| Show A aln ilu for about es six months ago charles addington Addi of sacramento son of of mrs airs W lil JEL B coker coher carried home a bunch banch of bananas among the bananas ho he found a small egg about the size of a canary his wife took the egi egg and put it in a email small covered toy dish on tho the mantelpiece during fair week mr Addington Adding tonii sd bis 1318 ter went down from auburn and while in her brother brothers ss house houke very tory naturally inspected the toys toya and ornaments namen tsin in sight sha she lifted the lid of said little dish but dropped it with a scream that attracted the household jumped back and tremblingly wanted to know what kind hind of an animal ther they had in that eh dish none as they all insisted after due argument and not a littfe little amusement at what was believed bellev cd to be the tho sisters imagination the lid was carefully suro sure enough out jumped j an animal in the excitement cit ement of the moment mr addington put his foot on it and killed it it was of the crocodile species ap eclea from four to five inches in length and it had been put la in there some six months previously pieces of the egg shell shall still swi remained in tha the dish but some bird seed which was in the dish when the egg was put in there had all been consumed and on this alone had the animal subsisted As a cabe case of f self belf incubation and suspended idt ani ani mation this would afford interest to the scientist placer |
