Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — A Pathetic Message. [ARTICLE]

A Pathetic Message.

A. pathetic message was received by Dr. Gould of Rockland, recently from that lonely place called Matinicus. Dr. Gould has a system of pigeons which convey messages from there to the mainland, and there came a pigeon to the homing loft at Tenant's Harbor conveying news of the serious illness of Mrs. E. A. Young. The silent messenger that flew across twenty miles of seas to Tenant’s Harbor was found to have seven No. 1 shots imbedded in her body and wings. With this injury, by a thoughtless sportsman, the bird had flown across with her message, and, true to instinct, the bird had delivered her message. Shortly after the homecoming the bird died. —Kennebec (Me.) Journal.