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Fight With An Eagle

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
April
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

An enornious eagle, mensuring sevcn f eet f rom tip to tip of the wings, was lately captured near Atlanta, Ga. An oíd negro was carrying a baby in uis arniB, and his wife was waiking olose behind him, when the bird suddenly descended and made a swoop for tbe child. Tbe father warded ofl' tuo attack by a well-directed blow, but the eagle returncd to the attack with renewed vigor. Ti'ic negro kicked and fought with all liis might "hile clinging dcsperately to the child, and his fnco, was scratched by tlic claws of the bird. His wifo screamed for help, and a farmer who was ohopping woort close by ran forward and with a stroko of his nx laid the bird senseless on tho ground. The eagle was stunned bnt not killed by the blow, and the farmer now has hira undcr bonds. The designer of the disgrncefnl bird on the silver dollar woukl do well to mako a journey to this Georgia Oraeker's bnrn and flnd out for himself how an ctiu cagle spreads lts wings.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus