Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     A strange and nearly fatal fight between a child and an eagle took place in Pearson County, N. C. The three-year-old child of Mr. Wm. Murry was sitting on a stile feeding chickens when a large eagle swooped down at the chickens, scattering them in all directions. As the child was moving off the eagle made a second swoop, catching the child in its talons. With its prey it rose in the air, but the child was too heavy, and the eagle managed to flutter a short distance to the limb of a decayed oak. Its talons were so entangled in the clothing of the child that it could not get loose, and the weight soon made it come down to the ground. The frightened father of the child came up and killed the eagle. The child, save some deep scratches, was uninjured.