An Aged Frog

Two years ago I was browsing Civil-War era newspapers on-line, and found the following brilliant snippet from a newspaper from Indiana, PA:

"AN AGED FROG. The other day at Johnstown, as a mason was engaged in cutting stone, a living frog was found in the centre of a stone that had been in use in a wall for over 30 years. When discovered he was flat as a pancake, but after being released from his prison, could hop about as well as any other frog. The Cambria papers think that his frogship--could he speak--would tell us about the times when Noah lived. His only defect is that he is totally blind. He has been placed in a cage for safe-keeping."

I was absolutely delighted by this story, except for the last sentence. Yeah, the frog is finally freed from an impenetrable prison, thinking "Well, thank GOD!" and then is placed into a cage. I wonder if he's still alive. The story first caught my eye because this event happened in the town where I was born.