Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-12-17
Some Things of Odd and Comic
Interest Which This Old
World has Seen in 1909.

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The Worlds heart beats in little
thiugs. Happenings Of broad import
may I'LL the years ''front pages, top
column" but 10 is in ''the shadows
OF shade," often "buried" way
back among the real estate items and
the classified ads that is usually to be
found the truest human interest.
And some of these "unconsidered
trifles'' telling of the joys and sor.
rows, oddities and drollities of the
now closing twelve month--have here
been gathered.
DOLLARS AND CENTS.
That same filthy lucre, which plays
80 large part In present day news,
figured in March aud April 10 two
other out-of-the- happenings: the
first telling of the opening of mis-
er's grave at Epiual, France, with the
resulting discovery of some $3.50 in
small coins lying amid the bones of
the dead man, who bad presumably
swallowed the money to carry at least
so much of his worshipped treasure
out of the world with him; aud the
second recording genuine April
Fools joke. Just because the day
was the first of the fourth month, Los
Angeles pedestrians allowed to lie on
the sidewalk uninvsstigated dilpi-
dated old wallet. At last it was
kicked oaralessly into the gutter.
where Nj. j. Alschuler, the distressed
owner, discovered 1t in his search
and recovered S715 in good ourren-
oy.
FREAKS IN LAW.
Two oddly just sentences have come
out OF Pittsburg aud Cbicego. In
one city in November Judge Joshua
Cohen has decreed that three boys.
accused of petty larceny, are to 10 to
church every Sunday. or take q term
in prison; In the other. l8-year- I'D
Joseph Masterson, arrested for the
theft of pair of trousers, has been
directed to go home aud read "David
Copperield, bordering its lesson.
JUST ABOUT WOMEN.
Last May this advertisement ap.
peared in certain Colorado papers, In
serted by the school board of the lit.
tie town OF Virginia Dale:
WANTED--For School District l.
A teacher with a glass eve and cork
or wooden leg; sure TO take To the
woods II she sees man coming.
The solons Ia charge of education
out there bad had trouble. IL seems,
In keeping a teacher Of even average
attractions; they married off about at
fast as they were appointed.
JUST FATE.
There fate was obviously ct work.
"a it WAS in August, when Belden
Woodring, a steepIejack of many lof
ty climbs, fell from chair in his
kitchen ard killed bismelf; and when
Antonio Auillsra Mexican murderer.
suuutuly mt6bluB tUo Twin uTOlueT VI
victim on the streets of Zscatecas.
fell on his knees. made full comics
sion of his crime, and was led away
to trial aud execution.
IN AT THE FINISH.
Colorado Springs, May 2l.-Carl
Erickson, while asleep last night,
walked out of window and fell
twenty five feet to the ground withou,
awakening. There he slept for nearly
three hours. being brought to himself
by dreaming he was freezing to death
Puebis, Mexico, May 2-Feii,
Gallo, aeronaut and inventor, ascend
ed sixty feet today in an air craft OF
his own making. At that height h
tried TO start back to earth only ia
ind he couldn't, and nothing but I
resourceful youth who foated a toy
balloon up to him with guy rope at
tached TO it's scarlet thread. got hin
down in time for supper. Gallo Il
the fret man to get stuck in the sky
Committee Appointed.