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_AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS. MARCH 3, 1879_
THE TSM MILT BULLETIN
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
TRYON, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1942
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
Four Legged Chicken
Visits Bulletin Office
One of the most unusual freaks
of nature ever seen in Tryon
j^the four-legged chicken brought
^Lhe Bulletin office this morning
l^Mrs. W. E. McDade of Tryon
Route One. The chicken is six
weeks old and swings his two
fully developed unusued legs be
tween the two legs he walks on.
As the unused legs are as large
as the good legs they get in the
way sometimes and trip the
chicken. Then again when he is
tired of standing on one leg he
rests a foot on one of the swing
ing feet. Dudley C. Smith, prom
inent Tryon poultryman, says it
is the first time he has ever seen
a four-legged chicken. Mrs. Mc
Dade says the chicken was hatch
ed from a double yolk egg which
she put in the setting just to
see what would happen. Charles
J. Lynch says he had seen such
freaks; smaller, pickled in alcohol,
hiLt had never seen one alive. Mrs.
)ade has already been offered
Ffor the chicken. Mr. Smith
is interested in knowing what
happens in the end to the unused
legs. Will they dry up? Or is
nature making more drum sticks
for the victory food? Increasing
production 1
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
Thursday night gav§ an outline
of the aims and policies of the
28 United Nations whose imme
diate object is to win the war, then
set up an international agency to
keep peace by force if necessary,
and work out a plan to give all
peoples and all nations an oppor
tunity to get an equal share of
the world’s blessings.
SO AND SEW!
The Red Cross work room are
happy to report that June was
their record month. 73 women
volunteered their time and energy
to make this possible, and 2,350
hours of work resulted in 92 knit
garments, and 121 sewed garments
completed.
The report for July cannot come
up to last month’s high standard
unless more workers report to the
work rooms. We do not want our
quota to lag now when the need
is so vital. There are both mach
ine sewing and hand sewing avail
able, and if you can’t work at the
parish house, knotting can be done
at home.— (Contributed).
COMMUNICATIONS
Copacabana Palace,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
July 15, 1942.
Dear Mr. Vining:
You will no doubt be surprised
to see this new postmark! My
mother and I flew here from Por
tugal the end of April. The U. S.
authorities in Lisbon and the PAA
both seemed relieved to get rid
of two women who wanted to stay
at the entrance gate to a troubled
Europe. •
The trip down by Clipper was
exciting but tiring, as we had to
sit up at night. But although we
were all a bit weary we kept up
a steady stream of conversation
with one another during the two
days.
The following morning we saw
Africa-flat, uninhabited, red-soil
ed, patched with a few dirt roads,
green brush and palms. I had by
then made acquaintance with an
RAF chap who was bound for New
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