Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1879 — INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—A touching story is told of a little New Haven child, who, having received a “ reward of merit” card from her teacher, hfild it up to the sky all the way home that her dead father might see how good she had been. —The Treasurer of Fliltofi County, Fa., reoentiy owned a saw-mill, but when he went to look for it a few days ago, it was missing. The mill, saws, wrenches, dogs, crowbars, logs and the whole ooneern had been carried off by thieves. Being a man who believes in making the best of every evil to which he may be exposed, he is naw thankful that the water power was left behind.' \ -—A poultry speonlator in Warren County, JPa., buys chickens in the country and writes out a receipt fer tho farmer to sign. The point of his pencil Invariably breaks off just before the signature is reached, and he produces a fountain-pen from his pocket The body of the reoeipt is written in pencil and the farmer’s name in ink. When the speculator goes to town he erases •all the pencil marks and writes out in ink a promissory note for 1100 or $l5O, and has it discounted by a bank. —ln Wilton, Conn., a few days ago, tho family of I)r. Turney threw away a lot of wild-cherrv pits which had been soaked in brandy since last fall. On Sunday a large flock of crows came along and maae a hearty meal of the -pitor-and—thc congruence was that nearly every crow became as drunk as a tiddler. Nome would stagger around the field and finllly lie down, apparently insensible, while others would fly up in the air, and then, losing all contnd of their wings, would fall to the ground, in many instances breaking their necks. About fifty of the birds were killed or captured, and the people had a great deal of fun out of the afl'air. —A child, not yet six years of age, living on London terrace, was sent to light the gas in his parents’ room,, on Thursday night, and go to bed. There was perfect silence in the chamber for the next fifteen minutes, at the end of which the boy reappeared, with his lit tie hands clasped tightly, and said to those who were gathered in the parlor, “ You needn’t be afraid, for_l have put the tire all out; the curtain is burned all up, but the tire is out.” A rush to the chamber showed that the window curtain had been entirely consumed, the ceiling badly burned, the contents of an open bureau destroyed, and the carpet scorched. The child, with an umbrella, tore down the flaming lace curtain, packed it into a corner, and then brought water, with which he extinguished the flames.—AT. Y. Herald. —There was a wedding in Portland, Me., recently. Miss Ida I. Baker had been for a number W years operator in a Western Union Telegraph office in that city. Among her friends was a lady operator in Newburyport, Mass., who visited her. The latter had a brother, a shipmaster, and she made up her mind that that brother should marry her friend. The rest of the story the Eastern Argus tells thus: “So she wrote her brother, painting in tho strongest lights the accomplishments and good qualities of Ida. So much pleased was he with the description, that even before they had seen each other they became engaged. Four or live week ago Mr. Charles H. Hemingway and Miss Baker met for the lirst time in Boston. A personal acquaintance only the more favorably impressed each with the other, and before a week had passed a day had been set for the wedding.” —A man-of-war’s man lately reached New York from a cruise, was paid off, and started out to do the city. First he visited an old colored woman to whom he had entrusted some washing, and gave her, as he supposed, the price she demanded, one dollar and a half, the coin wrapped in the bill. Later, wishing some change, he gave a one-dollar-note to A. E Merritt, Cashier of the Metropolitan Hotel, and received therefor four silver quarters. Shortly after, the sailor returnod and said to the latter that he had given him a tiftydollar ncte, instead of a one-dollar note he intended to give him for silver. Merritt denied and the sailor instated The upshot was that Merritt -was arrested and held to bail for examination. The colored woman had seen in the papers a day or two after that the sailor had lost fifty dollars, ana, looking over her package to see if it were all right, discovered that he had wrapped the coin in the missing tiftydollaririttr which was returned to the sailor, and which, of course, secured the release oi Merritt.