Show ea bab life saved by a cleeon an incident occurred recently in the family of G P marsh a member of the pacific coast pigeon society which proved to him in a most impressive manner the valuable services which may sometimes bo rendered by tho carrier pigeon and probably explains some of his enthusiasm in that direction his little baby boy was taken suddenly sick with most alarming symptoms of diphtheria the mother watching by the bedside of the little one dispatched a message tied on a carrier pigeon to he husband at his store on market street in the message ahe wrote the nature of the childs alarming illness and made an urgent appeal for medicine to save its life the bird was started from the home of the family near the cliff house five milts from mr marahs marshs market street store tha bird flew swiftly to the store where mr marsh received it he read the message called a doctor explained the childs symptoms as his wife had detailed them in her message and received the proper medicine then tying the little vial containing the medicine to the tail of the pigeon ho let it go the pigeon sped away through the air straight tor the cliff it made the distance five miles in ten minutes a distance I 1 which would have required the boctor three quarters of an hour to cover in twenty minutes from the time tha mothers massage was sent to her husband the baby was taking the medicine naturally enough mr marsh is partial to pigeons pigeon 5 for he considers that ha owe hia babas life to one san francisco examiner |