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Show juijljj mi HiiHwrrTiiinMi-iwwWw-"Mw ! STAR YARN .OF THE WINTER j - i - New Hampshire Farmer TelU of Witch Grass Growing oa Fam-y. Fam-y. lly Kitten's Back. ' ! Nashua, N. 1L John Groves, oJHud- ' son, furnishes tho Btdr yarn of'n prolific pro-lific wlntor. Now Hampshire fafmois tmvo long told ot tho.hnrdlhuol of I witch prnsH and havo cgdiplalned that ! It would grow nhywherg north of tho molten lusldea of n volcano, but Gno has nt-taully outdone- them by prtd.a Ing a kitten with vvltch'grass growl-ic through her back. As tho family loll tho'story, tho kit ton, which had been a great pet lii the household, grow III recently nnd worn od uway to n skeleton thinness. Oj day somo object wns uoUued p'roliu -Ing from the kitten's bnck nnd on iquk-lug iquk-lug n closer examination they doclaro that they found a wltchgrasB root working Its way through tho okln from j the Insldo of tho llttlu creature's body. ! They suggest tho theory that lh6 kit ten Bwaliowed tho gras3 root while It i was In a dried stato last fall, and thnt It Hproutcd afresh In tho foUturo n.id i wnnnth. and flnnlly forced Its way i through muscles and skin. Friends ot the family corroborate the report. i : |