Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1902 — Utilizing a Turtle. [ARTICLE]

Utilizing a Turtle.

Tradition says that the queen of Sheba asked Solomon to thread an intricately pierced stone and that he did so by means of a hair tied to a living worm. A long sewer in an Ohio factory reoently became clogged, and a son of Solomon came to the rescue. Tying a long ball of twine to the shell of a mud turtle, he put the animal into the entrance of the sewer and turned on a stream of water. The turtlelburrowed his way through the refuse, was “watered on” at each manhole and emerged victorious at the outlet. A rope attached to the twine, a swab and strong arms accomplished the rest swiftly and economically.