Rooster is Phenom; It Crows Backward.
Jacob Newman, a clothier, living in Washington Street, Tarrytown, N. Y., owns a rooster that crows backward. He has another rooster that crows naturally. The other day, as two strangers were walking by Mr. Newman’s yard, the natural rooster crowed, and the other answered.
“Did you ever hear such an echo?” said one of the[Pg 62] men. “It’s backward.” Then they looked over the fence and heard one rooster crow and the freak rooster answer.
Mr. Newman, who was in the yard, explained that the rooster crowed backward, and it had always puzzled him.