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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

SEVERE ACCIDENT TO A LADY.-Last Thurs
day night as Mrs VIM Hutchins, of My Lady's
Manor, was on her way home, from the Har-
ford Fair, her dayton wagon was accidentally up
set, on a bank where two roads come together,
near the residence of Mr.. John r. Rutledge, in the
neighborhood of Taylor. Both of her arms
were broken. She was taken to the residence
of MIR. Charles H. Street, where Dr. Richard
Emory adjusted the fractures.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

"A sure preventive of hog cholera is Days
Horse Powder. 1t cures coughs and measles
TO anxious mothers.--Should your baby suf-
fer with collie use DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup at once
TO ignore the warnings of an approaching
malarlal attack is foohardy. DIR. Bulls Balti-
more Pills taken at once are the best preventive.
Its sweet to inhale Drexel's Bell Cologne.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
Focal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

LITTLE LOCALS.
We are indebted to Mr.. Jos. "A. Ball for a
large Hubbard squash and fine egg plant, ex-
hibited by him at The fair.
The Cecil County Mutual Fire Insurance
Company will lose $4,000 by the Salisbury
fire. Their surplus amounts to about that sum.
The dwelling house ofJarrett johnson, near
Taylor, which was bnrned on the 9th of Octo-
ber was insured in the Hartford Company for
S175.
The Ironvile Band, before leaving on Sat
urday, serenaded The EgiS office. Their
music was appreciated and they have our thanks
for the compliment.
The protracted meeting which has been in
progress for four weeks at Thomas Run NJ. f..
Church, closed last Friday night. There were
about ten who professed conversion.
Mrs. Washington will address the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, in the NJ. f.
Church, Bel Air, Friday evening, October 22d,
at o'clock. The public are invited.
Rev. D. l.. Greenfield, of Baltimore, is ex-
pected to assist the pastor, Rev. S. A. Hoblit-
zell, with his meeting at Union Chapel, and to
preach on Monday and Tuesday evenings, next,
October 25th and Goth
"A pair of bramah chickens, 2H months
old, belonging to Mr.. John Burrier, of Clayton,
which were exhibited at the recent fair,
weighed six pounds each. They were entered
By Mr.. B. F. Minnick and were awarded pre-
MUM.
We have been requested to state that the
young man named Bulett, who was arrested in
Bel Air, last week, for gambling, was not Mr..
w. s. Bulett, the wellknow carriage manufac-
turer, of Delta. The latter is not that sort of q
man.
-Messrs. G. K Sewell Il Bro, of Abingdon,
have Jersey heifer, which was two years old
last June, and lately produced in seven days, 7
lbs. and ounces Of the very best butter. The
popularity about this heifer is that she has
never had calf.
MIR. Adam Simnacher's horse Allen H. won
the three-mnute race at the Ilagerstown fair,
last Tuesday, in 2,471l, 2.4S and 2.4G11. Allen
II. is a Hartford county horse and was recently
sold to Mr. Simnacher by Mr.. Allen Hoffman,
of Bel Air. Allen H. won another race at the
same fair, on Wednesday.
Judge Waters last Saturday, in Bel Air,
heard argument on the bills and demurrers in
the case of Thurber, Whyland & Co., of New
York, against Major A. NJ. Hancock, of this
county. A decision has not yet been rendered
The case was argued for the plaintiffs by Messrs
Archibald Sterling and j. Henry Keene, Jr., of
Baltimore, and for the defendant by Messrs
Henry w. Archer and VIM. Young.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

JASON HOLLAND RELEASED Judge Waters,
on the 9th of October, passed an order in the
Circuit Court for Hartford county, quashing the
proceedings by which Jason Holland was de-
clared lunatic, and ordering his release from
the Maryland Hospital. Mr.. Vim. Michael was
the bearer of the news to Jason and brought
him home. Jason, it is said, has gained very
much in flesh and speaks in praise OF the good
treat ment he received at the Hospital
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

ESTRAY NOTICE.-HdrfoydCO COUNTY, TO Wit:
~ hereby certify that JAM ES BULL of Har-
ford county, made oath before the subscriber,
one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the
said county, this 18th day of October, in the year
1886. that there are estrays trespassng upon his
enclosures one red Fl EIFER with white face and
white feet, about three years old, and one brinde
HElFER with white star in forn head, about
three years old. Given under my hand.
ELI TURNER, j. p.
The owner of the above described Heifers is
requested to come forward, prove property pay
charges and take them away.
22oct JAMES BULL
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
RELEASED-Thomas Hays Frank Uigyirs

observation-disclosures Hays, Frank Higgins
and Michael Langan, the three men arrest
ed near the Fair Grounds, on Thursday of
last week, for running spinning wheel or
gambling arrangement, were committed to Jail
by Justice Lyle in default of bail, for the action
OF the grand jury. Hays was held as principal,
and his companions as witnesses. Langau said
his home was in Philadelphia and gave his
street and number. States Attorney Maynadier
telegraphed to the chief of police, who replied
that there was no such street in that city and
that Langan was unknown there. On Wednes-
day they were released on their own recogni-
zanee and left, promising never to come to
Hartford county again.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

ARREsTs.-Mollic McDermott was arrested,
last week, by Baliif Small for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct in Bel Air She was
fined SIS and costs and committed to Jail in de-
fault of payment, by Justice Lyle.
Hugh Davlin was also arrested by Mr. Small
for riotous conduct in the streets of Bel Air,
and fined 81 and costs by Justice Lyle.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
Na.tans' Crystal Discoverx

for the hair, the greatest discovery of modern
chemistry, will positively restore gray hair to its
natural color in from three to ten days. War
ranted to contain no lead, no sulphur, no silver
or other poison. Get your druggist to order it,.
Take no other.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

HoMING PIGEoNs.-Mr. VIM. A. Flanigen, of
the firm of Comfy 81 Flanigen, Philadelphia,
released five homing pigeons, on the fair
grounds here, last Friday, at II 16 P. NJ. They
made bee line for their home at Woodberry,
N. j., arriving at their loft at 1.33, having made
the journey of 70 miles in rs minutes. The last
pigeon let out, young one, was the first in.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE.-That the sub
scriber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Md, Letters Testament
tary on the estate of
JOSEPH f. FOREMAN,
late of Hartford county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are hereby
notified to exhibit the same, with the legal vouch-
ers thereof,
On or before the 10th day of April, 1887,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment.
Given under my hand and seal, this Goth day of
October, 1886
MARY F. FOREMAN,
22oct Executrix.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

LOT PURCHASED FOR A CHURcH.-Messrs. j.
S. u g. l.. Dallam, real estate agents, have sold
to Cardinal Gibbons, u lot in Bel Air, belonging
to the heirs of the late DR.. VIM. L. Muunikhuy-
sen. 1t is situated on franklin street extended,
at the corner of a ifty-foot avenue which is to
run parallel with Broadway, and a short dis
lance north of the Maryland Central Railroad
Station. 1t is stated that Roman Catholic
Church will be built upon he lot next year.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

OFFICER OF REGISTRATION APPOINTED.
Gov. Lloyd has appointed Mr.. Harry q. Lawder
Officer of Registration for Havre de Grace, In
place of H. Wesley Williams, deceased.
The death Of Mr.. Williams has raised a novel
question. He had completed the registration
and poll books, but afterwards became III and
did not make an affidavit to their correctness
nor return them to the Clerks Office, as requir-
cd BY law. The registration law contains no
provision by which these duties can be per-
formed by any one else States Attorney May
nader has submitted the question to Attorney
General Roberts.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
MA HsRIED.

announcements of Marriages and Deaths free
obituary Notices fire cents per liae1
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
DEsIRABLE FARM FOR SALE.

The undersigned will sell at Private Sale his
Farm of about 100 A cres situated between Pyles-
vile and Highland Station, NJ. q. Il. r., and with
in sight of both. The improvements consist of a
Spring House, Corn House and other outbuld-
ings. The land in in good condition, the most of
It being well set in grass. 1t is well watered
fine stream running through it, and it has on it,
besides pump and several fine springs. About
20 acres arc in excellent timber, the rest being
Clean arabic land.
1t will be sold at extremely low price, the
owner not wishing to farm any longer himself
and will not rent. The farm will be shown, at
any time until January LIST. 1886, by the owner,
RICHARD MAYES,
22oct MCINTYRE p o. Hartford Co Md
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

DINK TEA.-The Ladies' of Spesutia Church
Il will hold a PINK TEA. in Taylors Hall,
Perrymans, on the 10th and 18th of November
There will be table of Fancy and Useful Arti-
Giles for sale. Music VIII also be feature of the
evening. Oyster supper and refreshments served
in the best style. Doors opened in the afternoon.
All are cordially invited to attend. Admittance
free. 22oct
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

EXAMINEKs' NOrlUE.-The undersigned
u Examiners, appointed by the County Com
road in the Third District, beginning at JAS H.
Quimby's Gate, near Bynum station. M. G. X. r.,
and running thence through the lands of the NJ.
G. r. r.. A. Mcclure, John M. Blake, James H.
Quinby. George Smith, Patrick Kane, Mrs. VIM.
Baldwin and james NJ. Cain. until 1t intersects the
public road leading from Bel Air to Forest Hill,
near the line fence between Henry Ady and
Isaac Mechem, hereby give notice that they will
meet on the ground.
ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23d, 1885.
At 10 CLOCK, A. NJ, for the purpose above desig-
mated. JOHN s. DALLAM,
DAVID HOPES
THOMAS e. CATHCART.
29Oct Examiners.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

Two VEHICLES SMAsHED.-Last Saturday
evening the driver of a wagon that had been
running to and from the fair grounds left his
team standing on Main street. The horses
started of, towards the postoflice. In front of
Mr. j. W. Anderson's store the heavy wagon to
which they were attached struck Il hind wheel
OF DIR. Wake Munnikhuysen's dayton, dragging
1t entirely around and completely crushing the
wheel. Mrs. Munnikhuysen was in the wagon
but was not injured The horses then ran down
the street and in front of Mr.. Browns tin shop
the wagon came into collision with Mr.. Theo-
dore Welsh's buggy, breaking the wheel of that
also. Mr.. Welsh escaped injury by jumping
out. The owner of the wagon paid for repairs
of both vehicles and was not arrested,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
The Egis and Intelligencer
FREDERICK w. BAKER, Editor.

esS- THE EGIs has more extended circulation
among the Intelligent farmers and business men
or Hartford than any other paper in the county.
fact.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
DUBLIC SALE.-The undersigned will sci
L at Public Sale at his residence, on Wiln
Farm,
On Wednesday, October 9Th, 1856,
AT o'clock, p. NJ.

AT O'CLOCK, T. M
Eight two year old Steers. | Milk Cow, Horse
Cart, Mitchell Wagan nearly new /; l new Hay
Carriage, Shoats, lot of Poultry, lot of Fodder,
Plow Harness, set Express Harness, lot of
empty Cider Barrels, and other articles. The
Cart and Harness are new.
TERMS OF SALE.--All sums of $40 and under
cash on sums over that amount credit of
twelve months will be given, on notes with APP
proved security. bearing interest from the day of
sale, and pay able at the Hartford National Bank,
of Bel Air. Z. HALL RICHARDSON.
j. s. Richardson, Auctioneer. octl5
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
TERMS OF SALE.

All sums of $40 and under cash on day of sale,
on sums over that amount credit of Ten
months will be given, purchasers giving their
approved security, and payable at the Hartford
National Bank of Bel Air.
DANIEL f. SULLIVAN.
WIN. s, BOWM AuctiOueer, l5Oct
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
DUBLIC SALE.

One young Mare, years old, perfectly gentle
driving and work Mares; 10 good Mich Cows,
excellent for butter, most of them young,
several will be fresh after day of sale ! Bull, 3
years old Short Horn and Alderney . Heifers,
years old, l one-year old | last summer Calf,
Hogs, Sow, IL Pigs 3 months by day of SALE
horse Road Wagon, Horse Cart Milk Wagon.
! Buggy, l Champion Mower. nearly new 2
Plows, Hinge Harrow, Cultvators, 1 Corn
Marker, l Corn Coverer, all in good order
Wood Sled, large Feed Box, l OK Yoke, l Cross
Cut Saw, Axes, Maui and Wedges, 6 five gallon
Milk Cans, Forks, Hoes, Shovels, Corn Knives,
Cow Chains, lot Bone Bags, set heavy Wagon
Harness, sets Plow Harness, double set Car
rage Harness. 2 sets Single Harness, Brides,
Collars, set Cart Harness, nearly new Triple
Trees, Double Trees and Single Trees, and many
other articles'tJGtnumerous to mention.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

AN EDITOR CONVICTED OF LIBEL-Wm. IL.
Richardson, otherwise known as "Bily Bar.
low" was tried in the Circuit Court for Balti-
more county, last week, on an indictment
charging him with publishing, in the Peoples
Voice, certain libelous matter concerning
Judge David Fowler. The states Attorney, n.
Charles Burke, was assisted by D. G. Nc
lntosh. The traverser was represent
ed by W. +. Mitchell. The offensive and
injurious articles against Judge Fowler were
read to the jury. Richardson in his own be-
half testified that he never doubted Judge Fow-
ler's integrity or honesty aud that he had no
malice toward him.
In rebuttal a number of witnesses testified
that they heard Richardson say that he intend
ed to hunt Judge Fowler and drag him down
from the bench. The case was given to the
jury on Monday, and they returned in three
minutes with verdict Of guilty There are
two other indictments against Richardson for
the same offence.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22

PERsoNAL.-Mr. Charles w. Proctor clerk of
the County Commissioners, left on Wednesday,
for Illinois, where he will visit his brother, DR..
Edward &. Proctor, who lives in Kane, Green
county Mr.. Proctor will be away for about
ten days.
Mr. Willoughby N Smith, of Baltimore, was
in Bel Air, last Sunday. He was the guest of
Col. Ohio s. Lee
Rev. VIM. P. Finney, who has been very i'll
for some weeks past, at the residence of his
father, Rev. Z. d. Finney, in Bel Air, is improv-
ing.
Mr.. Joseph A.. Price, collector of Abingdon
district, has been quite sick, but is now getting
better. He was in Bel Air Wednesday.
MIR. Thomas A. Hays has returned, with his
family, to Hartford county, from Tennessee.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-10-22
TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of decree of the Circuit Court for
Hartford county, as q Court of Equity, the sub
scribers, as trustees, will offer at Public Auction
on the premises,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-04-09
Chicago's Great Clock.

The works of the immense clock
which has been put up in the board of
trade building in Chicago are pro-
nounced most perfect reproduction
of those of the great Westminster
palace clock in London, but with some
additions and improvements adapted
to its commercial purpose. 1t is con.
structed of IRON, bronze and steel, and
weighs ten tons without the bell, the
latter adding some 4,500 pounds more.
The pendulum alone weighs sc
pounds. In its arrangement the works
are divided into a time train, hand
train, and striking train, these seve
raj trains comprising seperate frames
Each of the uains is operated by 8
separate weight, and the three weights
together reach some $500 pounds
The hammer that strikes the bel
weighs eighty pounds, the clookwork
is below the dials, which are ten fee
ten inches in diameter, and the bell il
above them, or 250 feet above the
ground The pendulum swings on,
way in two seconds.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-04-09
A Building for Working Won On.

Warner Brothers, the well known
corset manufacturers, have commenced
the erection of building in Bridge.
port, Conn, to cost SS5,000, for the
free use of the 1000 girls employed E
their factory. The building will be a.
bout seventy feet square and three
stories high. The first story will be
devoted to restaurant, where g cd
meals will be furnished at cost. The
second story will contain large read
ing room and library, conversation
room, music room, bath room and lava
tory. The third story will contain alarge
hall, seating 600, small hall seating
| $50, and class rooms, where evening
classes in singing, penmanship, draw
ing, bookkeeping, fancy needle-w work
&c, will be taught.
The building will be under the care
of competent matron, and will! b,
free to all girls in Warner Brothers
employ. 1t will be the first building o
this kind erected in this country aud
will without doubt prove the practical
wisdom and benevolence of It's project
| Ora
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-04-09


Mark Twain has received from "In-
nocents Abroad and "The Gilded
Age nearly or quite S500,000, and he
has recently dawn $4,000 on the
proceeds of four months sale of
"Huckleberry Finn If we add to
these figures the dividends obtained
from "Rougbing It," Tom Sawyer
magazine articles, aud his ablest work.
the patent scrap-book, MIR. Clemens
has probably made more money by
his pen than any other writer except
Sir Walter Scott---if, indeed, his earn
ings do not aggregate as much as
Scotts. Ii, then, an authors cash ac
count is the true measure of his literary
ability, the ST. LOUIS Republican urges
Mr.. Clemens has had but one ryal in
all the ages. He is veritable whale
among the insi ignifcant minnows
which people the sea of Literature.
The poorest of his magazine articles
brought him at least double the sum
Milton received from Paradise Lost y
eour months receipts from "Huckel-
berry Finn are more than Shake
speare was paid for all his dramas
"Inuocents Abroad" has been more
profitable in financial wav than were
the collective poems of Wadsworth,
Sou,hey, Shelley and Coleridge, and
the patent scrap book has been rich
er mine than that Of Addison and
Swift. As for such impecuniou.
scribblers as Spenser, Burns and Poe
the sum total of their pecuniary re
wards did not amonnt to as much AZ
half the proceeds of the dramatic yer
sion of The Gilded Age" P or Burn.
was dunned OH his death bed for {
debt of S35. A revised edition of Mr.
Clemens "Jumping Frog" would bring
the creator of that famous animal tel
times as mnch as the miserable sun
which vexed the last hours of th,
sweetest of song writers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-04-09
The Wheat Outlook.

Seventeen hundred reports, covering
every important wheat country in Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Kansas,
and Missouri say the present prospects
OF the growing crop are very favorable
in Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, and Ohio,
fair to good in Michigan, aud poor in
Kansas. All show an important i'm
provement since the recent rains. The
prospect averages even better than
two years ago. The area sown is lar
ger than the amount harvested on last
crop: Reserves of old wheat moderate,
but Michigan has over one fourth OF
last crop remaining. Half of the farm
ers are disposed to sell, Country roads
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-04-09
The Mind and the Legs.


FROM tHc DtHttJ ItUUt-fbpuUt"".
Men generally cross their legs when
there is the least pressure on their
minds. You will never find man ac-
tually engaged in business with his
legs crossed. The limbs at those times
are straighter than at any other, be-
cause the mind and body work together.
A man engaged in auditing accounts
will never cross his legs; neither will a
man who is writing an article, or who
is employed ia any manner where his
brain is actively engaged; when at
work in a sitting posture the limbs
naturally extend to the floor in a per-
fectly straight line. A man may cross
his legs if he is sitting in an office chair
discussing some business proposition
with another man, but the instant he
becomes really in earnest and perceives
something to be gained, his limbs un-
cross quick as flash, he bends forward
toward his neighbor, and begins to use
his hands. That is u phase that | be-
lieve you will always observe.
Men often cross their legs at public
meetings because they go there to lis.
ten, or to be entertained; they are not
the factors in the performance, and they
naturally place themselves in the most
comfortable position known to them,
namely, that of leaning wei. back in
their chairs and crossing their legs.
A man always crosses his legs when he
reads newspaper, but is more apt to
lie down when be reads book. He
reads the paper, of course to inform
himself, but at the same time the per
usal of its contents is recreation for
him, and his body again seeks it's pc.
sition of relaxation
When man is reading newspa per
ana waiting for his breakfast his legs
are always crossed, but so soon as the
breakfast is brought to him he puts the
paper aside, straightens out his legs,
and goes to work; that is, begins to
eat, his mind now turning on the duties
of the day before him. Men cross
their legs in ballroom, but it Is far
from an elegant thing to do, and is
not done by those who have been
brought up in good society. 1t is
your "three-penny-bit young man" who
crosses his legs at ball, and, would
you believe it, have seen young ladies
do the same thingH
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-04-09
Canal and Railroad Laws,
A COMMITTEE OF BOTH POLITICAL PAR
TIES TO COMPEL THEIR ENFORCEMENT.

A committee of twelve gentlemen,
selected from both political parties, has
been appointed by members of the
Constitutional Convention of 1878 for
the purpose of compelling the next
Legislature to enforce the provisions
OF the Constitution relating to cana 8
and railroads. The Republicans on
the committee are Ex. x.Attorney Gen
eral Henry W. Palmer, Ex.Judge John
M. Broomall, George N. Corson, Nor
ristown; ID. N White, Sewick Vile /;
Levi Rookie, Winfield, and J. W. nj.
Newlin. The Democratic members
are Ex Senator G.. II. Burkalew, Presi.
dent f. b. Gowen. of the Readin I
Railroad Company ExGoverncr Cur
tin, Attorney General Cassidy. Morti-
mer +. Elliot and James r. Barr, oi
the Pittsburg Post.
These gentlemen will form no party
nor indorse any individual can iida'es,
but will effect organizations in each
county Of the State and issue an ad
dress calling on the voters to support
those candidates who will pledge them
selves to remain in session until tn,
necessary Legislation is perfected.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-04-09
A Hawk Catches a Cat.

A huge California hawk swooped
down on sleeping cat at Santa Rosa,
California, the other day, and bore it
squalling and scratching high in the
air. When about 500 feet high the
hawk lost its grip, and the cat came
down with fearful velocity, but the
hawk caught it again just before il
struck the earth, and was carrying it
off when suddenly both fell like lead to
TO the ground. The cat had bitten
through the hawks head, killing it in,
stantly, aud the fail killed the cat.