Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-01
cousoeT,Hc wIrw Fowls.
a Boy Who Has All the Actions and
Attributes of g Chicken.

.ch.e.se Nesvs
Out on the old Holland road, in the
neighborhood OF what used to be the
"Dateh settlement" stands house
which looks as il it might have stoJd
there in the days Of the priineval Calu.
met marshes-had, In fact, been left
thore high and dry, by the waters re.
ceding II is occupied by German
family, one of whom, u boy OF IL, Is as
singular phenomenon in human nature
az the world has ever seer. Very little
Is known Of him outside Of TIE neighbour
hood, but word having come to a Daily
News reporter Of his singular character
ist.cs, a Wait was made to the spot and
the child seen and examined.
Heis boy in every particular, ns far
as form and feature are concerned, but
there the similariiy ends. In every at.
tribute OF mind aud manner he Is exact y
ike d chicksl Hs moves hks u chick
en-, eats like chicken, scratches rs
chicken, flaps his arms and crows, and
sleeps on his feet crouched in corner.
These strange Etraits were impaired to
him by surgosl operation, wherein the
blood Of live chicken wss conveyed
into his veins to sustain life during
protrscted siege of fever. in which his
own blood turned almost to c0lorless
liquid. Mention of his case is made in
two medical books Of recent date, and
the case attracted some considerable at.
tantion FIVE years ago, when the opera
ii was performedj but singular enough.
nothing OF it crept into the newspapers.
As tiie reporter in a buggy from kose-
land, which is the nearest railroad sta
ton, drove up to the house, the boy was
seen standing by the gate. He could
not be mistaken, for, while two or three
other children, like him. yellow haired
and blue-eyed, evidently his brothers
and sisters, wers playing around, he
,tood perfectly quisf, leaning against
tho fence with oae DOT up, as chicken
sometimes stands, and with bis head
turned to ono side and dropping his
shoulders His eyes were closed, and
be appeared to be sleeping, precissly as
a chicken sleeps--i lett foot drawn up
and the head under its right wing The
noise Of the buggy seemed to awaken
him. He gave somewhat startled
look, put his foot down and shook him.
self, as chicken rufiles its feathers,
and, starting off with short, quick
ep, ran into the garden, where mo-
ment afterward, apparently forgetful OF
what had alarmed him, he stopped and
began scratching with one foot in some
soft earth beside pine box, on which
stood q saucer Of cornmeal aud q ru ty
tln pun half full OF water. These, 1t was
a~1 la.sx...1 II II
regularly every day for him to feed
upon. The boys mother, it was learned,
is dead. she died about two years ago.
The father was away from home, at
work il the Pnllman csr-wheel foundry.
Ihe boy whose peculiar characteristics
make him en- Obi ct of 90 much interest
s named Charlie Wolfson. The driver
Of the buggy who conducted the re.
porter to Che house sail hq had heard
that up to the time of his affiiction the
boy was more than commonly bright
child. Since then he has insisted on
living out Of doors, going under cover
only when it rained and see king shelter
in some Of the out-houses along with the
chickens. He never wears any hat, not
even in the coldest weather, and never
talks Or takes any notice of things more
than chicken. One Of the children, the
Oldest girl, evidently about ten years of
age, at the reporters request, called the
boy by making clucking sound, but he
would not consent to being caught. and
Immediately ran away az an effort was
made tn take him. The girl said
that he often sat on the fence, and
not infreqaenily was found at sundown
perched on the limb Of a tree.