Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1893 — A Remarkable Triple. [ARTICLE]

A Remarkable Triple.

The following letter was published in one of the well-known Philadelphia weeklies in 1823: “On Easter Monday, March 31, 1823, at breakfast, boiled eggs being a part thereof, my wife, on breaking one, discovered a second therein. The first appeared to be a perfect egg in every respect, before and after being opened, containing yolk and white in a perfect state. The second or inside egg was perfectly round, the egg matter, which consisted of white only, being enclosed in a strong membrane or skin. On opening this second egg a third was found inside thereof. This last egg was about the size of a chipping sparrow’s egg (the second being as large as that of the common quail) and had a covering similar to that of a common egg, that is, it was provided with a heavy white shell and seemed to be as hard as a miniature ball of ivory. This last wonder was retained and preserved for the inspection of the curious. It may be seen at anytime at our inn, sign of ’Traveller’s Rest.’ “M. McGrkwsborgu.” Convict labor will be inaugurated by Idaho under a recent law.