Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1883 — ABLE LIES AND LIARS. [ARTICLE]

ABLE LIES AND LIARS.

Danielsville, Ga, boasts of a three-eared ! PigI Crawfordsville, Ga.. claims to have a I chicken with two well-developed heads. Tom Ochiltree, th’e Texas Congressman* i astonishing the Londoners with his whop- : pers about life in the Southwest A Chicago woman, according to the Tribune, of this city, astonished her neighbors, startled the medical fraternity, and unnerved her husband by giving birth to two healthy children—an interval of eleven days separating the advent of the youthful strangers. In answering a correspondeilt the St Louis Post-Dispatch says: The real name of “Eli Perkins” is Melville D. Landon. He has been connected with various journals in the East He writes alleged humorous articles and delivers alleged funny leetures. He is celebrated chiefly for his penuriousness when dealing out facts. • On reaching the top of Mount Washington the other day, Barnum telegraphed that the spectacle was “the second-greatest show on earth." When he heard of the death of Tom Thumb, the great showman telegraphed to the widow: “Death is as much a part of the divine plan as birth The Heavenly Father finally overcomes all evil with good. ” Centerville, Md., has entered the lists against the Thomasville (Ga) man. The following is the story: Three mules out of a team of six were killed by lightning. The : mules were attached to a tmber wagon, 1 geared tandem, and the lightning struck the ! leader, missed the next, struck the third, ■ missed the fourth and fifth, and struck the I breech mule, killing three. A Savannah negro hooked a shark about ’ seven feet in length As soon as the old seadog found himself fast he went for the boat ana soon had it bottom side up and the occupant floundering and praying for dear life The hook ana rope interfered with the shark's movements considerably, but as it was he punctured the negro's legs in a numi ber of places with its sharp teeth The darky succeeded in getting ashore, but his catch had bitten the line in two and skipped. ' A turtle was picked up on the premises of George Thompson, West Islip, L I, on Saturday last, upon whose back were the initials “N. & ” and the date 1717. Mr. j Youngs recently saw a turtle in the same I locality marked “R W., 1830.” The initials ' of Judge Jonathan Thompson and an almost ' Illegible date, supposed to have been carved I eighty-five years ago, were found upon the I shell of another turt e about tfyear since in j the same locality. These old residents have i been confined within a limited area by two j streams of water. Goetz Bachket’s back yard in Norwich appeared to be a meeting place for rodents, and a steel trap, baited with stale cheese,* was set for their reception. The Bulletin says: Several persons were watching the trap, when a large rat put in an appear- ! ance and walked toward the trap. He was ‘ within a few feet of it when Mr. Bachert’s favorite cat clambered over the fence into the yard. The rat stopped. So did the cat. They seemed to recognize each other. After looking at one ano her for a moment the distance between them was lessened. i Finally they were nose to nose, and actually kissed each other. They remained together ! a few minutes, when the rat took a glance i at the trap and walked away in the opposite direction.