Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

right side. The County Medical associ-
alton has become interested in the case
and offers to pay his way TO Paris that
he may be studied by experts there.
He has refused, and is working as a day
laborer here. He is perfectly healthy,
Frenchmen are VIGOROUSLY fond of
snailS cooked in rich peppery sauce Now
they are claiming the protection of the
game laws for their fayorite, which, il
appears, was dish much enjoyed in the
days of Cicero. The council general of
the French Department Cote d'Or has
passed resolution claiming protection
against its extinction. A law must be
passed, they have decided, chasing snails
as game which from April Is till July
10 should not be destroyed, hunted or
disturbed during their breeding season.
As reward for her devotion 10 her
father in giving up her approaching mar
riage in order that she might help him
out of financial ditfie,irles IN his old ace.
the school board of Trenton, \. j., gave
Miss Mary A. Camera back her place as
a school teacher at an increased salary.
She resigned her place at the end of the
school year She had helped her fathr
build a modest fortune, but the failure
of former City Treasurer John Encke
swept away the money of Angelo Cam
era, who was on Encke's notes. and the
girl promptly gave up her lover TO 20
back to teaching school to help support
her father.
Irene Dickinson, 12-year-od girl liv-
ing at Big Muddy, Wyo., killed a rattle
snake which measured 40 inches and had
five rattles and button. She had been
into the pasture for her horse and on
her return she encountered the RATHER.
She threw pair of hobbies at it. but
failed to hill it, She then threw a tin
pail. in which she had been carrying
few oats, with the same result, She
then took off one of her bride lines aud
commenced to whip ii. Her father,
thinking she had been gone too long,
started out to look for her and came
upon her in the act of crushing the rep
tiles head with the iron links of the hob
bles. Irene is now wearing the skin as Il
belt
If you want 10 preserve an easy con
science, don't carry spoons away from
hotels where you stop, just for the sake
Of having a souvenir Of the house One
man tried that at the Southern, Column
bus, o., and now several years afterward
his conscience has so troubled him that
he has sent to the hotel management u
sum he estimates to equal the value Of
the spoon. Who the spoon fancier is or
where he lives no one can tell from his
letter In which he inclosed 50 cents in
2-cent stamps. received by Manager Wei
~ of the Southern,
To prove to the court that bone
which he was alleged to have thrown to
a dog did not contain poison, G.. w.
Speare of Newburyport, Mass. calmly cut
off green portions from the bone and ate
them before the court official could inter-
fere. The bone had been exposed to the
sun and flies for over Il week, 0nd was
in a decayed condition The court. still
slkeptcal. ordered an examination by II
chemist while Il recess WAS taken. The
report sent back was rs follows:
''The green matter is caused by mold
and the white spots were caused by the
application Of arsenic"
Speafe ate none but the green portions.
The chemists examination was super
fetal and MIR. Speare was held in bonds
while an examination is being made 10y
the state chemists at Boston.
Harry McLane of Shelbyyine, Ind,
was the owner Of a spaniel terrier which
be had taught to catch chickens when
they escaped from his poultry yard.
street in his large automobile when the
dog went into the street and lay down
within two yards of the front wheels.
The wheels ran over aud killed the dog
before the auto could be stopped. Per
sons who saw the accident say that the
dog committed suicide.
After "a continued existence ia the
hands Of the same family, the oldest
II
been closed, ending career of l04
years. In 1904 Stephen Driver an
nounced: Il have opened ye store for
sale Of shoes. and since that time the
business has been successfully conducted
by his descendants. The establishment
is now closed up that the owner may
give attention to Il patented article.
A rather remarkable fish story has
reached Grafton. w. Va, from Rich
wood While two Young men were out
trout fishing in Gauey river they dis
covered a quart bottle floating in the
water. and it was by no means empty.
1t contained possibly not what they
might have hoped. but instead n good
sized trout that was quite alive. Evil
IDENTITY it had made its way into the bot
tie when young, for after breaking the
bottle it was found to be 10l2 inches
long and to weigh ~ pounds. The two
any one doubt IT, as to the absolute
truthfnlness Of their yarn.
Having been knocked of load Of
hay by a collision with Il passing auto
mobile Samuel Griner, an Ewing town
ship farmer, refused to allow himself 70
be taken to a hospital ia the new auto
mobile ambulance with which the Tren-
ton a. j. police department has recent
~ been equipped. Griner's fall brought
on a heDOrrhage of the lungs. but when
the auto ambulance arrived on the scene
he refused 10 get into IT, saying he had
had enough experience with such pesky
things aud preferred to ride in a horse
drawn vehicle He was accommodated.
4 big shark which was caught By fisk
ermen on sea-bass line at New Lon
don Conn. and killed with tiler ham
die was cut open today, and in its stom-
| ach was found a heavy silver soup spoon
inches long. The speen was black
but when polished the name 'Pequot
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