HEN SWALLOWS DIAMOND.
INCIDENT AT A SHOW. Boston, Dec. 14. While attending a poultry show at Chelsea, Mr. Andrew Hennesy put his hend into a cage to stroke “Lady Cam ille,” a famous blue Orpington hen. She pecked a £4O diamond out of a ring on his finger, and Hennesy demanded her execution in order to recover it. Rather, however, than permit even a serious operation, the owner of the hen cefunded Hennesy his loss.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1923, Page 5
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75HEN SWALLOWS DIAMOND. Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1923, Page 5
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