Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-30
1911 NATURE FAKE MODELS
Batch of Freakish Yarns Picked Up
I'm various Sections of the
Country.

The extreme hot weather of the last few
days was foster mother to eight chicks
found in q case OF eggs received by the
Shell-to-Yolk Egg company at 96os St Vim
cent avenue. st. Louis. The foundlings
were discovered ensconced in the narrow
egg compartments Of the paper filters, next
door to brother and sister eggs. which had
retained their shell identity.
The shipment Of five cases came from
Bourbon Ill One chick had been suf-
located. but the others were as well as
day-old chicks usually are
The finding Of this number OF live chicks
in an egg case is unprecedented. poultry
men say, and can only be due to the ex-
tremeIy torrid weather which kept the tenn
perature Of the case up 10 incubator stand
ard. Instances OF the finding OF one live
chick in a case are cited. but never Of the
Matching of such a family.
II was SO hot in Chenille. N. Y. that
horse owned by James NJ Cooke went 70 a
brook and drowned itself. and Constable
william Beekman. the old sleuth of the
town Of 9reenburg, was Frustrated after
carrying his SKIS badge around for five hours
doing duty on the warm roads Cookies
horse was found by Beeiman with its head
under water. He declared that the horse
hadn't drowned itself. but had just drank
itself to death Cooke said it was plainly
a case of suicide Shortly afterward the
news was flashed through Chenille that
Beeknan had keeled over. No wonder
said one of the neighbors. Any man VINO
has to carry around badge the size OF
Beeknan's on a warm day like this is
likely to do anything
Ffshernen In Massachusetts bays are on
the alert for q monster sea reptile, 90 feet
long. with a bumped back 1t was first
seen by the keepers Of Boone island light
a few days ago. Later II MADE its ap-
pearance at NantAsket. The fishermen re-
fuse 10 venture near the fishing GROUNDS
while II is in that vicinity. The hean' ac-
oordtnp 10 more or less veracious observ-
ers. resembles that Of an alligator ana
the body is as large as barrel The
bumped back projects above the water lor
a distance OF 100 feet. 1t is said. 1t travels
with great speed through the water ana
scoops the fish up as II passes
hen and a brood Of chickens that MADE
,h.,r home In the second floor OF two
ana-a-half-story frame house In Warren
80 Harrison. N J., lived through q
f,re IN the building 20 the astonishment OF
tha nremen of that town. The fire Tight
srs worked on the blaze for almost an
hour. During all that time the second
story was filled with smoke
when the flames were exttnguished the
hen and her brood were found water
soaked, but apparently not affected In the
slightest degree by the smoke
Half a dozen small boys were splashing
about in a mudhole at Tony's brook. just
outside East Orange. n. J., when a big
hoy. known as the bully, followed by a
Newfoundland dog. happened along. He
ordered them TO get away. saying. skip.
or IN set the dog on you A man wants
a chance 10 swim"
The boys. frightened. scampered away.
and the bully undressed and entered the
water. Suddenly he gave a yell. burst into
tears and begged the boys to come to aid
him. but they only hung back and laughed
He managed to get 10 shore. when it was
seen he had a swapping turtle attached TO
his toe.
oh. mother" yelled the bully. Get
mother"
The boys continued TO laugh. John
Dineen came from a neighboring factory
and cut off the turtles head. Then the
bully, stiu crying. limped home and the
small boys Owed back into their hole Of
{ mud and water.
Just before the storm broke the other
evening, Peter Tyer OF Lee, Mass, tied his
COW 10 a tree A lightning bolt split the
tree for twenty feet cut the rope which
fastened the COW and then threw the rope
into an apple tree some fifteen feet away
where il was found TO be firmly fastened
to a limbs After examining the COW, Tyer