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Monthly Archives: November 2017

Hen Pecks Out Baby’s Eye

Two-Months-Old Child Seriously Hurt by Chicken that Invades House. Mount Vernon, Illinois July 1.-The two-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. A. Potts, living at Thacher’s Gap, southeast of this city, was injured by a hen that pecked out its right eye. The child was playing on the floor and the hen wandered into the house […]

An Elephant’s Courtesy

At the conclusion of a children’s performance at Old Meldrum an elephant proceeded along a narrow road with a pail in its trunk for the purpose of procuring water from a pump. A little girl chanced to get in the animal’s way, and the road being only wide enough to accommodate his substantial body, the […]

Upholds Cruelty to Beast.

William Hess, a wealthy citizen of Evansville, Ind. was in police court on the charge of cruelty to animals. His neighbor has a calf and the other night Hess could not sleep for the calf’s bawling, so he tied the mouth up with a rope. The judge released Hess, saying he believed he would have […]

Guarded by Her Horse

Bloomington, Illinois, Feb. 27-After stumbling in the snowdrifts and throwing his fair rider and fracturing two ribs, the faithful horse, which had been ridden by Miss Eleanor England, daughter of John C. England, of Logan county, stood guard over the unconscious girl for two hours until she later revived, climbed into the saddle and started […]

Cats

Their Mission is to Fight Rats Which Spread the Plague. Washington, Jan. 30-Five thousand cats whose mission is to serve as rat destroyers in fair Japan, have been shipped from Chicago. The purpose of this curious feline invasion is to aid in fighting the plague which is spread by rodents.

Rat’s Death Puts Town in Gloom.

A rat three inches long paralyzed the electric lighting system of Stamford, Conn., and put the town in darkness for twenty-four hours. Climbing a guy wire fifty feet long, the rat reached a conduit carrying 10,000 volts of electricity. It placed its front feet on the charged wire and instantly diverted the current through its […]

Chased By A Wildcat

Philadelphians In Motor Car Have Hair Raising Experience. Recently the family of William H. Walker of Philadelphia had an experience rare indeed. In their motor car they were en route to Bedford Springs, Pa., and were going over the mountain from Fannettsburg to McConnellsburg, the county seat of Fulton county, lying deep in the vale […]

Snake In Her Basket

Fair Foreigner Carries Rattler and Blueberries Together. “Nice Blueberries, very cheap, only 10 cents a quart,” was the solicitation of Anna Riscavage, a buxom young foreigner, in front of a prominent residence in Centralin, Pa. The mistress of the house noticed that the berries were luscious and that only a few quarts remained in the […]

Cats Guard Slain Woman

Animals Watch the Body of Recluse Thought Murdered by Robbers. Wallingford, Vt., Oct. 11.- Watched over by fourteen cats, which were her only companions in life, the body of Mary J. Johnson, sixty-seven years old, was found in her home under circumstances indicating murder. Robbery, it is thought. was the motive. Miss Johnson had lived […]

Boy Nearly Killed By A Rooster

Duluth, Minn., Aug. 1,-Lloyd Burley, aged two years, was nearly killed by a rooster. The child was so seriously injured that it is feared that he will lose his eyesight.