Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1894 — Chased the Chipmunk Down His Throat. [ARTICLE]

Chased the Chipmunk Down His Throat.

Chicago Herald. A very peculiar accident hapened recently to Eben White, a farmer jving about four mile northwest of Bt. Johns, Mich. He had been workjig in the woods and lay down to deep under a tree, and must have ilept with his mouth open. A common nongrel pupand a small boy were companions. While the old man ilept the boy and the dog started a t chipmunk and proceeded to chase t. That chipmunk made tracks for safety, and seeing White’s mouth >pen dodged in. It was a new sensation to White to have a chipmunk srying to get down his throat alive, tnd he woke up in a hurry. He learly choked to death before he nulled that chipmunk out, and then he killed the animal and brought it .nto town to prove the truth of the story hetells. A doctor who examined □is tht oat and mouth found it badly acerate!, and says he believes White's story is true. The outcome of a courtship nowadays s largely a quest ion of income.