The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-06
HAIRY AND HooFED.
A Remarkable Human Monstrosit,
Born In the State of Minnesota.

A Remarkable Human Monstrosity is
Born In the State of Minnesota.
The st. Paul Globe gives the following
regarding the imp of Satan born to
Minnesota woman, an account of-which
appeared in special dispatch to the
Leader Sunday morning:
'Of all the hideous malformations ever
heard of the fve-weeks-old offspring of
Charles and Sarah Miller of Mcleod
county, Mimi, is the most atrocious.
Accounts of horrible vagaries of nature
have been published, but the awful him
doc of the village of Plato outdoes all
previous horrors. The Millers are a
young couple. The husband is a shoe
maker, doing fairly good business, and
the Mlllers had every reason to be salts
fled with the world as they found it Until
five weeks ago, when Mrs. Miller gave
birth to the nondescript creature whose
presence has Mortified the community
and conferred upon the parents an un-
enviable reputation. The Catholic resi-
dents of the village are in a ferment of
excitement as the result of the statement
made by Mrs. Miller anent happenings
preceding the birth of the monstrosity.
Two months ago, three weeks prior to
Mrs. Miller's confinement, a Jewish
peddler came to the house selling colored
olcographs of the cruciixion. He was
told to go about his business, but pressed
his wares in such manner that Mrs.
Miller became exasperated and declared
that she would sooner have the devil in
her house than the portrait of her
Savior.
The meaning of the preference she
had expressed did not dawn on the un-
fortunate woman until she was brought
face to face with the frightful creature
to which she has given birth. This
chlld--or, as many persons believe this
devil-was born with hair all over it's
body nearly two inches long. The face
and hands even are not exempt, they
are similarly coated. The features are
absolutely hendish in expression, and
the eyes shine like two little beads from
beneath pair of shaggy brows. 1t has
tail eighteen inches long. This enfant
terrible was provided at its birth with a
full set of teeth. Two short sharp horns
protrude from the skull, and the claw
like hands are furnished with claws like
those of an eagle. The feet are exactly
like the hoofs of a goat, and the hair
covering the body is as coarse as goats
hair, and similar in appearance. The
creature could crawl from its birth, and
refusing the natural sustenance of an
normal child of like age, it left its
mothers side, sliding on it's hands and
knees all over the house, devouring any
scraps to be found. This child devil
is now five weeks old, and has already
shown itself as a ferocious beast. 1t
snaps savagely at the restraining hand,
and the facial expression produced by
an effort to curb the tendencies of the
creature is inexpressibly frightful.
The mother is almost an imbecile as a
result of her horrible experience, and
the father acts as though crazed. Ply
sicians are pouring into the village in
dozens, and people from surrounding
counties are arriving constantly, all
anxious to see the freak. The authori-
ties threaten to arrest, heavily fine any
person known to spread the report; the
condition of the father mentally and
physically being extremely precarious
indeed. girl working in the house,
whose name is withheld by request, yes
terday encountered the e-weeks-old
fiend on it's way down stairs. She en-
deavored to carry it back to the room
from which it had escaped, when the
creature attacked her SO iercely that she
was compelled to knock it down with a
pitcher she was carrying. 1t is impossi-
bic that the efforts at concealment can
prove successful, as the facts have been
communicated by local physicians to
their co-workers in the cities, and every
train brings new additions to the crowd
already at Plato. The Catholic religion
is predominant there, and the members
OF that church are firm in the belief that
the freak has been sent on the mother
for her unholy sentiment"
A gentleman of this city has received
letter from friend in Minnesota with
the above slip stating that it is undoubt-
edly true, and that intense excitement
prevails, the village being visited by
hundreds of people.