Funny Peculiar Stories - 2

A resident of Canterbury, England, bought a tin of Australian peaches. Canned with the fruit was a bright green and brown insect. The man complained to the Health Department and was told by delighted officials that he did not know what a prize it was. The bug, a rare type of cricket, will be presented to the London Museum of Natural History. - New York Times

The other morning you reported that a small quantity of washing powder put in a duckpond would make all the ducks'sink to the bottom. My neigbbour's little boy put a whole packet in, but the ducks still went on swimming. It makes you wonder if you can believe everything you read in the newspapers. - Letter in Birmingham Gazette

FOUND STONE IN MASH NOW MARRIES COOK. - Headline in evening paper

Shoe traders complained that the sweeping of snow from Camden High Street, NW, caused galoshes sales to drop, Mr A. Swinnerton-Beet, secretary of St Pancras Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday. - North London paper

In order to accommodate the rather considerable mouse colony in residence at the Rockefeller Institute, one of the scientists there devised a mouse house not long ago. This was an air-conditioned, six-foot-high structure of cages, arranged in six layers and supplied with running water. Since waste disposal and the installation of running water were involved, the Institute's contractors submitted the plans to the Department of Buildings for approval. The plans were shortly returned, with the disappointing comment that the proposed drainage and plumbing systems completely failed to meet the requirements that the Multiple Dwellings Law has laid down for a six-story building. - The New Yorker

Mrs Ethel Rogers of East Finchley, found a mouse in a pint of milk delivered to her home, it was said at Highgate today. Mr E. W. Steel, for the company, said: `No possible harm could have come to the customer. The process through which the bottle went renders the bottle and anything inside it completely sterile.' - The Star

Have a gold tooth affixed to your denture and give your teeth that NATURAL LOOK. - Notice in shop

QUITE A FEW SWALLOWS - Norwich, Connecticut, May 26 A Mr David Evans, of Plymouth, about eight miles from this village, some time last week, whilst chopping in the woods, felled a hollow tree which contained from four to eight thousand Swallows! They were of the kind generally denominated the Wood Swallow. The breast is white - tail forked, and tail feathers sharp pointed. When discovered they were in a torpid state. - Robb's Cabinet of Curiosities

HIRED - 12 midgets to tour a Chicago baseball ground selling cigarettes and chocolates. Explained an official: `Fans were complaining that regular-sized salesmen blocked their view.' - Evening paper

When Mrs Janet Trent opened her diary yesterday the entry for the day was already filled in by someone else and read: `House burgled 5 a.m.' A burglar had stolen 24 pounds as she slept in her Hallfield Estate, Paddington, home. - Daily Express

I've lived on vegetables all my life
- that's nothing, I've lived on earth!

If you want to read more stories like this, you will find them in the Graffiti - the amusing writing on walls category.