The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-06-09
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this place, died the other day and
his obituary was prepared. A bar
Der was called in to shave the
corpse. AS the razor passed ovel
the mans cheek his eyes opened.
his lips parted and he said Don't
cut me, kid" The barber dived
through the window and is some
where in Oklahoma by this time
Heating is alive and well.
Dublin, Tex.-W H. Stewart, for.
merly brakeman, in nightmare
dreamed that he was on freight
train and that, going under a
bridge, beam struck him on the
head, fracturing his skull. The
next morning it was found that his
hair had changed from jet black
to fiery red Physicians say that
1t will be white in few months.
Grinnell, law. c. Robinson, an
amateur aviator. was tuning up his
monoplane in a field near DR.. Som
ers' office when the doctor received
telephone call to attend man
terribly injured In runaway ] j
miles southeast of town. Robinson
volunteered to take the doctor to
| the scene in his monoplanex SOM
ers accepted and the IL miles were
covered in six minutes, or at the
rate of 10 miles an hour.
New York, N. VT is not gen.
orally known that Iceland is one of
the few countries in which there is
nationwide prohibition. And from
Iceland comes a story similar to
those always heard from dry terri
tory. Mr.. Gier Thorsteinsson, of
Raykjayik, now at the Aston Hotel,
here, says that the population is US
ing alcohol, which they manufac-
ture themselves. in homemade dis
tilleries. There is no way to stop
this.
Trenton, N. J.-Chas. Katzea lost
the use of his voice as the result of
an accident several years ago. Last
week a fellow patient in hospital
told funny story. Katzea laughed
long and loud. That night in a
dream he repeated part of the story
aloud. Next morning it was found
that his power of speech was re-
stored.
Edwardsville, III. = Something
strange has happened to a poplar
tree on the premises of Town Clerk
Peter Dresch. The tree gives forth
a strange. powerful and sweet per-
fume. No one has been able to ex-
plain the phenomenon.
Kokomo, Ind.-Run down and
dragged by taxicab. Jane Gardner,
aged 2. was found unhurt and COO
ing when her father crawled under
the taxi to rescue the babe.
Garfield, Ore.-Mrs. John Moore
of this place. has a ton of children
Mrs. Laird weighs only 1876 pounds
but her heaviest son. 20. weighs 295
pounds. Three others weigh 245
pounds each. There are 10 children
and their combined weight is 2,0S5
pounds.
DEVILS Lake. N. DIX. o. Ander-
son. about to leave town for his mar
riage. depended upon the town
clock. The timepiece was slow. An
derson missed his train. was late for
the wedding and was rejected by the
angry bride. Anderson has sued
the city for $4,000 damages
Huntsville, O.-The boys In the
graduating class here appeared at
the exercises clad in oveyalls while
the girls all wore Bingham gowns.
Prof. Pierson. of the Ohio Universe
ty. who delivered the address. COM
plimented the young people.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Louis Mueller.
born in Milwaukee and employee of
"a big factory, was down town one
days last week for the first time In
81 years. He is IS years old.
Center Point. Tenn.-J.F. Graves.
mail carrier between this place and
Nashville. has gray mare, Grace.
who is veteran In the service. She
has made 3.370 round trips to Nash
Vile and has covered s7.460 miles.
She appears to be good for many
more years of service.
Grand Rapids. Mich Joseph Ben
dell. Of this city, celebrated his 9th
birthday last week and says he
wants to live to be an even hundred.
He would not make very good sub
jet for an anti-tobaco lecturer. for
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