Cow

In Ridgeway, Mo., Albert Harding freed his cow. For 17 days it had been prisoned under a huge snowdrift against the side of a haystack, nibbling into the haystack for food, licking into the snowdrift for water.

Dwindle

In Chicago, Amerigo Bertolini, charged with robbery, was freed because since his arrest he had dwindled from 225 to 150 lb., had had all his teeth pulled, which made him unrecognizable to the State's witnesses.

Hibernator

In Watertown, Wis., Arthur E. ("Turkey") Gehrke, 50, worked behind the bar at his tavern for the first winter in 23 years. Ever since 1913 Gehrke had made a practice of going to bed about Thanksgiving, dozing out the winter, arising about Easter. Last month his wife Grace dropped dead while reading a newspaper. "Turkey" Gehrke had to come out of hibernation to attend her funeral, take care of his business.

Putter

In Fresno, Calif., registrations at the Fresno Evening High School boomed when Charles Woessner, accounting machine salesman and onetime Baptist pastor, announced two courses in "How To Fall in Love and Stay Put.''

Mouse

In Manhattan, arrested on a charge of possessing policy-game slips, Negro Mickey Mouse insisted, "I've had that name 35 years."

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