Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-07-13

Sunday school. Husging a young. in
experienced girl costs 10 cents, mar
ried woman Is cents, widows quarter.
The man was blind-folded, giving up
Is cents, the price for married wo-
man. When the bandage was re-
moved he found he had been hugging
his own wife. He kicked and wanted
the Is cents back.
Alonzo Ingraham is lying in the
Monticello Jail for abusing his wife.
He says he only gave her just little
slap on the side of the face. but says
if he gets out of this scrape he will
never do it again lngrahaSn is forty.
three years of age and his wife is
thirty-tive, He says his wife has given
him much care and trouble She
works at hotel near his residence
and persists in staying out late nights.
She comes home one night with a
sweetheart. the second night with a
new sweetheart. and the third night
with an entirely new sweetheart,
When he demonstrates she gets mad
and accuses him of blind and unrea-
soning jealousy.
A Philadelphia doctor named Robin
son, who has been staying near Burn
wood, Pa, has a dohble-headed snake
in alcohol, which he killed recently.
One head was eating toad and the
other head ground mole when the
doctor discovered it.
Henry Anderson, Of Lehman town
ship, Pipe county, was hoeing vege-
tables in his garden yesterday, when
he heard something shuttle on the
other side of the stone wall He
looked over and saw large black
bear eating his turnips. Mr.. Anderson
took a stone from the wall and hit the
bear on the nose. The bear took OBJ
jections to this and chased him across
lots to his home, quarter of a mile
away, where he escaped being Rugged
and probably badly clawed by slam
ming the door in the bears face. His
wife threw a pail of hot water on
the animal through an open window,
and while the bear was dancing about
from the effects Mr.. Anderson killed it
with his rifle.
While Mr.. Sanford, of Warwick, was
fishing at Wickham Lake last week
three calves ate up blanket and a
part Of the upholstery of his wagon.
farmer or Digberry township, Pa,
says that among the thousands of bugs
destroying his vegetables he found one
little bug which on close examination
appeared exactly like a miniature tur-
tie, shell and all. Close observers say
that insect life has had an excellent
chance for rapid increase so far this
season, and the Pennsylvania farmer
wants to know if the above bug would
not make good substitute for the
terrapin which has become so scarce
in the New York markets.
John Dolan, a lineman constructing
a new telephone line in Sullivan
county, ran across a peculiar looking
drove of animals in the woods near
Liberty one day last week. They
scampered away at his approach, and
he ran after them and struck one with
pole, when apparently killed IL.
The animal would weight about forty
pounds, and John said it was covered
all over with sharp things that looked
like goose-qulls. He threw the ami
NAL in his wagon, and when his days
work was done started for home.
When near his destination the animal
revived in a most lively manner and,
rolling against one of Dolan's legs,
gave him a lesson in natural history
which he will not forget for some time,
as it left half dozen of its goose
quilts in the calf Of the leg, some of
which had to be cut out by physician.
Doan then learned for the first time
that his animal was porcupine, and
says when he runs across any more
droves of chestnut burrs on legs he
will give them a wide berth.