Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1910 — Wild Man From Denison County Remembered in His Former Habitat. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Wild Man From Denison County Remembered in His Former Habitat.

The accompanying photograph on a postal card was received at the Republican office a few days ago. One side said: “This wild animal was discovered on Enemy Creek, Davison county, S. Dak, in the spring of 1909. Supposed to have escaped from somewhere in the east.”

Careful scrutiny of the picture caused us to decide that the original was none other than our old friend and former county recorder, Bruce Porter. Just the same except for the whiskers, as when he left here to try his .fortune in South Dakota. While he has permitted noture to take its course as regards his hirsute adornment, he is not a wild man, but one of the most docile and reasonable creatures that ever left Jasper county. Who would have recognized him?