New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
THREE-LEGGED VEGETARIAN CLAIMS
AN INTERESTING EVOLUTION.


4 gentleman who llvcs near Lemo )rc. Tuare County
was In Fresno yesterday and in conversation with AZ
Expo-tor' reporter he gave the following ACCOM-
farmers in that locality. The gentleman whose name
" ioI" riare has fallen about four feet since last
fall This means OF course. that nearly a mile OF
low nearly level land that borders the lake has been
rendered dry and cltvable There are large numbers
If .h,lush such as clans and mu>Scls IN the Rake,
ard the receding water has left them high ana dry on
Vast quantities Of them have been poughcd under
during tho winter and the moist, warm ground mas
preserved them and maintained ne 49,, ,.
Tut the most remarkable thing Is that they nave
undergone metomorphosis. or have been evo'uuom
acn1.i,ed on dry land have grown we'll defined legs,
or claws from the under part Of the shells OF ra'1r
that part Of the she'll which lay underneath wheh INC
NV eldest daughter Kate first noticed this ab.
normal growth during rmbIc around the place Jul.
before CHRISTMAS She gathered a few OF the mnSses
in her apron and brought them up ana TnOwea hem
closely but saw that three distinct little prorusions
in triangular shape married. the bienched SIZE Oh inc
f fnTibcr e %o a@ the rs tny legs
or fcecrs wiggling about As nave Ju,' sa'ui III, NJ
didn't pay much attention at that time 10 the '"ci'
N' @on D THURSDAY last however, had occasion TO go
down over nv land WHERE fall wheat had been so"h
+, a. coming up nicely, aid is from one 10 three or
foir inches hgh In the favorable portions OF inc
field noticed many mnSsel shells n H1 Willie others
"civ on ,Se mar, Of the land that has been recently re-
claimed | observed that the wheat was nlDolt" OH auu
that Little masses Of halfmasticatcd sprouts were Hihs
around pretty thicdy waS E VIII r,b 10 bmt was
for time at complete loss t. account for thc cncTtr
p masses Of tender shoots that dotted the g'o""u III
II stopped and began to think. soon noticed
that the clam shells were quite pen.,i MI oerd ma
TO stoop and investigate. Here saw tue most surprIS
ing thing that ever came beneath my no.r n th,,
the moving object was nothing more nor less man
m eyolutionized clam or musscl walking on I three
legs, while with the sharp edge, OF rs sne ram %n'
haut a.
was simply amazed but soon recalled the apron-fun
of mnSsclI which my daughter Kate had gathered;
h,, :, ran away nj n tolerable rate and | was com
p"lcd 70 knock it over with singletrce which was
c az my iiacdrl and tried to wieslc away.
"On examination saw thai its mouth or rather ,he
~hcot and that a green saliva was present whcre
coiorlcss juices exist n the wateriyIng animals
roturc has determined to let this helpless creation
starvc and with that end IN view mas endowed ,ne
land and .urthcr given them faculty for existing
ON the food that has hitherto been foreign TO their
"''. As YOU know the wheat sprouts are exceedingly
tender and full OF 0ourShng juices Ihe cian Tith
H. tmso ,Lcn he begins 10 ma@tcnte It.. When the
pccs are extracted he retains the lnld ana eXprS the
dbrous portion oi the plant, ana by vrlnc OF ms r.
anizrd nati-. he Is nourishcd and grows rat II his
new line Of living. ,.,,,.o.,o, g., ,,o o,.o,u,ion
,,od clam or mII,-el n he exists on the reclaimed
Lands Of Lake Tularc but am ont nearly nine acres acre;
Of promising G -rer c'' GoS have much time 10
WIN -rcncc and don't know what may exist III
other parts Of the world but must shy hai n0ea'IS
,nv hook, or papers hay" read. - D., r., .,.
The CLANS seem T. have l9' al DIRE % iPr TOR " sre
ne ttIc HIGHER and The Juice, begin to dry up IN the
Stalks. Perhaps they YIN hen mg1e 10 ny ys S'
or nrrn1rinc to guard against future achmehtS'
"d yriI hire enough men chase them on The place
of,cr which will build clam PROOF Isnoe az, IuI ~; .,
ranch or else sell ont cheap - some one VINO hoors az
Ills statement u what i gospel truth ahn can DC
nroved hv n dozen Of nv nG.hbos,, who have lost
p," o az los" what and alfalf, In the same way"
Mr. rnu returned 70 T'S 2p he me Sp '2 aanD the
~ NM ~ This week or the first OF next as
Wines m a lawsuit. and he has promised 10 brLns
with him several specimens Of The CLANS Iot eAo'o"'