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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1893
Page
3
Ex Sheriff Warren Kalama goo Ridway of Pike County recounts a bizarre tale of a tame black snake that befriended a young rooster. The pair shared food and sleep until the rooster crowed, provoking the snake to strike. In the end the rooster was swallowed, and the snake choked to death.
A Milwaukee writer recalls an improbable method to extract electricity from cats to run machinery. A one story circular chamber enclosed by glass pipes housed dozens of cats chasing a rubber rat, with brushes on the pipe to collect electric charge. After a week a cat could be reused, and power was generated to light the plant and operate elevators. The piece ends with brief, unrelated verse and quips.
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