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Had Eaten Twenty-five Before He Was Discovered.
    Squire Letch Weathers, who lives near Clintonville, Ky., has a horse which knows a good thimg when he sees it. Mrs. Weathers raises turkeys for market. She had thirty young turkeys, all doing well and fattening nicely. She turned them loose in the farmyard where the horse was accustomed to graze. From time to time the turkeys would show up short. The good lady thought a fox or some other “varmint” was stealing them, but the strange thing about it was that they disappeared by day always, while the wild animals which eat poultry generally do their work at night.
    The young turkeys kept on disappearing. Mrs. Weathers was heartbroken, but no amount of watching did any good. At last only six were left. One morning Mrs. Weathers heard a commotion among the poultry, and, going to the door, she was just in time to see the twenty-fifth turkey disappearing into the mouth of the family horse. The horse now grazes elsewhere. The Squire declares he cannot afford to feed him on turkey any longer.
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