Show A hIVE HEADLESS HEN A little negro boy was exhibiting on the streetsof Mayville New York a remarkable remark-able instance of tenacity life in the shape of chIcken hen which had lost its head over four months ago but continues well and hearty The creature walked about scratching in the earth and appearing quite unconscious of its loss I is fed by cramming cram-ming the food down the severed gullet and evidently thrives under this peculiar method of feedingfor it is in excellent condition con-dition The boy who owns it says that i lays regularly and has actually made a nest and raised a broodof chickens since the loss of its head I has however shed nearly all of its feathers except those of the tail and shows no signs of over having any more Philadelphia Times |