| Show lloliln KI1U I Adder In a vigorous battle between a robli anti an adder fourteen Inches long the f bird killed the snake The tight tot place in the garden of George Si Jones in Leominster Mass and 1 < seen by John A Iltinnln and other who wore attracted to the scene tj the calls of the birds which had Mr beefed In the trees to urge on tteir plucky mate The robin had I nest of little ones to an apple tree near the garden Whee the snake wriggled across the field toward to-ward the tree the bird swooped doss and attacked it vigorously with clans and bill aiming its attacks at the head of the adder which spat mind hissed but was soon put out of the bat Not however on the first round a it the robin bad gradually came to after ha bird left It The I and began to move discovered the motion and Hew again Ilscovered motlol 111 M at the snake not leaving I until It ua cb dead Boston Globe an 10 rust Statue to Alrxumlrt n The first statue of Queen Alex Irst public statie n Mr commissioned andra has just been commissione ra George E Wade time wellknow to do the sculptor has been chosen a 11 work The destination of the statue Hongkong which has already glrC I commissions for the statues of KIDI J I lbl I Edward and the Prince of Wales at el I new statue Is being erected out I fund raised in connection wllb 1t1 at The Hongkong coronation celebration II Queen will be represented In hereof 1 be statue will b nation ropes The stltle wi bronze natoll and lles life size and the ptdestal marble mart of granite or larW will be either gllle waS The King to whom the proposal e submitted J1 through the tovernftor n Hongkong readily gave his lerIISSor r r His Majesty also approved the SU ul tlon that the statue should he lade Mr Wade London Express aI I |
