Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-29
NOTES OF INTEREST.

| Smith. a former charge at the Burliup.
| ton poOrhouse in Bradford county, Pa.
was returned to that institution today.
some weeks ago farmer got her To he
ms housekeeper and 10 care for his chill
] dren IN return for giving her q home. \
| couple of weeks later he traded her 10
another farmer for five gallons of cider
| rms second farmer later traded her To Il
| third for one gallon of cider. and the
third farmere finally returned her to the
| poorhouSe.
Rev. NJ. t. Van Leer. pastor of the
/ EpWorthth NJ. T.. church near BelleyiIle
| I'LL, believe in the church militant. or mt
least the church industrial" as he puts
| lt. Pastor Van leet completed good
/ job ut interior decoration in his church
| as an Easter surprise for his congrega-
| ton, The congregation is small and
| handicapped 10y lack of funds Rev. Mr..
/ Van Leer wanted his church To have a
new interior dress for Easter. So he took
OFF his coat, gathered Il few paint buckets
and did the work himself. The Ladies'
| Aid society of the church gave a bazaar
to raise funds to pay for the paint the
pastor used.
David Detwiler of Oxford, Mich. has
recently undergone a peculiar experience
| that is puzzling local physicians. He
delphia Dutch but for twenty years has
| not spoken a word of that language. Re
Gently he underwent a stroke of paral-
ysiS, after which he began to speak
Dutch and could not speak n word of
| English, Gradually his command of the
English language has returned and ut
| the same time the Dutch mas fled To
day, nearly fully recovered from his eX.
perience, he can speak but few words
of Dutch.
Legal learning is worth about 500 a
| pound. not much more than opium in
these parlouS days. according to the opin-
| ion of Superior Judge James Coffey Civ
en- in damage suit in San Francisco,
| Cal. The attorney for Il young man who
| had won suit against the United rail
roads had asked the court To allow him
certain fee, more than the young man
thought the attorney was worth to HIM
| After the arguments. Judge Coifey said.
"Bailin. take the papers of this wise
man of the law outside and have them
weighed. We shall allow him an even
500 pound for his legal learning.
The bailiff reported the paper weighed
| two pounds and "A half,
So be it, said the judge, 'the learned
counsel is entitled to $3.50. Call the next
| case
The decision, it is reported, will be APP
pealed.
| One dollar apiece was fixed in police
court as the prices of kisses in the Scrau-
| ton, Pa, market. The quotation was
given by Magistrate John r. Howe,
| when Nathan Perlman, a clerk in n Penn
! avenue shoe store, pleaded guilty to a
| charge of disorderly conduct preferred
/ by Agnes MOsher a Comely girl who
works in a candy store in the same block.
| The girl declared that Perlman bought
some candy and when asked to settle he
asked her if she wouldn't rather accept
| kisses than money. Before she could
reply Perhnan circled her waist and
| planted two resoundiug SmackS on her
cheeks. When she demonstrated with
| him he refused TO he suuelched aud she
| finally notified police headquarters. 4
warrant was issued and it was served on
Perlman When he paid the 81 fine inn
posed by the magistrate. Perlmau cN-
pressed satisfaction with the bargain.
| Billy" the Persian cat which APP
| peared before Police Judge COnan in
/ San Francisco, Cal, recently ON search
Warrant proceeding instituted by Mrs
i II J.. Hastings against the DR.. Morse
| Cat and Dog hospital, has become still
| further involved in a legal controversy.
| The defendants had been holding the
animal IN lieu of payment for Il capital
operation which had been performed 10y
the physician to save Biily's life. 1t was
stated at the conclusion of court that a
suit may be instituted in the supreme
court against Mrs. Hastings to recover
/ fee for an operation on the feline for
appendicitis In the meantime, however,
Judge Conlau awarded the eat to Mrs
! Hastings. Some weeks ago Mrs. Hast
! ings took the cat to the hospital for treat
ment. The cat was pronounced 10 he
suffering from an abdominal trouble. pre-
sumahly appendicitis ana an operation
was performed Later the woman re
/ fused to pay the fee for the operation
and then the trouble began.
! Promptly ut 400 o'clock every morn
! ing Jim Paesner. n New Jersey farmer
arises and begins his days work. He
! does not bother about alarm clocks any
more, for he places more reliance in his
| hound dog Spot, who sleeps outdoors and
who Il few minutes before I 30 begins an
unearthly howl paesncr knows from eX-
! perience ii is u,eless to try to prolong
| his sleep, for the dogs yeps viii not
! cease until his master comes down t.
| him. Paesner gives simple explanation
! of how the dog became such a reliable
alarm. When he used the clock the first
thing he would do after getting up would
! he to see if Spot was all right and throw
/ him a piece of meat. me dog now looks
| for his breakfast at tnat hour and for
| six weeks has not varied FIVE minutes in
! time.
An old cock pigeon in the cote of John
Baughman of York, Pa, sprang sur
| prise when it appeared with tiny chick
| III tow, which it had hatched from un
| egg of a little Leghorn hen, accustomed
to visit the pigeon house.