Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-13
HILL COUNTY.
Have We Satyr Among Us!-Spnd 1t
to Barnum and Prove it by
MulhattOn.
Correspondence ol INC GaAelte.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Hillsboro, April ll.-For some months past
there has been whispered in and around this
place vague rumors that natura curiosityor
mons ocity in he shape ofasupernaturtlly
formed or deiorned child has been born and
Is now secretsd somewhere in the neighbor-
hood. The matter has been so sacretly
guarded and so closely kept by the parents
and the physician who assisted IN the &C
couchmeut, that although the child is now
as least four months old, no one but the
physician, the parents, the nurse, VINO Is
the mothers sister and 10y happy acct
denD your Correspondent knows certainly
of Its existence.
Before proceeding further II may be well
to state that the pointer, by which your
co respondent was lei To discover the little
wonder, was given by the father In u private
conversation which WAS accidentally over
After gaining tho Information, the next
| thing TO be done was 10 get peep AT the
| great curiosity, and the question naturally
| arose, "how can child supernatural In its
formation be Kept from the eyes OF the pub.
| lie IN n, small a town as HillsOoro." for the
| identity of the parents proved concluslNely
| that the child was in town. Thinking that a
patient hiding OF time aud close waton
| mt Int bring about an opportunity 10 view
| the natural wonder, your correspondent
| cultivated The acquaintance ana good VIII oil
the father, and hnally galned zee aece.s 20
| his home. There he found nothing to arouse
that there was baby, pretty. lively and
| good, which the mother called
Mamie there seemed nothing supernatural,
deformed or unusual about IL ex.
cent the fact that It was more quiet and cried
less than most babies Of It's age. Happening
Ia 20 TO the house one evening your CORES
pondept found the mother out OF the room In
which the baby was lying in n crio or cradle,
sncl,ing its rists and Kicking up ITS heels In
true baby fashion, and he was electrified by
seeing n well-developed but tiny hooi pro
tru,iing from Il small hole which the baby
had eyide thy kicked throu h It's dress. Hast
ily turning up the cloihing, the discovery w"s
made iii At the lower limbs oil the Guild ana
The lower part OF the body 10 the hips were
The exact shape of the hind legs aud quarters
ora gont being covered with coarse hair ana
Terminating, tine right leg at least. which was
! the one which protruded thIongh the dress,
in a. well.developed moor. The lett loot
was wrapped up in rag wnlch
had been tied on, usubtleSs, 10 Keep tnc child
! from Kicking holes init- clothing. ihe right
f,ot mad been similarly wrapped. bnt IN
ticiinv around the child had got tine wrap
, niny afr TO which accident your correspond
, mi IL Indebted Tor his discovery. AZ long as
! the INNER portion of the child, alone Is e1'
nnsed 10 view there is nothing peculiar IN Us
0 a.nne,,rance and this Is why for 'our months
: IL mas been kept right here among US unais
. Covered. II Is certainly one Of the greatest
:. | Sraaxs n nature now Ia existence, but rs !,
y hes Teen 10 closely kept from the pnniic .nu,
II lar. your correspondent VIII not DC ,iie nr'
70 reveal the name of the parties j. l.. ..