A few weeks ago the wife of Matthew SEYMOUR, of New Hope township, Chatham county, N.C., put some eggs in a basket and soon afterward noticed that a cat laid down on them.  It continued to lie there day after day until a chicken was hatched from every egg – eleven in number.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 27 June 1890, pg 1. Available online at digitalnc.org.