Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1913 — LOON DIPS A LAD INTO POND [ARTICLE]

LOON DIPS A LAD INTO POND

Bird Grasps Trousers With Its Bill and Gives Youth Ducking—Boy Captures Him. Elmer, N. J. —A big loon, which was caught after an exciting battle in the water, is the captive of George Cassady, thirteen years old, of this place. Young Cassady was attending to his muskrat traps when he spied the bird in a pond. The loon did not attempt to fly, but made fruitless efforts to dive tn the shallow water. The excited boy sprang into the pond after the big bird, and caught hold of its wings- Then the captive loon turned upon the lad and attacked him With its sharp bill. It plunged him into the pond by seizing him by the trousers. Cgssady pluckily held on. subdued his prize catch, and carried It into town to show a crowd of admiring schoolmates.