Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-30
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/ ach ache, but | lust had 10 eat that
cake, and Ia stand for another stomach
acne any time II | had the chance L. get
outside of that much cake. said Is.
year-old Harry White of Fall street in
| Trenton. \. j.. when DR. Freeman had
pulled hun through an attack of acuJe
indigestion. Harry, like most boys of his
age mas fondneSS for cake. aud he
uoeSn often get as -aueh as he wants.
being Tree from school duties, he at
tached himself to a grocery as a delivery
beN and earned some money. This he
| invested IN what he considered a sun.
cleht quantity of cake of different kinds
60 satisfy his long standing craving.
WITH his consignment of cake Harry
| hied himself to Il place of seclusion and
proceeded 70 I'LL up. DOughnutS. crullers,
sponge cake. nameleSs cake and indie
scrlbable cake were consumed by Harry
IN ms desire for once in his life 10 get
enough. When Harry emerged from his
place of SecluSion he was seen to walk
With somewhat of an effort down South
Warren street toward his home. He
leaned forward as though something
amidShlnS was amiSs. Near the corner
OF Market street he was seen to tall
Pedestrians ran to his assistance ami
found hlm unconscious. He was recog
nized and taken home, and DR. Freeman
49, ''ttAtt'AA'Ns 4 Alt iiltN SANtNA UHitlAtA
remedies which brought about desired
results Harry's first words after regain
ing conSclousneSS We're: Awful lot Of
cake. Well, rather" said DR. Free.
man.
Justice of the Peace Cooney Fritz Of
Franklin township, o., was paid $50 for
performing the marriage service for
couple whom he did not know. hut did
a ~ al.
wedding, AT the close of the ceremony
the groom handed Justice Fritz a pair Of
KID gloves. Fritz, who is a bachelor, con
cealed his disgust and later turned the
strange marriage fee over TO has mother.
remarklng; What in the world do |
want with kid gloyes?" Fritz, who is
not given to studying fashion plates de-
cided to try on the gloves. just to see
how his hands would look in them.
Tucked in each of the ten fingers he
found 81 bill.
When a mail clerk opened the mail
sack from Battle Ground. Wash. the
fumes arising from the bag made the
Office clerks IN the immediate vicinity
scatter for cover grab their noses and
look at each other qdestioningly. What
ever il was it had strong odor, What
it was all soon knew by previous expert
ence, but to have ii come in a small sack
was something unusual, unpleasant aud
unlocked for. The doors of the post
office were thrown wide and the windows
lowered. In Il few minutes one of the
clerks crept closer to the package aud
noted that the sender. James Richardson
OF Brush Prairie, Wash, was sending
to turrler in Kansas City. Mo, two
skunk hides, ana all of the original odor
had been retained in the drying of the
pelts.
Trying to eat twenty-eight bananas,
Lee Pepper Of Georgetown, Del.} nearly
died from Indigestion when he had gotten
to twenty-five, aud also lost bet as to
his capacity. 4 conversation in the store
kept by Otis Warrington inspired the at
tempt Pepper declared he could eat
twenty-eIght bananas, one after another,
and Warrington wugered him that he
could not do it. Pepper started and ate
the first ten with apparent relish. After
that the fruit seemed harder to swallow.
and when the twenty-ffth banana had
been swallowed the boy stopped, doubled
up with pain.
In stiff fight with snake over which
he had run with a wheelbarrow, Charles
Prettynian came off victorious at Lewes,
Dell and killed the reptile, which meas
nred over four feet long and was as big
around as = mans wrist. Prettymun
was wheeling a barrow of fish up from
the beach in the dark, when his barrow
wheel passed over something which be-
gan to hiss at him In a moment he felt
the snake around his leg and the fight
began. Prettylnan finally managed 10
kick the snaSe loose, whE4 il sprang back
at him. III his whirlwind battle he found
loose club, and eventually killed the
big fellow.
NatuIalists at York. Pa. are puzzliug
over the character of a strange insect
which burrowed its way into the arm of
Nora Becker, l6-year-old York New
Salem miss. so deep that the girl had 20
be placed under the influence Of an anes-
thetic for its removal by an operation.
The girls attention was attracted by an
irritation at the spot when the insect
was only about half under the skin, aud
with Il pair Of scissors she cut off the
exposed part of it's body The head aud
f0relegs, however, kept on burrOwiug,
with the pain increasing. until the opera
ton for its removal became necessary.
While lumbermen were razng trees at
Shohola. Pike county, Pa, they found
imbedded in tree part of colonial
Hintlock mnsket On June -. lT70. "a
bloody battle occurred in the neighbur-
hood between the cOlOnists and Indians
The whites were defeated and it is be-
lieved the historic gun belonged 20 one
Of the wounded patriots. The w0odmen
had cut down a large pine tree, but
found the butt defective, and In order
to get a sound end cut off the disea ged
part. In doing this they found the tree
hollow, with the gun inside aud the
aperture grown over and closed NJ
tightly.
IIeadless baseball players, tigurativeiy
are not uncommon, but q f0otless third
baseman actually is a rare occurrence.
However, Atwood BarnhaFt Of Sun
bury, Pa, is one who, although both
legs are eut OFF just below the knee,
covers his third sack with such agility
a. 10 show him In class " ball play
ers all by himself Barnhart is very well
developed as 10 his chest aud arms. His
whip II strong and sure, and he lines
the bail to first with such speed and &C.
curacy that few runners ever beat out
q punky hit along the third base line.
He plays ia close and takes stingng
| liners almost off the bat. BY long prac,
! tire he has developed a marvellous jump.
! ing ability. and most Of his catches are
made while off the ground.