Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1894 — He Thought Himself a Squirrel. [ARTICLE]

He Thought Himself a Squirrel.

Thomae Odell, living near Greenup, K j., lately met death in a peculiar manner. Whenever the young man ate beef he would go Into the fields, crawl about on his hands and knees, bellow like an ox and eat grass. When he partook of mutton his notions were those of a sheep and he would bleat plaintive* ly. Sating ohlokens oaused him to dig for worms and crow or attempt to lay eggs. His father the other day gave him some squirrels for dinner. No sooner had Thomas fairly digested tl\em than his ourlous mania came on him and he rushed into a grove some distance from his home and began to ollmb the trees. His father saw him leaping from tree to tree and barking harshly. He called to him to oome down, but this only seemed to make the boy want to esoape, and he attempted to jump to another tree, but missed his hold and fell to the around, a mangled, breathless mas»of humanity, and expired la leas WMtJBRSIWtp-