Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Silas Perkins Loses Eye-Bird Had Feasted on Yeast.
Des Moines, Ia., Jan.1.-The strangest accident recorded in local history occurred, when a duck which had taken prizes at the recent Iowa poultry show, exploded into several hundred pieces, one of which struck Silas Perkins in the eye, destroying the sight.
The cause of the explosion was the eating of yeast which was placed in a pan upon the back porch. A surgeon who examined the optic gave no hope of saving it. It was penetrated by a fragment of bone.