Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — The Automatic Duck. [ARTICLE]

The Automatic Duck.

The most remarkable mechanical contrivance over constructed was Viiucuaison's automatic duck, which was exlilblicd liefore tile Paris Institute in 17,’is. it wus of natural size, and, when set In motion by the Internal machinery moved its wings and feet, and ate a.ml drank after tile exact fashion of tin* process of digestion was actually a real living biped. Furthermore il is said Hint the process of digestion was actually carried on lu tin* stomach. The editor hereof agrees with Stowe, wlm says: "If such was lvally the case (he food must have been dissolved by i In* aid of chemicals." The old account of this Vaueansou wonder adds: "May It also lie known that this <,d‘*verly made duck coulde quack lu a mituryal voyce, and that in dryuklng it muddied the water wytli yis byll, as live ducks are known to do.”