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Show HE WAS AFRAID OF MICROBES Negro Who Stole Corn From Government Govern-ment Farm Frightened When Told Purpose of the Grain. Washington. A covetous negro stole a lot of sweet corn growing on the propagation plat at the experiment farm of the Department of Agriculture, Agricul-ture, near Washington. The darky was arrested, and the court, learning 1 Begged for His Release. that the corn was used for experiments experi-ments in plant diseases, gave him the scare of his life by intimating that this feast would result in the growth of various microbes in his body. The negro pleaded to be released in order that he might seek the services of a doctor, but he wn.s sent to jail for ten days instead, where he worked off any of the alarming symptoms by pounding rocks in the chain gang. |