Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1896 — A Wonderful Puppy. [ARTICLE]

A Wonderful Puppy.

A pup was born In Bellville, N. Y., the other day which takes the palm for deformity. Its own mother was so shocked by its shape that she killed it at once. The two front feet of the pup were shaped like the hands of a human beiug ami de\ out of claws. In the rear were one rabbit’s foot and two dog’s paws. The pup’s head strongly resembled that of a rabbit and its ears were long like a rabbit’s ears. It also had the peculiar split nose of that animaL

Suicides in New York Last Year. More than 300 persons, over one-half of the total number of suicides in New York last year, took poison. In addition there were several hundred persons who attempted self-destruction by taking poison, but failed to end their existence. The number of deaths by suicide has increased to such an extent that the attention of medical men as well aa that of the Legislature baa been directed thereto.