The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-20

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A Finasssa Hrs. Hugh b, McMal.
len. NJ AasrrA. Ohio. owns 4 mats.hiv
old game h~n. whieh inst now struts
Ahcut with hsnoi ri ehiekens. The
other day large esHy ri ~asca onv
al th~ p~~lr@ aud esAFt~d iot hls
hole. The h~n rat III the rats
retreat and n~fc~ly attached him.
The strange pneilisia loa<hl for iisc
minutes. a The end u which sisne lh~
rHl gave ur the ehcst Ncxt DAY ~
other ri made his appearance III The
yard. Hc, tco, was attached. Int tonight
more gAmely than thc nrrt N the ~.
sicnta. He put ont onc III The fowls
eyes and wsa himself finally laid low.
A TrmxkY uonsLER Lars TMREE
E00s. Miss Hasa of Lebanon. \. q.
(says tho Abl,cville Medinm), haa tnr.
kcy Gobblcr inst little ahead ii any.
thing In The turkey line In history or
tradition. Last week the turkey was \
gobblcr in oil The pride Of his gohl,lcr.
hood; now he In turkey hen. and. A
proof Of his change Of scx. laid thrcc
eggs on the day succeeding this mon
strons mcsAmorphosis. This tale will
seem almost Incredible. hut the owner
h.a the eggs 10 show Tor themselves.
How can such IN unhrarsl.of change bc
accounted forf What do The acientiats
sayf and what's 70 bccomc of IN when
turkey gobblcrs turn against their own
sex In this way and settle down into lay
ing hcnsg Oh. IL II awful
A "CLuck" ANp Blk KITTENS.
Reading tpA) Eagle sAys: Mr.. AArvin,
Of West Leesport, has q "cl,,ck which
tcndcrly cares for six kittens about 3
weeks old. The cluck had bcsn do
privcd Of brood Of young chickens.
and, feeling tho loss yery kscnly. shc
no doubt considered the taking charge
Of the kittens just compensation. Tho
kittens seem 10 listen 10 her cMll, and
will nestle under her wings and feathers
like little chickens. No ono u allowed
~ approach. not even tho cat herself,
while tho hen has Oh argc, but ahc seems
1atisiicd when the kittons occasionally
creep ont and 20 over 10 tho mother
cMt In the NEXT corner. This In indeed
great curiosity. Quite : number of
persons have watched. with great IN
tercst, the old hen caring for tho Kit
tens. She "clncka" aud calls them,
plays with them and scratches, and en-
dcavors 10 find for them. Tho kittens
Jump about tho OLD hen and make big
fuss with their two.footed, feather. tailed
nanny.
A SmxEr's FiaHr WiTm A MiaRoR.--
Quite commotion occurred In farm.
crs house, near Rome, N. T., 4 few days
ago. They were cleaning the house,
and left open the doors leading 10 all
parts of the house. In one of tho
rooms wns = large mirror, reaching 10
the floor. On the premises In sheep
whose head IL graccd with horns. aud
which II very tame, entering tho home
whenever m opportunity IN presented.
This woolly animal got into Tho house
Mnnoticed when iizt discovered, IL
wan standing iace 10 face with tho mir
ror, shaking its head hcrccly. Before
II could he reached, Il jumped hAck for
= good start, mud then plunged its head
into the mirror. Instead Of coming In
contact with some other animal, ~ II
expected. II demolished 80 mirror.
The crash no frightened the animal
that, In its endeAyors 10 escape from
the screams and attacks Of the women
of che house. II found place OF exit
through French window.
WMtrE.HEAp There In wash
ington, ID. G. according 10 tho Eusniny
Htnr. of that city), living curiosity In
Ahc shape II hoy u many colors,
known around thc ncighborhood N
"WMte- head Ham." Hin name II Sam.
ucl Lewis, aud hc II the only child ~
his mother. with whom he lives. HI IN
about II years old. aud remarkably well
grown. bnt prcsenta very singular mp
pcarAncc, his face heing of light ycl
low. his chccks darker than the other
parts of the face. and hts head In COW
cred with short, white lcecy hair; his
eyebrows are \ yellowish white, and his
eyes, once of pink lint. arc now dark
red, aud they seem continually ON the
move. His body. legs and arms arc N
white ~ the fairest Oaucasisn. and the
tops oi his feet aud tho backs oi his
hands are m black ~ the acc Of spades;
and. besides these lHcnliaritica. hc has
double row oi teeth. Hc II : hoy ol
more than ordinary intelligence.
Faster Jshnsen'x Nermen.
II II sAd truth tl,At people Arc apt
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