Show A STRANGE OCCuR ENcE the writer of the following communication to which he has baa prefixed the above appropriate appropriate head is we presume pei perfectly honest c neat in his statement me t but notwithstanding his positive nesa to the contrary we cannot but think there is is a mistake somewhere in the matter of this thia rapid gestation to which he be certifies ur sir editor this is to inform you and the public U lie that there has hag one of the most singular ar occurrences took place in my neighborhood near the town ot of steelville Ste elville in in crawford county mo that ever was recorded on the pages of history and I 1 send this to you for publication knowing that the readers of the republican will be glad to hear of this strange bocc occurrence arence john mcdade I 1 one of my nearest neighbors h has a cow t that hat has had three calves in in less than twelve months and but one at a time her first was waa calved the last of july 1858 i her second the middle of march 1859 and her third about the middle of july 1809 1859 from the first drat to the second was about seven months and ahalt a halt balf from the second to the third was about four months her two wo last calves are both alive and both suck the cow they ey are luge large likely calves these ese t things though strange are true AT my children first saw the cow and calf and told I 1 it to myself and wife we went over to mr A mcdadee Mc c ades Dadea and found the childrens chil drena statements to be true she had a young calf and it was hars there is is no mistake and there was her other about tour four months old both in the lot together the tha cow ranges abo it my house and aal that is is the reason why we know all about her if these things are questioned they can be established by many witnesses E R FORT sio no republican my 25 1859 |