The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-14

Bull Pup Gone Mad.
Mere excitement on short notice
than we have experienced in some
time was generated Tuesday evening
by the report thaC one Of Harry Muir
rays bull dog pups had gone mad he
was tied in the back yard and when
first noticed was having commissions.
Getting loose he ran into the pOstOmce
freeing the force there on the first
tables that came handy. Charlie MUIR
ray lassOed him and got him back into
the yard, and tied him to stake, and
in a few minutes he fell over dead.
Beyond the fits he had no symptoms
of hydrOphObia, and it is evident that
some one threw poison into the yard
20 him-DeFuniak Breeze.
A Heart-Rending Appeal.
Up in Brevard they raise a breed
or strain Of hogs known as razor
backs" They are said to resemble
pumpkin seed in shape, and have a
prominent pair Of ears set about mid
ships. The following pathetic appeal
is self explanatory, and is supposed
TO have been addressed to the rail-
road officials at st. Augustine by a
Cocoa resident:
My razorback strolled down your track
A week ago today
Your Twenty-Five came down the line
And snuffed his light away,
You cant blame me, the hog, you see,
Slipped through the cattle renee;
So kindly pen check for ten,
This debt to recOmpense.
A few days later he received the
following:
Dear Sir:
Old Twenty-nine came down the line
And killed your hog We know,
But razOrbacks on railroad tracks
Quite often meet with woe.
Therefore, my friend, we cannot send
The check for which you pine;
Just plant the dead; place Ger his
head,
Here lies a foolish swine"
Fish Found on Roof.
Charles Chase reports a remarkable
find in the shape of a fish a few days
ago. Charlie says he was fixing a
roof for Mr.. EppersOn, and found a six
inch fish in the basin of the roof. No
one has been on the roof for months,
and It is thought the fish came down
during the heavy rain where he re-
NAMED till found. We wish TO state
that hereafter all FISH found on trees
and house tops must be brought 10
this Office if the finder wants 1t pub
lished. We came from up near Mis-
souri,, you know.-Live Oak Crescent.
Dredging in Lake Surprise.
The dredges John BabcOck and Mix
ado, assisting in building the Key
West extension Of the F. 2. c. rail-
way, are now at work in what has
been named Lake Surprise, a shallow
body of water lying inland in the key
and being about two miles in length
by a half a mile in width. The lake
has been so named by the men at work
there from the fact that it is never
shown on coast charts, and its pres
ence was known only to the few who
have explored the vast jungle Of the
key. The lake lies inland about six
teen hundred feet from Jewish creek
to the island Of Key Largo. The
dredges cut their way into the lake
rom the creek and are now engaged
in throwing up from the bottom OF 1t
soil building the bed of the railroad
across H.-Miami Metropolis.
Cow and Catfish Industry.
Cows and catfish form two of the
principal resources Of Osceola coun-
.y. The first are raised on the spleh-
did ranches near by, and much care
and expense are taken to improve
hem. while the latter are taken from
he adjacent waters by the thousands
and afford remunerative employment
10 hundreds Of fishermen. The fish
are dressed and shipped to the west
srn cities where they are sold at ID
'ents per pound. To know how 70
skin a cat" or lasso a COW are quaIt-
ications that insure profitable en-
)loyment in OsceOlo cOunty.-Like Oak
Democrat. is
Fight With a Shark.
Daniel Curry is at the Railway Hos. -
,ital with a severely lacerated leg as