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Show THIS IS HARD TO BEAT. Mr. Duncan of Kentucky Has a Mm That Has Laid a Petrified Egg. William MeKco Duncan of Knmfojd has n hun tlirtt lias rcachotl thu atone, ago She lays petrified egRS. It would seem that tho etono tue. llko tho second childhood, comes on unexpectedly. In fttct, the alarm! n eccentricity In this particular producer pro-ducer of eggs developed only three dl y ago. Up to that time her schedule 1 ml l'fn ono a day and they set tho clot.lt! Ii- her. Then, fivo days ago, for th-i ilrst time, sho was late. Tho lawyer missed his car and tho- whole ho.is-i wont wrong. After noon tho 8 o'clock egg arrit d. Tho hen cackled its though sho 1 ad really done something to ho ptoud ol--something that no otiTer hen had eviet done before. So sho had, but tley din not discover It until latoi. Tho egg was Intended for uso Jo; supper. Then tho egg was bioken, at least tho outer shell was Vno:ked off. Tho Inner part did not breal;. TJ ey worked on It with a spoon it knlfn. ft chisel; soma suggested a l.D.Mliet cud an axe, but ctill tho oval hi up hold solid. It was petrified. Mr. Duncan is watching lilt chovco bird solicitously. Ho oxpottii In tho courso of tho next fw day to havo the feathered wonder carol ully examined, exam-ined, for ho is suro that ho can prove by nny number of scientist that this Is tho only and original descendant and mlnlatiiro rcproductioi of tho ancient roc. Ills Kentucky friends are advising tho lawyer to start a quarty. Loulsvillo Courier-Journal. |