Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1878 — Belligerent Swallows. [ARTICLE]

Belligerent Swallows.

A most singular affair recently happened near Lynchburg, Ya. While Col. A. H. Fulkerson was riding over his farm he was attacked by about 100 swallows, who assailed him with great chattering and pecked away lustily at his face and clothing. He was at first amused at the puny assaults, but the wounds which they soon inflicted upon his face and neck convinced him that he had nothing to laugh at, and he barely escaped with his life. It is feared that he will lose the sight of both eyes. Mbs. Hates and Secretary Thompson’s wife will spend thfj summer at the White mountains.