Milford chronicle., 1883-02-09

as they occasionally, or semi-occasion
D ally shed a gOodly amount of lard, WHY
;, may they not prove more profitable
e for the ancient maiden to care for, than
] her accustomed flock of geese.
= Hogs that Shed Their Hide.n-
e The most remarkable occurrence We
ever heard of in connection with hogs
s has happened to one belonging to Mr.
e j. Selby GOslee, near Delmar. It was
z Il large animal and very fat, weighing
ut least three hundred pounds. About
z the last of November, Mr.. Goslee no
: ticed it had stopped eating. For two
. weeks it ate nothing and then seemed
to recover its health. About that time
small crack in its skin was observed,
along the side Then a similar one au-
, peared on the other side, and then one
on its neck. The cracks extended
gradually and the skin appeared to be
getting loose. The process continued
until about a week ago when on going
to the pen, Mr.. GOslee was astonished
to find the skin lying in one place and
the hog alive and well in another. An
inch of fat was still adhereing to the
east off coat and the whole weighed
thirty-three pounds. The skin on the
legs and head remained on the hog.
The animal is now apparently in eX-
celleut health and new skin is begin
/ ing to form Whether such a phenOm-
tnOn ever occurred before we cannot
| say, bat no one about here ever heard
| of similar case. We would be glad
1 TO hear from any of OuI friends on the
subject. Mr.. GOslee is a gentleman
well known i'm this community aud
his yeracity is beyond question. WEI
have the description from his own lips.
Salisbury Advertiser
A similar case to the above occurred |
in Indian River hundred. The porker |
was one Ofthe sty hogs of Mr.. ID. Bur
ton. Sometime in December he OBJ
served that one of his hogs had some
thing the matter with it. In short
time its skin began to crack or open
across the shoulders The crack was
perfectly straight as ifcut with a knif,.
II continued until IL reached u point
about opposite line down the middle
of the side and then it turned and fol-
lowed this line until it reached the
hind legs of the hog. The skin began
TO peal off, beginning at the shoulders,
and continued to curl over until it was
attached to the hog only around its
hind quarters. ami was dug behind
INV - AN'AE AfAfAlEkSa AAfAAs tD0 II nuhs5
for few days until the hog was re- 1
lieved of it. Another skin then began
10 form and the hog appeared TO be
again in thriving condition. 1t is
now doing we'll a small scale of fat )
came off with the skin. SusSer Journal. /
OK Monday afternoon, W. S. Walcott ate the /
Nth brace Of quails at Cases Hotel in the suburbs
Il New York City. Following is the score :
First BRACE Ism; 2d, llm.; Sd, I'm 4th 0m.
ill., GIN. 3Os.; 9th. Ism: 7th ION. 3Os: Sth. lim'
tn. l6m; 10Th 12m. 3Os llth, Ism 18th, lin. ="
9Th, IAN. 3is 18th, l5m. Bus; 10th, lin. 3Os.;
It'll lGm. aOs.; 18th, Ism. 3Os. 18Th, ION. sos. a
9th, Ism; 2lst, lin 22nd, ON. 80s. 23d, I'M
is.; 24th, I'M. s5th, lin sos; sjth, lGm 9th, P
M; 2sth, iOm goth, lom.; sOlh, I'm los
The match, according to Nj. Case, originated in 0
his wise On, Jan. (, three days before Wa!cott
egan his task. a groupe Of horsemcn in Gabe's q
lace were talking about the strong appeties -
lssessed by certain men. In the course Of the
'nversatiou Mr.. James Moifat remarked that ne
,uld produce a man that he would back to eat
ace Of quails for thirty consecutive days. Mr. y
ise said % Nr. Mohat, How much money will /
Vt put mp on your manf'
Il will bet $3.50, replied MofIat p;
Il will take that set" SAID Mr.. Case. Name 3
,ur mauf" (
w S. Walcott is my man." :
Then Gabe knew that he had q dangerous Gus 4
mer for Walcott had succeeded in eating one 4
all a day foe thirty days, on WAGER, in Sixth
enus oyster house, in 1873 Wacott and a man
med B rroutman OF Washington were the only
IN known to havs succeeded in the feat al
ough many have attempted it. Troutman went
rough the ordeal in February, 1870, on a wager
$500 side.
Mr. case says that at f7st he desired to have the
ds eaten as privately as possible, so as not to
erfere with his regular business THE SUN how
r gave account of the match at the start,
A then the press Of the country took il up.
few days after Wacott began to eat the birds
bet between Messrs. Monat and Case was III -
ased to $3.50 a side. Many outside bets were ...
de on even terms as soon a. the affair became a :
tier of public talk. Mr.. Walcott devoured hls
ce a day without any apparent trouble until 8
/, 2i, two weeks from the start when Walcott
ne up to his work decidedly unsteady and some {
at demoralized Bets were then offered of Sl0O
$40 that he would not complete his task His -
kor became disgusted, and $50 Walcott says Frl
sed him to give mp the match gentleman Lev
is said to have been financially interested as Fri!
as having friendly desire to see Walcoft Tine
ceed took hold OF the quail man, steadied him New
IN to his work, and coached him to a final easy Geo
ory. at ii
uring the last half OF the match Mr.. Case St
gcd so that he came ont nearly even on his teae
. lie says that he visitors at his house during Ind
eating Of the quaiis ran close to 1850, which Al
bout double the number that would have called ZEN
sidering the unfavorabIe condition Of the roads.
he quail man seems TO be she one who will
e the least out Of the venture. Gabe said
he did not see how he coud be expected to
much. He had furnished the birds and II
mings at considerable expense and had bet pref
nst the man in favor OF tho birds Walcott stat
lot look FOR anything froni1is original bacIer for
appeared rather dubious when questioned as to NY
re his profits came in. He intimated that Js
E who had bet him promised to remember -
when they received their winnings I
mDTTn GAIT