Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1905 — Feathered Fury. [ARTICLE]

Feathered Fury.

A more vicious enemy than an angry ostrich cock would be hard to find, for that 400 pounds of sinew and temper bjicks a kick that can split an inch board with one blow of the powerful front toe, tipped with a nail like the end of a steer’s horn. The keepers now and then get a sharp blow for all their care, and a Mexican who thought to take g short cut across the farm through the breeding yards had to go to the hospital for repairs.—Sunset Magazine.