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Show An Anrlfrrons Fowl. The Castroville Argus, of Pec. li-ltb, relates this incident : A lew days ago John Bowry shot a mallard duck about hall' a mile from town, and his good wife was much surprised, sur-prised, on cleaning it, to find iu its craw several panicles ol gold. We saw and examined them and know they were unmistakcable wa-hed scale co!d. One piece was square shaped, and fully an eighth of an inch across its surface, but very thin. The color was that which miners regard as indicating the pre-ciK'O of mote cupper than silver with the superior metal. To luake Certain. Bowry had the particles tested at McDonald s drug store, and the acids suow.'d thorn to be the gt-nuine article. The weight was one grain. Had this "dud" bceu made in the mining region, wo would net have thought it surprising; but happening ht re in the heart of the "keow keoun-t keoun-t e." it strikes us as rath- r circular. Where had the bud K-tn able to gob-t'le gob-t'le up "dus: " rhit way ? lb w ;ar had it ca;Ti,'d it .' '. s.'ir.c iir ii; bi 'logical 'logi-cal avaru to1, us how 1, i , - nature won! 1 ordinarily porn.it it to stay m tho sipciinr receptacle in wh; h it was found ! Nrnio ul our cuu- n th.tik ir was swallowed in some wao r course of the can Antonio mountain.-. |