The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05
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then ascertained that Its only injury had
been the sundering the nnain tendon Of
one wing, which, whileit disabled itfrom
fight, injured no vital organ. It's appar ent
death had been wholly assumed.
A friend Of ours, whose family, in which
are several young children, resides near
Chestnut Hill, haspo possessed during the past
year pair Of tame crows, whose prankS
have been great source of entertainm ent
to the entire neighbofhood. They were
perfectly tame, enjoyed the largest liberty,
came and went as they pleased, and seemed
to enjoy the society Of their benehctorS,
especially that ofthe children, taking part
in their plays with as much animstion as
Is sometimes shown by an intelligent and
playful dog They would indeed join with
the ChIldrenin games ofhide and-seek with
q readiness and quickness Of mOVeua ent
which even made them the masters of the
game.
On one secession theyoungor of the chill
dren took small spherical button, with
o projecting eye attached, threw ton the
ground before one of the crows, and Told
him to Piekit up. The bird Immediately
essayed so to do, but, end eaVOringtO take
1t up by the rounded part, was for some
time unable to retain his hold, and II
turned over, and slipped each time from
his grip, greatly to the entertainment t Of
the children. But, after tuning the but.
ton over several times the crow took II
up on the point Of its beak by the eye,
holding itsecurely at last. Proud of this
success, he moved about twirling the but.
ton in the most amusing manner After
while, he flew with the button short
distance and, dropping 1t in the grass, re.
turned to the children, challen ging them
to a game OF hide-andseek. One of the
boys Immediately ran in search Of the
button. The crow lowered in the air, at
tentiVely watching the boy and as soOnas
he seemed on the point Of finding it, the
bird darted down, picked up the bu tton
and bore 1t off in triumph. This manGu.
Vre he repeated several times, in each in.
stance anticipating the children in their
attempts to recover the button.
One of these birds was very much at.
tached to the mistress of the house, al,
ways flying to her whenever hesavv her
out of doors, lowering over her head and
alighting upon her shoulders or her head.
This he would do even when she was &C.
companied by other persons; buthe never
manifested the same regard for any one
else.
One of his greatest delights waste tease
and annoy the hens on the eplace, especial
ly those having charge over a brood Of
chicks. To these hisnear approach was q
source of great uneasiness, and they would
meet him with all those tokens ofhostiity
which faithful m other hen so well knowc
how to manifest, This was Just VIII at the
crow seemed to enjoy. After pesterinl
the poor hen to his hearts COnte Mt hC
would retire to the limb ola tree closely
where he would indulge 10 the most gro
tesQue noises, apparently burl imlta
tiOn of the outCries of the distressed anC
indignant parent.
Occasionally one Of these crows woull
venture to visit some Of the adiaCen
dwellings and there play off his mtsGhiev
Gus tricks.
One summer afternoon,as a lleighbOr @
the owner of the crows was taking ma
in an easy chair in his parlor, some ono
as he thought, tapped at the door, tCOm
in" he called to the su pposed visitor, Bu
no one obeyed the summons, and the ra
at the door was repeated. A gain a lOude
summons TO the visitor to "walk IN
brought no visible Response. But inlms
diately, in an adjoining room, there CON
menced the greatest possible uproar, an
sounds Of banging things about, as
some one was overturning the furniture.
In great alarm the gentleman sprang I
the door and hastily entered The room
where he found that his neighbor's GRO
was the intruder, and was busly engage
in throwing down or tipping over ever
article in the room he could move Upo
the gentleman's entrance, however, Il
, crow seemed to come to the ConclusiC
that it was about time for him to depaI
and Immediately disappeared through 8
t open window, leaving the apartment in
} most chaotic condition. OUR KoNl1g Fol
A for June.