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Show POST WINS ON GOLDEN CALF Two-Headed Animal Aids in Raising Organization's Funds From $100 to $1,500. The Golden Calf of the Twentieth century has been discovered by the American Legion post at Fredericksburg, Fredericks-burg, Va., which owes an increase in its working capital from $100 to $1,500 to a two-headed juvenile cow, in full title to which the post invested its scant $100 last fall. Having induced a Westmoreland county farmer to part with the freak animal for this sum, a special levy of various small amounts was made upon the treasury to buy nourishment for the calf. Then came the Virginia state fair in Richmond and the calf was in full bloom, eating both his heads oil and waxing fat withal. The Fredericksburg post put him on. exhibit, charging a suitable fee. When the fair was over and the dust had settled, the post treasury contained con-tained $1,500 the accrued earnings of r 1 Two-Headed Calf That Put Virginia Post on Road to Wealth. the calf and all this for doing nothing noth-ing but standing still and being inspected. in-spected. It was recently that the representative representa-tive of a large circus made his offer of $150 for the animal and It was accepted. ac-cepted. There is a rumor that the excitement of travel and late hours have affected the calf's health and that he is a poor Insurance risk. However, as the old Romans had it, caveat emptor. The post plans to reinvest the $1,500 as soon as some other such good security se-curity as the calf Is found. |