The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
Jacob was the only boy in a family o
seven children.

Jacob was the only boy in a family of
seven children.
The wrecking crew of a street railroad
me IN Washington, D. c., rescued a big
Mal[eSe cat belonging in the household
81. JOhn K. Mclean, proprietor of the
cincinnati Enquirer. The cat had, fallen
mo sewer. been washed into the conduit
reading to the railway tracks. and was
making its way back toward home. a
poy rushed up to the Mclean mansion
anu Said that a cat was uplifting its.
voice from beneath the car tracks a
niock away, and that it's meow sounded
IKE that OF the Mclean pet. The house
neePeI nastehed to the scene, and iden-
tihed the cat, got a policeman to make
the people stand back, telephoned for the
Wrecklng crew, and stood by until the
rescue was effected. Then She carriad
it home in her arms.
A little thing like the theft of three
| chickens is not going to stand in the wav
of Taft's election if Mrs. Lucy Parker
of Cincinnati, o., can help it. She said
so in police court. 1t seems that Mrs.
man, named Charles Moss. arrested a
few days ago on a charge of stealing
three of her chickens. She refused to
prosecute the case. "You see, jedge,"
she explained, 81 done heah dat d Bryan
men SEE dey's goin' to lick de Tai men
and all wants to get cherry vote for Taft
dat | can, OATS jes why [ done decided
to let dat Moss man 60"
A large bald eagle, frequently seen fly
ing over Highland lake, Connecticut,
with a chicken in its talons, swooped.
down on a lone fisherman, John Hail,
as he was trying to land a large black
bass. The bird, Hall says, did not at
tack him, but picked up from the bottom
Of the boat the largest of seven bass he
had caught and carried it away. The
eagle made such a noise as it descended
that Hall was frightened. He dropped
his pole and the bass dashed its tail
against the boat, snapped the line, and
escaped. Hall declares he will take a
gun with him hereafter when he goes.
fishing ON Highland lake.
Prosecuting Attorney Covert of Pom
tiac, Mich, is also a chicken farmer. He
takes his poultry with him to his sum-
mer home at Sylvan lake. He went
fishing, but with poor success. On his
return he stood his pole against the
house with the worm baited hook
dangling near the ground. The members
of the family wen to town, but when.
they returned that evening they discov-
cred one of the prize ROSTERS with sew
eral yards of fish line trailing from it's
mouth. The fish hook was firmly i'm
bedded in the birds bill. 1t was cut
out and the chicken is now as clipper
as ever.
Because Brindle, a long horned cow
owned by George Koch of Richmond
Hill, L. l., will permit no one but a man
to milk her, Koch, when he appeared at
MILKING Tina 1ffirn6 in q 1OnU Uhi+o-
apron, had his face cut open and bruised
by a well directed kick from the COWS
hind leg. Koch wore an apron because
the board of health has ordered all per-
sons milking cows to wear them. Brindle,.
while she is a woman hater, is easily de-
ceived, and it is said that once a
denned trousers and succeeded in milk
ing the animal without trouble. When
Koch came toward her wearing his long
apron tied around his neck and up un-
der his chin the COW glanced over her
shoulder, saw what appeared to be a pet
ticoat, and gave a kick that upset milk
pail and mixer. Then she dashed out,
cutting Koch's face above the left eye..
Koch took to his heels.
When Sherman Kline. q respected
farmer near Petersburg, Ind, left his;
home a short time ago in search of his
wife, who had deserted him, there was:
muTQ0T III Ills heart. II was Ills intention
to seek out and kill the man for whom.
his wife had left him. When he re-
turned home a few days ago he COM
menced preparations for a divorce in
order that Mrs. Kline might marry the
sweetheart of her girlhood days, and in
addition he had given the man money
enough to give him a fresh start in life.
1t is doubtful if the strange tale has Il.
parallel outside of fiction. Posing as a
stock buyer, Kline travelled through
Arkansas until he had located his wife
at the home of her sister. She. confessed
that she had left his home because of her
love for John McArnold, whom she was
prevented from marrying when a girl of.
16 by her parents. She confessed that her
love for McArnold had caused her To
leave her home and join her lover in Ar.
kansas. Il was going to kill McArnoM
and went to his farm for that purpose
declared Kline. Il had arranged never
to return to Indiana, but when he told
me his story of hard luck it was so touch
ing that / thought that if he loved my
wife as he said he did he needed her
services worse than l."
Doors that swing of themselves are
the latest. At the Hotel Astor the at
tendant who stands at the main entrance
merely has to press a bulb and the door,
which is operated by electricity, re-
wolves. This plan has the advantage of
keeping the speed uniform. =.