returned rs soon MS he Ind recovered
control OF hia horse to find out tho perpetrator.
The explanation given him didn't seem to sat
isfy him entirely and no departed using vigor-
Gus language
A lad uf about 10 years started to cross the
street. stopped short, as though some ono had
struck him, seemed to show fight when he saw tho
crowd laughing. but abandoned all warlke in
tentions when that same thing seemed to strike
him again. and hurried across the street rubbing
his legs us though he were in pain. An elderly
man did the sarno net of stopping short and
looking about for some unknown assailant. lie
went TO the saloon the corner and told the pro-
not arrest those young scamps who used their
slungshots on the public streets. and explained
that he had just been struck in tho leg hy u
missile from one OF them, and thus the fun pro-
gressed.
A red Irish setter seemed to enjoy the mys-
terious invigorator, for after the experience he
came back and tried 1t over again. until IL at
last proved too much for him, and he went yelp
ing down the street, The police Of Capt Brew
cr's precinct finally arrived on the scene and
soon discovered that the ground all about the
corner was charged with electricity and that the
pranks of the current had been responsible for
the antics of the morning The trolley wires OF
the Farhaven and Westvlle. the EGRewood
and the Dxwel avenue railroads intersect at
this corner, and there Is aso an underground fire
alarm conduit at the spot. The dampness OF the
atmosphere and the great amount Of electricity
in the neighhorhood probably surcharged the
air with the fluid, and a current through the
mud and slush was formed.