Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1879 — A Lively Owl. [ARTICLE]

A Lively Owl.

A thief broke into a shop in Providence recently, and looked about to see what he could steal. Suddenly an owl. which is caged by day but is set at lib erty at sunset, pounced upon the intruder and frightened him out of his senses. So savage was the attack that he retreated in extreme disorder, leaving his hat and jimmy behind him. When the storekeeper opened the shop the next morning he found blood stains on the floor and desk. The owl’s feathers were ruffled and its claws were red with blood.