Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1893 — George Perrigo and His “Turkle.” [ARTICLE]

George Perrigo and His “Turkle.”

George Perrigo caught a snapping turtle last week, cut off its head and had it for dinner. Three days afterward he heard a chicken Equaling under the house and upon investigating found that the turtle head had caught it. He had to pry the jaws open to release the chicken which was so badly injured that it died. —Monticello Democrat. This recalls a scrap of White county court records in which the clerk of the court recorded and read in open court that the jury in a certain case was composed of eleven good and truthful men and George Perrigo.— Delphi Citizen. ‘