People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1897 — A Wonderful Bird. [ARTICLE]

A Wonderful Bird.

One day a wonderful bird tapped at the window of Mrs. Nansi n’s home at Christiania. Instantly the window' was oponed, and tho wife of tho famous oratic explorer in nnothor moment covered the little messenger with kieses and caresses. The carrier pigeon had been away from the cottage 80 long months, but it had not forgotten the way home. It brought a uote from Nansen, stating that all was going well with him aud his expedition in the polar regions. Nansen had fastened a message to a carrier pigeon and turned t he bird loose. Tho frail courier darted out into tho blizzardly air. It flew like un arrow over 1,000 milos of frozen waste and then sped forward over another 1,000 miles of ocean und plains and forests and one morning entered the window of the waiting mistress and delivered tho message which she had beeu awaiting so anxiously. We boast of human plnok, sagaoity and endurance, but this loving little carrier pigeon, in its homeward flight, after an absence of 80 mouths, accomplished a feat so wonderful that we con only give ourselves up to the amazement and admiration which must overwhelm overy one when the marvelous story is told. Mrs Nansen’s pigeon is one of the wonders of the world.— Churchman.