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New Zealand Graphic, 6 April 1907, Page 38

America has long been famous as the land of tall stories. Hero' is the latest “veracious” and startling item of hens taken from a paper published in Tailfield, Illinois:—■ ■ “A small green twig, swallowed more than a year ago by Timothy Wiseacre, a farmer near here, was coughed up, and as a result Wiseacre is recovering from what his physician at first pronounced bronchitis. “Wiseacre had been working ,in some timber, and held a twig of cedar about an inch and a half in length between his teeth. Being suddenly frighteiu-d be swallowed the twig, without at first noticing any inconvenience.. “Later he. developed symptoms of bronchitis, and was advised by his physicians to go to Colorado. After a stay there of some eight months uml not improving, he concluded to return home to die, us he said, upon his arrival. While in bed recently fie was seized with a violent coughing spell and soon dislodged the twig. Upon examination by Dr. J. P. Walters it was found to be as green as on the day it was swallowed, and also eave indications of growing.”