The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-11-06
ODD RITs OF NEWS.

ODD BITS OF NEWS
Bardstown, Ky.-Miidred Gii.
more Hall came into the world
ready for the dinner table. She
had two fully developed teeth 10
her lower gum.
Hartford, Mich An admirer
brought the editor Of the Day
Spring here q freak fruit-half
peach aud half apple. The dl.
viding line Is straight and we'll
defined. The specimen grew on
a peach tree.
New York, N. Y.-According
TO Robert 4 Kieser, who return'
ed from q tour OF inspection In
Germany recently, four dummy
ksisers ride along the lines In
different SECTIONS vt the country
daily. The dummies ride in cara
like that of the emperor and are
selected from soldiers who look
most like the kaiser. In this
way the life Of the kaiser 10 bet
ter protected.
Paris, France.-Alcide Verd,
70 years old, Is The Oldest soldier
lin the French army. He saw
service at Sedan, and Is now
with the Attn territorial regiment
IN the first line Of trenches.
Monroe, Wis.-This town was
said to be the "smelliest" town
lin America when the annual
cheese day was held. Two tons
of limbul ger, swiss and other
cheeses were gwen away in sand.
wiches.
Meadville, Miss For the first
time in It's History, 70 years, this
town has q church. The town
was the headquarters for many
years of the famous Newman
Byrd feud, which ended with the
killing Of all the feudists.
Roxton, Tex--At birthday
party given by Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Watson In honor of their son,
Rufus. q fruit cake graced the
table which was cooked twenty
years ago by Mrs G. 81. Shilling,
OF Paris, the young mans aunt.
She gave 10 to his father and told
him not to cut IL until the boy
was twenty one years Ut age.
The flavor was said to be fine.
Geneva, O.-Menu: Breakfast,
springwater; luncheon, spring.
water; dinner, more springwater.
That was tho diet which DR.. H
G. Huffman, occnlist, lived on fol
AZ days. The DOCTORS fast IL
said to havesaved his life.
Altoona, Pa.-Unable to speak
above q whisper for four years,
Miss Mollie Friscb, an invalid
from pulmonary troubles, awoke
from = dream in which she
Thought she approached death,
and found that she could speak
perfectly again. She declared
she is going to get we'll.
Greenport. L. LATTER hic
coughing for ten months, Cort
land Brooks IL dead at his home
here. When he began to hic
cough he was taken to q hospital
and put in , plaster, but cont.
nued to hlccough even in hil
sleep. Physicians diagnosed bill
malady 40 tuberculosis Of thu
spine.
nanbury, CoDn.-With biz
right arm severed near the elbow
and the flesh hanging in shreds
John Calkins, "a years old, q
chauffeur, drove his automobile
with his remaining hand two
miles TO get surgical aid Hi
arm was cas off 6y an ensilags
cutter.
Philadelphia, Ps.--s1'here are
wheels IN my head" sald q MARI
ton, n j. man to the head physi
clan st Cooper hospital, Oamd D,
N. J. The physician examine
the mans ear aud found twenty
three small wrlggliDg objects
which we're ldentified by an eDto
mologist as the larvae of a fly
The man had been sleeping on
the ground, and it 10 thought a
female laid the eggs which were
Matched by body heat.
Waycross, GA DIR. J. H Lati
mer, member Of the city council,
had an operation performed t.
remove q No. 8 birdshot from be
tween his fingers. The shot en-
tered his arm over eighteen years
ago and had never troubled him
until II worked between his I'm,
nara M that hA -. 1919.