Cow's Tail Wedged Between Ice Cakes

1920

Farmer Has to Chop Animal Out With an Ax.

WANDSVILLE, Maine — Twice a day Samuel Fatts, a dairyman of this village, lets h is cows out of the barn so that they can go to the creek and drink.

The other afternoon Fatts' cows were at the creek. A few minutes later they all returned to the barn except one cow. Fatts paid no attention to the lone cow, believing that she would return when she got ready. An hour later he went to the barnyard. The cow was still at the creek. He called to her but she did not move. He went to the creek and found bossy's tail wedged between two cakes of ice which were at the water's edge and she could not release herself.

Fatts returned to the barn, secured an ax, went to the creek, cut the ice away and the cow ran to the barn.


State's Shortest Man is Dead

Was 55 Inches in Height and Weighed 150 Pounds

MACOMB, Ill. — John Kelley, 50 years old, said to be the shortest man in Illinois, is dead of apoplexy at his home. Kelley was forty-four inches in height and weighed 150 pounds. In his younger days his legs were double-jointed, enabling him to move as rapidly backward as forward. Kelley used a stepladder when harnessing his horses.