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FROM THE ARCHIVEJun 13, 1903·Lancaster, Wisconsin

TWO HEADED CALF

Scanned from Grant County Herald, Jun 13, 1903
TWO HEADED CALF
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1 TOGETHER WITH TEE i TWO BEADED CAiF 1 By CALEB BROW I 4 Copyright 1902 by T C McClure KM v. What dyou think queried Job Par sons hired man to the widow Thomp son as he brought the foaming milk pails into the farmhouse kitchen one morning in May. I think youve been half an hour too long in milking three cows she re plied as she took the pails from him Widder Thompson said Job with mock solemnity and his hat in his hand. I have the honor to inform you that you are the sole owner of one of the greatest living curiosities on the face of this earth Come out and be hold the only two headed calf ever born in a state of captivity.

It was true The widow rushed down to the barnyard to find the old spotted cow chewing her cud in contentment while frisking around her and looking at the world from two different stand points was a two headed calf Nature had produced a wonderful freak. There was only one body supplied with the usual number of legs P a proper length of tail but the neck was orna mented.

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