The Irish standard., 1891-01-24
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A FRIGHTFUL FREAK OF NATURE
4. Remarkable Human MonstrositY is Born
to q Young Couple in Mcleod
County, MINI.

| County, MINI.
MINNESOTA.
The following special from Howard
Lake. Mimi. appeared in the st. Paul
/ Globe of last Sunday: OF all the hide
1aus human InalfOrmarlons ever heard OF
Lin the state the fvr weeks-o'd offspring
|of Charles ard Sarah Miller, OF Nc.
l.eod county,, is the faOst ssaENeaOus
Accounts Of horrible vagaries OF nature
have from time to time been published,
hut the awful hoodoo OF the village Of
Plato outdoes sill previous horrors. The
| Millers are young couple. The hus-
band is a shoemaker. doing a fairly
good business, and the Millers had
every reason to be we'll satisfied with
che world az they found it until five
weeks ago, when Mrs. Miller gave birth
to the n0ndescript creature whose pres
ence has Mortified the community and
conferred upon the parents an unenvi.
able reputation. The Catholic resi-
dents Of the village and county are in
ferment Of excitement as result of the
statement made hy Mrs. Miller aneut
happenings preceding the birth OF the
monstrositv. Two months ago. three
weeks prior to Mrs. Milter's copine
znent, a Jewish peddler came to the
house selling c0lored o!eographs OF the
cruciaxion. He was told to go about
hts business, but pressed his wares in
auctl manner that Mrs Miller became
exasperated and declared chat she
would sooner have the devil in her
house than the portrait Of her s svior.
'Fhe full meaning OF the preference
sha had expressed did NOT dawn On the
unfortunate woman until she was
brought face to face with the frightful
creature 20 which she had given birth.
The child-or, as u1any persons believe.
this devil--was born with hair all over
| its body nearly two inches long. Tne
face and hands even are not exempt:
they are similarly coated. The features
are absolutely tiendi>h IN expression,
aud the eyes shine like two little beads
from beneath pair OF shaggy brcws.
1t has tai! eighteen inches long. TINS
infant terrible wa. provided at it's birth
with a full set Of teeth. Two short.
sharp horns protrude from the skull.
and the aw-like hands are furnished
with claws like those OF an eagle, The
| feet are exactly like the hoofs OF goat.
aud the hair covering the body is as
coarse as goats hair, aud similar in ap
pearance. The creature could crawl
| from it's birth, and, refusing the natural
| sustenance Of normal child Of like
age, it left it's mothers side. siiclng on
| it's hands and knees all over the house.
devouring any scraps to be- found. This
child devil is now five weeks old, aud
has already shown itself as ferocions
beast. 1t snaps savagelv at the restrain
ing hand, and the facial expression pro
duced bv an effort to curb the tenden
cies Of the creature is inexpresshl7
frightful. the mother is almost an i'm
beetle az result OF her horrible expsri-
ence, and the father acts as though
crazed. Physicians are pouring into
the village in doz ans. aud people from
surrounding counties are arriving con-
stantlY, all anxious 80 sea tfle freak.
The authorities threaten to arrest and
heavily fne any person Known to spread
the report; the condition Of the mother
mentally aad physically being extremely
precarious indeed. A girl working in
the house, whOse name is withheld by
request, Saturday encountered the i've
weeks old feDd on its wav down stairs.
She endeavored to carry it back to the
room from which it had escaped. when
the creature attacked her so dercely
that che was compelled to knock 1t down
with pitcher she was carrying. It is
impossible that the Efforts at conceal
ment can prove successful, as the facts
have been communicated bv local ply
sicians to their co-workers In the cities.
and everv train brings new additions to
the crowd already at Plato The Cath
olic religion is predominant there, and
the members OF that church. are firm IN
the belief that the freak has been sent
as a Judgment on che mother for her
unholy sentiment.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Father Francis NJ j. Craft, VINO was
I~l I~ok
Wounded Knee Greek. sent the follow.
ing letter to the New York Freeman's
Journal last week: Nv wound feels con-
siderab'y better and NAV recover. Am
very hopeful. authorize you to con
tradict for me in my name through the
press the reports IN circulation that
blame the army for the sad tragedy al