Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-11-07
PIE ADJUTANT.

To agrifih, as they hieroglyplicsil,
call strangers in India, perhaps The great
est novelty inGalcufa is that huge grave,
long beaked biFd7cslIed tlIe iadiuiani, bul
.wiiel should rather be named Donnie
Sampson; for AIis air is decidedly more
abstfacted and spedag6guish than military
md costdrnedhas nothing gaFish or gay
about il. The young Johnny Newcomb
STATES witlfuos'sligbtl wonder when he
sees thisaenoFmous bird stalking, slowly
and as ifIn deep thoaght,e through the
streets, flying around corner, within q
yard of his person, with his -monsirous
bill projecting formidably, and threatening
him with Implement, gobbling up large
bonesaofbeef, ora four pound loaf, or any
othertrifle thatris pitched oatsio him and
when he has made d satisfactory meal,
standing on one leg, like a snhtilate stat
ute, On the highest pinnacle he can find
10 digest it.aThe adintant, as is we'll
known, is ahagnless and useful bird that
performs The duty ofa scaVenger inIndia,
deVouting ofaI, and furnishing snakes, of
which.he is very fond. His valuable ser.
vices are SO fully appreciated that The
company have taken him into their charge
and placed the whole fraternity under
their protection, furnishing with heavy foe
the murderer of one oflbese birds Yet
'such is the ingraiitude Of mankind, that
the poor inofensive adjutantis persecu-
ited.by the most annoying and cruel tricks
Shank bones are cleaned out and stuffed
With gun powder, wi h.a slow match ap
piled; then the meat is thrown .out and
swallowed, and whensthe poor wretch is
ichuekiiug ovefllts savoIEy morsel, it ex-
plodes and blows him into atoms. ...-
Amore veniaf trick. andnot unsmnsing
| confess, 10 to tie wOIegs Of mutton .lu~
geiher'with piece of whipcord, leaving
an interval otthree or four yards, The go-
gots are then tossed Out among the birds.
and soon find their IHay intogthe stomachs
Of a couple of thas m 5st active. As long
as they keep together, it is very we'll; but
as coon as the cork tightenS both become
alarmed and take wing, mutually aslonish-
ed at the phenOn ena mo doubt. A laugh.
dOIo tuSgiHS HhlSH 4ln6n enSueS IN the
air, each adjuiaht striving to mount high.
er than the other, tilI at last they attain
groat elevation. When, al length = the
weaker bird is forced to disgorge hi NUT
ION, new power comes in play, the force
Of gravity and the pendulum leg oE NUT
ton, after some ridiculous OSCILLATIONS,
brings The conqueIer tD the earth great
deal faster than he wishes. These crea-
lures have prodgiouS powers Of deglution
and digestion. E
II is a very common. thing for oneto
them 10 seize an impairment crow, who
is troublesome when the adiutant wants, TO
eat,hisg breakfast in quiet, and turning
him right about face with ,skillfnl coup
de bee, 70 send him cawing down his
capacieus throat. | recoIIect al Dinapore
when We shook bag fox, and had an
hours run one morning, some silly ser
want brought the. dead animal home and
tossed him intotthe barraCk square ,a-,
moHg the adjuiants who oil coma fock-
ing around the detuncl, One ravenops /
fellow wnuldFseize him by the throat an |
other ty .tel leg, q third, by The back;
still it woaH not do, none could manage
to gulph him down. tlast wise old |
bird set about the. business scientifically |
beginning at The right end; he took the
fox's sheadgip his mouth aud bolted it.af, |
ter considerable straining; then with .
great effort he swallowed the body till
nothing remained but a bit of the tad |
sticking out Of ono side Of his beak,a Al |
this the others began. rather, ,hopelessly |
10 peck, till at length the gormandlzer,, be-
coming annoyed at their teasing, flew off |
with his delicate lunch 10 digest i at his |
Laikiire. --EipENrssnEr A MII1rARv LEE