Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1908 — NOW, TALKING OF CHICKENS [ARTICLE]

NOW, TALKING OF CHICKENS

This One Comes Near the Historic Biddy Who “On Sunday She Laid Three.” Danville, Ind., Oct. 9. —Walter J. Clark, a Danville chicken fancier, has what he believes to be the champion laying hen of the United States, her record being, up to Tuesday, 240 eggs In 274 days. The record, he says, is 236 eggs by one hen in a year, and as his hen is still laying and he has yet nintey-one days before the year Is out, he does not know what will be the record when she has completed her 365 days. The hen in a White Wyandotte and the egg from which she was hatched was laid at the Danville poultry show In February, 1906. Harry E. Curtis hatched the egg in his incubator and then sold the chicken to Clark for sl. He calls her "Betsy,” and during her laying his kept her in a trap nest every day until after she laid an egg, and then let her out for the remainder of the day. Phosphorous Fiend Found Guilty. Indianapolis, Oct. 9.—Eugene F. McDonald has been found guilty of a conspfracy to obtain money under false pretenses. The punishment for the offense is two to'fourteen years in state prison, with a fine of at least $25 and not more than $5,000. According to the evidence McDonald left, on July 6, a package with the Adams Express company containing a sponge treated phosphorous, which caught fire in the express company’s office. McDonald’s plan, it is said, was to file suit for the destruction of his property, having fixed its value at SIO,OOO.

Two Mighty Lucky Men. Shelbyville, Ind., Oct. 9.—A dog caused the automobile owned by Dr. Earl Jewett, of Blue Ridge, Shelby county, to turn turtle In Bush county and the owner of tike machine and Har.-y Colter, who also was in it, had a narrow escape from death. The two men were returning from tile home of a patient of the physician wbefi the dog ran beneath the wheels of the machine, causing the doctor to lose control of It. The machine ran Into a ditch and upset with both men beneath it. •• r Great Slaughter of Doga. Clayton, Ind., Oct. 9.—Forty dogs have been shot by the police and citlaens during the last three days, as a result of a mad dog scare. The brain of a dog which had bitten a score of dogs was sent to the state laboratory at Indianapolis and was found to be Infected with rabies. No Vesting on the Fence, Either. M> ' Ind.. Oct .9.—Fred Darling ton. u r Martinton, planted a fiftyacre field in corn., last spring, In a qlrcle. J’r* did It out of curiosity, but later . ••nvered that it was a time-sav-er, as 4 here was no turning at the endr of the rows.