Tale of an Egg That Has the Ordinary Fisherman’s Yarn Beaten Badly.
Peoria, Ill., Aug.15.-This is not a fish story. It is the tale of an egg of tremendous size and of peculiar shape-a sort of prize box, as it were, for until the owner opened it he had no idea of the surprise that awaited him. When E. G. White, of Lincoln, went into his hen house and found the egg, which was eight and three-quarter inches long and seven and three-quarter inches around the middle, in one of the nests he was amazed.
But there was something more in store for him. He broke the egg and stood speechless with amazement. The big egg was filled with albumen, in which was floating a second egg of ordinary size. The second egg was built on the plan of the ordinary egg of commerce. White is now searching for the hen that produced the giant egg.
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