Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1880 — A White Crane's Death. [ARTICLE]

A White Crane's Death.

Meakish caught a at Hickory Grove, and On s# fan waa a fißffle firPy fattened. The bird wars huge specimen, measuring seven feet from tip to tip, hot it waa nearly starved to death. While stalking around on the prairie it had stuck Us bill completely through a small turtle, but could not gdt the turtle off again, end in this condltfon ha 4 remamedfor days—unUl the turtle had become thoroughly dvy and itself starved. The turtle prevented the b’rd from opening ita month at all—hence it could eat nothing. When discovered it was fed, hut the fast was of tpo long duration and it died wlthhl two deya.—jWmond (Joird) Her aid. The village of Tob^HamsMUl*, Mon. roe oounly. Pa., is almost entirely sorrounded by forest Area. quantitle® destroyed.