Evening star., 1917-11-25
HEARD AND SEEN.

While the government wrestles with
conservation, there is-or. more prop
erly. was-a hen in a southern state
doing her level best to beat the egg
record.
That she failed in this laudable at
tempt was no fault OF her own, since
Nature was against her from the start.
evidently. The Department OF Asricul-
ture has received a letter from her
owner, telling all about this curious
hen.
The letter follows, exactly as writ
ten-typewritten, at that:
'I have no dought in my possession a
hens Egg that is a freak OF nature
about year ago I bought a Wight
Leghorn Hen then about a year Old
she never laid an egg she seemed to
be suffering with an enlargement OF
ease yet she seemed always very
healthy having a good appertite new
er Sick her waight was about hve L B g.
she was a burden to herself d all so
dead expence to me. 80 to day l de-
cided to kill her & hold a Postmortem
examination 1 discovered to my sur
prise the yelk OF an egg had grown to
the Anonymous size of Seven Il a half
& u inches in leangth & twelve IL inches
In circumference waight two 2 L Bs &
= & the white OF the egg was - II
to little peaces round like a button
in different sizes each one
like q button pockets they were very
tuff 1t must have been the white OF the
ali toseather more in the egg bag it to
had grown the intire size covering II
all over It was the egg bag that held
this Terrible waight in place because
just rs 1t was cut the yelk bounced out
with force with these little round
peaces all over It. her legs were very
short peculiarly shaped the hip as ]
would call It was high upon her back
they meet and formed two little pockets
were between the legs ana the BACK M
most nat to the ground like a duck her
Liver Heart and Gizzard were OF the
proper size & color but very much out
Of place her skin was Of tun nature
posed Of her fraime rs I did not know
what to do with It at the time. but I
have kept the yelk & egg bag ! Will
fourard it on to you for an examina-
tion IL you so desire ! WIN Ike keep II on
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Germany is responsible for many things.
Annabelle no longer puts seven Jumps
of sugar in her tea, to mention but ono
small wrong Germany has inflicted upon
the world. II 1t were not for Germany
Annabelle might put fourteen Jumps Of
sugar in her tea, II she could crowd that
many Jumps into ono small cup.
Germany has reached her mailed hst
into the homes Of US all
Tho most hopeless provincial is begin
ming to feel that things are not exactly
right with the world.
But there 10 one thing in the United
States that Germany has not been able to
upeet As yet, and that ID the institution
81 marriage. Those who love each other
arc Gsttin9 married as Of old. and the
same old wedding bells ring out
The War Department recognises mar
F':&fs; RI. purpo.. Of tn. se,ee.iy. service
law" says Provost Marshal General
Cfowder. In his new regulations. was
not to suspend the institution OF mar
Rage among fegistrantA"
know Of q young man Of this city VINO
lcted upon this ruling OF the provost
general before the ruling
vas made. Common sense Is the
same in all honest minds This
young man. having been engaged to
hiS sweetheart tor four years with the
date set . year In advance, was
married last summer.
And not long aEo, having been married
juet four months TO the day, he bethought