Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-12-20
Rogues and Impos,ors in the Animal
Kingdom.

Th. pleasan, little sketch Is from an Eng
l,.h literary purual
watertnn h. sindica,ei the regulations
Of certain aspsr-ed animals. aud -et their
characters r,gh, With the world. lie has
shown that the .lo,h i. an active creature
Ia IL. way; thA, the rOat sucker 10 no thief.
but the ds,our-r Of the insect, that ,case the
eO., that the ~Ocdpceser preys upon the
worms that eat into the tree. But tie
error doc- not at >ll I've on the s,de VI deis-
nation. aud ss some CREATURES hare bad
name which they d. 10, deserve. 20 others
have q good name no less unmeritrd. The
lion. for instance. is pol,rOOa that on y
exercise. hi. mighty strength under the
stimulus Of hunger. The seat OF hs cour-
age !. hi, empty belly. The dog Nc praise
tor b.. sdsl,ty and ..ssei,y. overlooking his
matches. brs,,ry. which should make hin
the typs of courage instead uf the lion.
In the animal .'nrdom detectives are a,
work making their discoveries. and expos
ing bypOcriis' aud imrc-,Or.. Among
,hc-- Who would have suspected the be to
have q prominent rlseo' What creature
ha. ,npysd \ higher reputation than the
-. Ia al sees' lie has been the tyr- OF
homes, industry. and man hA. been eihort.
d 70 take pattern b, him.
I, turn. out that thi. mueh.ri,olled busy
hc- .. an arrani thiei vhes he has the or
portu1ity. and that he only labor. honestly
when he cannot steal At wholesale. A
hronm seller asked brother of the trade TO
,sll him frankly. ho~ he eoutrived TO un-
dsrsslI HIN, for. SAID he. | will no, disguise
from you that | steal all the materials oi
NV broom.. Al. rvp!iei the other. but
know q trek better than yours. fJr ''eAl
my broom. ready made, ani cAn therefore
a.k . lower prics ior them.
Th. be is like the broom --ller whenever
the Opportunity oder-. lie steals b.. sugar
r,aly made The Meteorological Gazette Of
S,stteu gives the following eurioH. account
Of the bee. offences a.sins, propsr'y:
"The extensive meadows on the hank. Of
the oior. naturally induced many OF The
farmer. 70 keep bees; but thee tri', 'H'eri'
.ssrn 10 prefer obtaining their honey with
As liule trouble a. p'.,iblc, ,nd have tor
year. past been IN the habi, Of irequen,ing
lvu sugar r-6nerie. a, no great distance.
Under -uch favorable circGmsanc.-, tie
WELD ~ horcy va. sery great, and the
farmer. eame at last % keep ten or even
twenty time. more hives than iarmerly. The
sugar r,hner.. bo~ey,r. after loug finding
The ,ee- very troublesome, made the dise''-
cry tbs, they were no, only very annoying.
bu, rather expensive visitors, and according
~ adopted mean. 90 destroy them. Tb'
IA. ,s sisd by suddenly closing all tie
doors aud shutter. and then opsnins one
small window, TO which the 5--- immediate
ly aew. and were killed by thou.aod. by Q
y, Of boiling water. Tie dad bees we're
altsrwarl. thrown into the boilers TO eI'
tract the .ug-r they had appropriated II
has been estimated tina, as many as ii .ooO.'
600 have been thus destroyed IN syear. and
th.t AAoui .oDOi. worth OF sugar bad he-n
extracted iron the bee. They never touch
he,, root sugar all refined. owing to tbs
punreui smell Of the plant, but cane snea'
Va. equally acceptable TO them, whether
rrhusi OF not"