Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-03
THE rATrooED BABY oUTDosE.


Cireumsfantiai Account of a Re-
markabie Production Up Near the
Great Lakes.
For tho folio wing the Saginaw Courier
is responsible
Allen Williams, who resides near Long !
Rapids, hlpena county, Is the owner of |
one Of the most remark able ouriosities of |
which natural history affords any descrip. |
ton. Williams is Massachusetts |
Yankee and he tells the story, or rather
the Introductory part of it, as follows, to |
a gentleman who recently visited him
'When LETT Berkshire to come to this |
place my wife prevailed on me to bring |
with us q fine Jersey heifer nearly two !
years old at that time and with calf from
the finest Jersey bull in the state.
thought great deal OF the hsifer, and 1t
Ess not hard to persuade me TO
make her a part OF our effects
$40 did well on the cars, aud we
a., landed safe at Reed City. AT that
place | unloaded my goods, horses,
veg Us, &c, and came directly to this
aye, and aired boy to drive the
hciisr. Ga the way here from Reed City
ge met large number Of OK teams,
fret sight Of al OK team my heller became
30 frightened that she was nervous aud
weak as child. She lay down, and we
were obliged to lift her in a wagon and
haul her the rest OF the way. She WAS
perfectly helpless and entirely overcome"
Here he ceased, aud told the gentleman
snst he would show him the sequel on
the following morning. The curiosity
lnff Tiat T..
up early. True to his word, Mr.. Williams
led the way to small barn, at the door
OF which stood small cOw--the Jersey
spoken of the previous evening. The
Courier will let the gentleman
own language: she then opened door
aud We entered, and he pointed to a large
stall where saw what l thought very
small yoke Of oxen. He told me to ex-
sm,ne them. walked up to them and
found that they We're we'll formed pair
OF calves, perfect in every respect, though
vary small. o. their necks WAS q perfect
yoka, with regular bows and Keys to hold
the same in position, together with q
spls and ring, and in that ring
was hooked perfect chain, with hook
a. one eLd and ring at the other. The
| OhaiA vas JUL oneu VI w llhhbi all pbf-
feet and complete. What surprised me
most was that each member of this coin-
binstion of living matter was a separate
aud distinct animal The yoke was 80
perfect as If made by hand. The hole
through which the bows passed was
regular and in good shape. even the keys
that held the bows in position were in no
wise connected with any other part,
Each link in the chain was separate
snimal, all covered with a fine coat
oil hair. | asked him once If ne ever I'M
yoked them. He said that he did, bu,
he did not think that it was good for the
fixtures OF the outfit. He told me that
the cnain and all tue other fixtures lived
} by absorption, and that their lite de
pended upon the nearness of the calves
, and that it they were separated thst q
, part would perish. He thinks that tn.
calves would live If separated from tn,
Q rest of tie fixtures, but the fixtures
could not live without the calves. Thit
, natural yoke seems to have a large bon,
running its entire length. The bow
; have 3 circular bone in them. 10 short
e every part is perfect"