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Show LEADS MATES TO THEIR FATE Old Bull Turtle Specially Trained for tho Work and Does It Con ! eolontlously. Becently A. L. Keller of New Madrid county shipped into Parma i from Tallipoosa 85 turtles, oggregat- j ing 780 pounds. They will bo re- shipped to domestic markets and ; mado into turtle soup. It is some j distance from tho breeding grounds i to tho Tallipoosa depot, and it is nee- ; cssary for Keller to "drive" his flock I of turtles several blocks or so before ! he can load them on a flat-car. One of Keller's pets is an old bull turtle ttiat has been trained as a sort of bellwother to mako the trip. Keller ties a piece of red flannel rag around tho turtle's neck and points him up the street toward the depot. Then ho gives his a shore and hollers "Beat itr Tho turtle lights out and tho string behind obediently follow the flannel rag. When tho old caravan reaches tho flatcar tho bull turtlo eyes Keller, as if asking if ho has performed his work aright, and then turns around Blowly and wantera back to tho breedings grounds. I Parma Victor. |
