New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-17
Anecdotes OF aBmanJs.

tiles of animals az to mark their reenIarf essI
Ishea naoIts. II we closely study their Manners
| we shaii hnd that they are not wholly devoted to
| routine, but that they are quite ready 10 adone
new and independent courses OF action under ex-
| cepfloRai circumstances. Now, it ~ NOT at all q
LEGITIMATE thing for house sparrow5 to take Ia car
| pentering; but an instance in which precocioua
little fellow showed superior abilities in this line
has lately come 10 the writer's knowledge.
THE SPAERow.-The sparrow had decided on
building in a hole in the wall Of house. But the
entrance soped outWards so disastronsIy that the
buiding materials were perpetuaIIy rolling down.
ana but small progress was made. The simplest
msy Moaia nave been to remove into more eligi
Die locality. But no will not to saw obstinaev ID
powerfully developed in d sparTow's character
ana IN mat qngainy hole he was determined TO set
w. W.. WAL aid he do2 He went away and gath
sreu up iot Oh little bits Of wood which he and
his coinciding wife carefully fiyed in NJ, trrir
position and thus built complete raiino af fhe
mouth q tfe apertare Within this clever palisade
mestic happiness, and everything went or,
well. This is probably rare instance IF iisgenry
and it IS certainly an interesting one. -
SPOTTED FLY-CATcHERs.--we were interested
| in Watching the movements Of pair Of nice little
spotted fy-catehers picturesque old Westnore-
land cottage, with pointed gables, stone mulIioued
windows, polished oak staircase walls three feet
thick, prescriptiye right to a ghost story, and d
history extending back into the past for 900 years
This history mysteriously terminated In the execa-
ton Of the owner, Romanfst in the stirring days
of Queen Elizabeth; but we will Loyalty presume
tlItt ue Hdu DtSu pl0luu1 against the rale OF the
Protestant lady OF the land though the Hriter has
seen the circumstance recorded III Roman Catho-
i lie saint book as Q martyrdom for " the faith.s'
But there was plot laid against the peaceabIe
reign of the little quiet 1y-catchers By a pair of
travelled martins just come home from the grand
tour. The hy-catchers were in the end dispossess-
ed, their little wigwam was torn 10 pieces, and the
mud cottage OF the martins in its stead, close
under the caves, aud just above the small ledge
/ where the #igwam had been planted.
Scarcely had the mud Of the martins hoveI dried
fEf1 ntrhSs air af -
been peering down from the shoot above aud
and talking noisy treason fill up the time hopped
in at the door OF the hut and took possession The
martins tried to eject them but they resisted the
entrance of the rightfal owners with their hard
beaks and with prodigious quantities of chatterng
and at length the bafed builders yielded the point
and carried their little hods of mortar 10 another
site. 1t seemed hard case, but it was just, and
the circle of retrbutive justice was not yet COM
plete. as we shall soon see. The sparroWs stuffed
their i'll gotten house so fall of furniture fstraw
mattresses, rather beds, and tile lke) that there
| was scarcely room left for the family. At length
heavy rains set in; the inappropriate furniture and
building it fell to the ground with all it's uckless
inmates; the young ones persisted, and the old
8 ones had to begin the world afresh The moral OF
this story is of course excellent, and needs CONT
+ ment
e THE HAWK AND THE KfTrEN.-A lady Of the
writer's acquaintance was once walking amid the
lovely scenefyef the Isle Of Wight, when she OBJ
service a little kitten up en a mossy bank,
III scGuIllf Ul " ~ % Y
beautiful little creature, and the lady gently an
preached in order to stroke it, when suddenly
, down sWooped hawE, pounced upon the sleeping
kitten, and completely hid it from her sight. It
was q kestrel. Our friend was greatly shocked
and tried to rescue the little victim; but the kestref
stood at bay and refused to move. There be stood
or the bank, firmly facing her, and all her efforts
! to drive him from his prey failed: The lady hnr
I ried on to fsherman's cottage which was near at
hand. and told Of the little tragedy with the elo-
quenee of real feeling. Bnt the fisher folk laughed
merrly and said !: :" It is always SO. That hawk
always CONES down if anybody goes near the kit
ten. He has taken to the kitten and he stays near
at hand to watch whenever it goes to Sleep. The
case was so remarkable that the lady inquired fur
ther into its history, and learned that the kittens
, mother had died, and that the fishernan's family
had suddenly missed their little nursling.
After some time they observed kestral hawk.
lettering about the cottage. They used to throw
him scraps of meat, and they observed that he al
ways carried of portion of every meal, dragging
! even heavy bones away out of sight. His move
!. ments were watched and they saw that he carried
his stores to the roof OF the cottage. A ladder
: was placed, some one ascended, and there, nest
ling in a hole in the thatch, lay the lost kitten,
thriving prosperously under the tender care of its
strange foster father. The founding was brought
down and restored to civilized life but the bandit
. protector was not disposed to resign his CHARGE
and ever kept at hand to fly to the rescue whenever
3 dangerous ladies' threatened is with @ caress 1t
observed that he used to feed his pet by tear
Y ing the meat into the minutest shreds possible.
/ Years passed away-ffteen years passed--and the
lady TGVlslleu lHe ll3lef GOttaIG SQDEr
4 minded old cat was calmly meditatng on the course
of time, or on other congenial topics. The romance
of the hawk-fed kitten had settled into the sobre-
ties of this respectable presentation Of advanced
age. And the hawk The hawk had been gathered
to his fathers some time before.
> The Cow AND LAMBs.-During the past summer
an affecting event occurred in the flock of black
nosed sheep that browse under the beautiful trees
+ Head-that great Orrest Head from whose noble
j, forehead yon may watch tho svery sheep of VIM
dermere. It was sad to see the mother-sheep
If smitten by sudden death, the effect Of some poison
Gus plant, 1t was thought; it was sad 10 see the
o twin lambs carried away by the shepherds, one
l. under each arm, piteonsly calling to the dead
If mother to follow them. Some time after. we
asked, What has become of the orphan lambs r,
Oh, they milk COO; and it Is sight TO see it.,
So we went to the farm, and there, snre enough,
were tho pet lambs 4 Billy and Nanny, \ busily
# The compassionate cow had 9 taken to them from
the first:'' they consumed the whole 81 her milk
and the fine fat fellows did excellent justice to her
e benevolent care.
|, THE Fox-A little fox, quite small cub, once
ran into the hall of a gentleman's cottage, and
I. claimed sanctuary there. He had been frightened
by dogs, it was thought, perhaps had been hunted
! ! BY them Late at night the owner Of the pace
looked out OF the window into the court where the
I, young fox had been chained 5like little dog to
!, kennel. There was steadily movement, a figure
Z Z was gliding along in the clear moonlight gliding
"a stealthily along-and drawing near to the chained
4 cub. i was an old fox literally grey about the
u face with age, and it had braved the formidable
y dogs that tied up in different parts of the
y grounds, had sought out the fugitive, and had
come to lay late supper before IL, consisting of
Q foWl-a whole fowl.
i. APPRECIATION OF THE ELEPHAsr.-A scientific
q friend once mentioned to the writer very fine in
4 stance of self-command and of generous conf
# dence in the real tenderness Of the hand that
# was nficting pain. The informant, an Inspector
Of army hospitals, was with a branch Of the
y forces in India, at the time referred TO. There
: was magnificent elephant, of the largest size ut
Is taehed to the artillery corps. The noble creature
# was suffering from an enormous tumor which had
II formed at the back of the neck. All curative
II means had failed, and it was decided that very
A. formidable operation must be performed There
"a was great danger connected with the attempt, on
account of the vast irresponsible strength of the
. elephant. Our friend determined that his own
20 hand should be the one TO test the creature
- power of endurance, though the peril to himself
-, was of course imminent. g
4, = At the appointed hour the elephant was led ont
u His attendant stood in front of him, and gave hin
y the word of command to kneel down. Dow
-, numbered the huge of unimpared strength
~ ~ Not rope, not chain, or bond of any kind wa
IN IN cast about him. Our friend approached and mad,
'h fearfully deep inesion. The elephant heave,
one great sob from the depths OF his pantn,