Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-14

was ascertained that she was born on
a market day in Smlth6eld market.
The inveterate misuse of the w., at
once confirmed her Cockney origin.
! La Valiant, the African traveller,
tells some wonderful stories about the
instinct of the baboon. He travelled
with one for long time as a guide.
Its name was Snees. He knew the
shop where the best sherbet was to be
got. Being short of butter once, Snees
brought him a number of cocoanuts,
which he had thrown about till the
milk inside had become churned. He
watched by Ills masters side every
night, killing the mosquitoes and the
fees which swarmed about the banks
of the Nile. He often helped La Vail
liant in unrolling the mummies, and
packing up his trunk. LIE Valiant
brought this baboon to Europe, and
Snees showed his gratitude by saving
his masters life. Thieves were plum.
dering the house, when Snees ran to
to the alarm bell, and never ceased
pulling till the inmates were alarmed,
the thieves were apprehended just in
time, for LIE Valiant says, when he
awoke there were two gentlemen at
his bed side, the one with a pistol, the
other with a carving knife. The day
LeVaillant died, the sagacious baboon
broke backing bottle--whether ac-
cidentally or not is not proved-which
BACKED him from head to foot; but ma
ny persons who knew Snees we'll de.
clare this was done purposely, from a
desire of the faithful animal to show re-.
spect to the memory of his kind master
by going into mourning for him.
The instinct of bears is equally won.
derful. There was one at Geological
gardens, who would never mount the
poles on Sunday, because on that day
no cakes are allowed to be sold.
A lady of title informed Button that
she knew black-bird who looked at
the barometer every morning, and
would not go out if it pointed to wet.
An anecdote told by German nat.
uralist of a beaver, is no less wonder
full than the above: he declares he saw
a beaver weeping over the crown o
an old hat. Soon another beaver ap
preached it, and she cried more pite.
ously than the first; then a number oi
young beavers, attracted by their sobs,
came running up, and they all cried
too. He accounts for this by saying
that the hat being made of beaver, the
ANIMALS had evidently recognized in it
the skin of one of their kindred. "Who
can tell" he asks, "whether this very
hat was not to them the sad remains Of
an affectionate son-the only remem.
brance OF favorite brother?"
Captain Parry tells story ola polar
bear, which puts the instinct Of animals
beyond all doubt; he had given it to one
OF his sailors, who with his small capi>
tai started Snowman, and having taught
the bear to dance, used to take it about
the streets. The sailor afterwards as.
sured Capt. Parry that he never could
get the bear to pass a barber's shop; he
accounted for this by saying that as
"Bear's grease was sold only at those
places, the animal was in a constant
state of fear, lest it should be his fate to
be sold in sixpenny pots" ..
The Social .Grosbeak, a bird which
is found about the Cape OF Good Hope
displays great ingenuity in building its
nest, which Is constructed as strongly
as possible, so as to keep out the Marcf
rains. A Genevese traveller record.
the fact Of finding a whole row of theil
nests, covered over at the roof with bit.
an old macintosh, which they hac
evidently picked up from one Of the
frequent wrecks offthe coast. What
but pure instinct could have told the
sociable grosbeaks that meckintoshes
were waterproof!
Many singular anecdotes are told o
the instinct Of the fox. The most prob
ably Of these we have read, is the one
of q fox plundering a hen every morn
ing Of its eggs, and leaving regularly
piece of chaIf of the same size, as an egg
for every one he stole.
The following is amusing,for it proves
that the Parrot is not SO stupid as he
is generally represented to be. Jack
Sheppard when he had just ESCAPED
from Newgate, heard called out in q
shrill voice, "Does your mother know
you're QUIT" Jack was frightened al
that, but recovered his usual courage
whenhe found il was only parrot thai
was hanging over a green .grocer's
door. s7ad4 y as.y 5#
The instinct OF a dog and cat, anc
rat, is so we'll known, that one anec
dote we think will suffice to illustrate
the three. A terrier and tom cat were
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