 Dallas Morning News Sherman Shavings August 4, 1897 An Egg Buried in Oats is Hatched by the Sun and a Well Developed Chicken is the Result Sherman, Tex., Aug. 3 - There has been a freak of nature on the premises of ex-County Attorney Rice Maxey, 632 South Crockett street. Some weeks since Mr. Maxey had over 100 bushels of shelled oats dumped into a bin on his place. The oats were gotten out through a spout. This morning when the colored boy at work on the place opened the spout he heard a chirping and out rolled a little chick just hatched. The bin was opened up and a careful search made for the sitting hen and her next, although at the time it was not plain just how a hen could have gotten into the bin. No trace of the mother hen or a nest could be found, and the only explanation that can be made of the presence of the "chick" is that an egg was buried in the oats in some way and the heat rendered the well-filled bin an incubator. Dr. Grant at Home Sherman, Tex., Aug. 3 - Dr. John Grant, national committeeman, returned from Washington last night and has remained in his room at home all day, and received very few of the scores who have sought an audience with him. He is completely fatigued and looked very much as if he needed the rest he has been taking today. He has received the newspaper man who called on him very courteously and pleasantly, but has not gone into any detailed statements, nor will he do so before tomorrow. He appears in most excellent spirits, and the perfect deluge of letters which poured into his office today, together with a large number of telegrams, indicates that Sherman is soon to be a veritable Mecca for the faithful. Sherman Shavings Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any links inoperable, please send me a message. |