The following is an account of a boar which attacked a man during a sale near Isadora on October 27th, 1905, recounted by the November 2nd Worth County Times:
While attending the Shipley hog sale near Isadora last Friday [October 27th, 1905], James Merckling was severely bitten by a mad boar. The sale was held under a tend, and when the boar was driven in, he manifested rage. The auctioneer warned the people to be on the lookout for the animal, as he might do injury to someone.
After the boar was sold, the buyer started to drive him out of the tent and asked for assistance. Mr. Merckling volunteered and took a stick and struck the already maddened boar over the nose. The animal resented the assault by springing at Mr. Merckling and biting him on the leg about halfway between the knee and thigh, inflicting an ugly wound. One of the tendons was severed.
Fortunately, Dr. Mills of this place was present and attended to the injury, and no bad results are anticipated.
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