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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 279, 28 March 1889, Page 3

A teamster, taking in a load of baled hay to a lumber namn by the way of the old “ tote md ” B r ownvil|p tn the Jo Merry Rtnnppd late in -he afternoon tn bait h»s horopq fii« h »'« was under a hig yellow birch ; and while his horses munched their nets the tenmsier coiled him-elf np on the top of his load and pulled his b'anker, over him for a little nap. Whether he slept longer than he intended is not known; but whsn he awoke it was nearly dusk. He with a quick movement drew hie blanket from his face, when instantly his face was pierced deeply by sharp and cruel talons. This fierce onslaught had been made by a huge owl, which on seeing his white face suddenly revealed, and doubtless taking it for a rabbit or some such animal, had instantly pounced with all his energy from the tree above. The assaulted man, frenzied with pain and terror, and not in the least knowing what had seized him, grasped desperately at his enemy, and, clutching the legs of the owl with one hand and its neck with the other, actually by one wrench tore its head from Its body. How he extricated the talons from his face and how he made hia way to the gearings the man hardly knew. By great good fortune his eyes #ere not destroyed, but for a long time the tWolUn oonditloa a! hh face predated him 1 from Mitog.