Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1920 — CANADA INVADED BY EAGLE [ARTICLE]

CANADA INVADED BY EAGLE

Blr* WasSeemlngly Tlr*d After Long Trip, and Wa* Easily Captured; Given Name. The* American eagle recently spread hi* wings majestically over Canadian > soil. The eagle--a real one by the way—soared from somewhere and landed in Sandwich, Ont. Whence he came, nobody know*. But it was from । a long way off. a* he was manifestly exhausted when he alighted on the. roof of a new house at the corner of | Lot and Peter streets. It was just about noon, and children coming from | school espied him, says the Detroit News. I The bird stayed on bls perch for some time, when the mob gathered below. The eagle surveyed the crowd la a bored manner during the minutes when he was not engaged in searching with his beak for something or thing* under his feathers. The crowd became larger and more threatening. Finally one braver than the nt. evidently a Briton without guile, cast the first stone. j _ 1 ; The American eagle spread his wings to their full extent and, waiting not for the year of parley between disputant nations, fluttered to the ground. Down the streets of Sandwich the proud bird trotted with unhurried but dangerous steps. Through a gaun - let of citizens he ran, Indian like, turning his beak from right to left with each new step to peck at some venturesome bystanler or over-ardent pursuer. It looked for a time as if the bird would not be captured. But he finally came to a man whose attitude was not hostile. With scarcely a ' struggle the eagle gave in. | His captor was Clyde Thornton, 31 Peters street, an American citizen. During the remainder of the day the Sandwich residents made tentative peace offerings In the form of pieces of meat. The bird accepted them ungraciously. His name is Roosevelt, Thornton insists.