Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1893 — A Live Toad in a Hail Stone. [ARTICLE]

A Live Toad in a Hail Stone.

A hail storm visited Pawtucket the other evening, such as has not visited that vicinity for years, if within the memory of man. One woman picked up a large hail stone and allowed it to melt in her hand. She thought something was inside the little piece of frozen rain, but was surprised to find when aU had melted a little live toad or frog in her hand. There is a quite feneral belief that a great many pebles came down with the hail.

Matthew Arnold’s dogs, cat and canary bird are mentioned dozens of times in his poems.