New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-08
,rer, VIC have some good advice

NAN il persecuted and followed by yeping cur, ne
can generally mansge ~ get rid OF MN ~ s'T IN
down and pretendngto PICK up sohe O on ,Ss hoe,
bovs NOR al Dire ad of thrown stone but on tne ooes
~ Ireland the dogs don bit II the person tney
are barking Ut preends TO pick up stone tney Now,
cunning brutes there are no stones on inc ooee 70
led mn and thrown at them, but they act very dii
feren,ly If there happens to be heap OF stones any
where handy. II is an unpleasant hsuatlon 70 % az
tackled by dog; if you are 30 clrcuDsanced, never
tempt 10 run, try throwing stone al num- OF pIe
vonr hat in YOUR hand and when he has seized ~ MT
him with stick across the nose or fore hg. These
are the most vulnerable points in dog; blow on any
other part of the head but the nose won't hurt hun
bit. ,,.,
friendly. donx withdraw from him; but put on bold
face and stretch your hand toward him, keeping IL
GEe still If You withdraw after stretching II out ne
will bite you); the dog Will come up ana SINE tD9
hand and having once done this, will be your friend
for Efe A chimney sweep once made match TO hght
bulldog single handed armed only with his brush
He entered the arena with his brush In one hand and
foot of bramblebush covered with horns IN the otner'
The dog sprung at him; he presented the bramble-
bush TO the ANIMAL who seized it in his mouth and 80
got hooked by the thOms it; the chimneysweep b.
abored him over the head and nose with the back OF
the bruah, and won the match. We may learn from
this that if man 10 attacked by bulldog, he should
hold out stick between his hands, aud present II 10
the dog who will seize it, and give the man time for
further measures rat catcher lately told me tniI ne
had monkey that would be 90 match for any dog IN
anv pit" The monkey was given short, stout SICK
be watched his opportunity sprang the dog back,
il was impossible for the dog to throw him. and the
monkey beat him about the head at his WILL
Dops like cats sometimes run wild and nothing 10
more difficult TO kill than wild Irish dog, hunting by
himself in the boys or on the open ground lie VIII
always keep well out of shot, and really there Is only
one way to get near him and that it must be sad, ia
a pross imposition on canine confidence. When the
dog is seen hunting about, take no notice OF him. but
pretend TO hunt about aso yoursef beat the Dushes,
cheer nsty the uDsuspicous dog prompted by his
IN IN la n uge
he is put off his guard approaches within shot, and is
carried off defunct by the keeper to be converted into
gooseberes.
The author enlarges with not little JUNCTION on
the character and manners of much misunder-
stood animal.
THE HEDGEHOG.
In our keeper's museum we observed two rowe OF
dead hedcehogs numbering in all one hundred
and thirty. These had been executed for the crime
of eggeatng. For many years L had upneid inc
Of the hedgehog but fear me ve5cs OF
him. hedgehog viii eat almost anything; he w1h
eat dead birds roots beetles, and slugs. have often
the heaps OF eowdung by h oe Ul on
ing for the beetles and worms which are found under
them but am sorry to say an egg Is 70 MN d most
savoy feast.
bread and milk and an unbroken egg. The egg was
the first course of his dinner he attacked-upon exam
ming the basket few hours aerward we found the
egg entirely gone-not one nltle Dit oi tne snei WIS
eff; he had eaten up every bit of it, This we think,
will fu y aceoun, for the keepers not hndlng any
broken shells in the pheasant nest
hedgehog will not only eat eggs, but he will also
eat Resh; andf he can't find anything dead to eat he
will kill 20 me on bis own account. Now, hedgehog
il not very powerful ANIMAL he therefore OF neces-
ety attacks something weaker than himself such as
Young cartridges and leverets. We will again put
witness OF great experience in the box. lie was out
by covert side with bis keeper, when the teITierdog
set AT something in the ditch; 10 heard a terrible
soueaking at the same time On turning over the long
grass and brambles tha overhuDg the dch he found
eyeret about the size of rat in the jaws OF hedge
bcp papitang in the struggle OK death. The sharp
teeth of the hedgehog adapted equally for catching
small animal, such leveret, or for munching up
with ease the hard and horny cases of beetles.
have often heard that hedgehogs good to eat,
and FRAT qipsies are very fond of them and that they
ore great procients in the art Of cooking them have
lately had the good fortune to obtain information on
this point from high authority In the neghborhood
of Oxford met an old gpaey woman, who, although
souad and dirty proud in being able to claim re-
stionghip with Black Jenny the king OF the gpsies.
She informed me that there two ways OF cooking
a hedgehog and seemed much surprised at my ques
ton whether her tribe ever ate them; as If there could
ever exist doubt. expressed wish TO know the
process the receipt for which / suboin in her own
words: "You cuts the bristles off em with sharp
knife after you kills EN- fust, SIR then you sweas
them (Oxfordshire, burns them with straw like ba-
con rgl and makes the rind brown, like pigs swea
mos then Won cuts EN- down the back, and spts EN-
roasts EN- with strong flare"
II appears that hedgehogs are sometimes in season.
and sometimes ont of My informant told me
that "they are incest al Michaelmas me when they
have been eating the crabs which fall from the hedges
Some" she adds. &c have yellow fat, and some white
fat and we calls EN- mutton and beef hedge hogs; and
very nice eating they be- sir, when fat is on en-"
The other way of cooking hedgehogs gone ont Of
fashion The dpseys grandmother used to cook them
in the following manner; but it appears they best
roasted. The exploded system is 10 temper up bit of
common clay and then up the hedgehog, brsles
and all in it-lke apple in paste, when apple
dumping is contemplaed-then hedgehog clay and
all is to be placed IN hole IN the ground and fire
lighted it, when the clay Is found 10 be burned
red tie hedgehog is done and must he taken out OF the
hoe the clay of the pie being opened the hedge
hogs bristes found sticking to it, and the sayory
dinner IL ready.
The fa.hion of eating hedgehogs was not in former
dave, confined to gpses. There farmers family |
living al Long Compton, near Oxford, who were sup
pied with hedgehogs by informant grandmother;
this family used also to breed them keep and ftten
several ters "and' said the gipsy "they used TO |
eat mp every litter they bred, dressing em Just when
they wanted EN-, like they did the fowls Sometimes
nest of young hedgehOgs is found by the gipsies; if
they are too small for eating they preserved till lt
for use or as il is called in Oxfordshire Gifted"
that lie, string is tied TO the hind leg and the doomed
animal is allowed to wander about the length of his
tether, picking up what he get; under this system
if well fed, he will iatten wonderfully.
1t has long been disputed point TO whether |
hedgebogs will cat the common harmless snake not.
There is why they should not their teeth
sufficiently sharp and pointed both to catch the
snake ard munich him Ghorward Again II might be |
argued that the snake would be too swift for his |
bTsted enemy, and be able to escape by flight. This
is not the case; for IN the first place. the crafty hedge
hog might come upon the snake when baskng in the |
sun end even surprising the alarm given, and "A /
pursuit took place. the hedgehog wond have the best
OF the II is surprising how fast hedgehog eau
run, he lkes; all hls brlstes lie quite smooth on his