, 1874-06-21

! L.
AaAe<os Eouse-E. p Chatfcld, H. s. Austin,
| Stephen F. Buaum, John c. Meyer,
South side Lriugs licus<-John Whitley, William N.
! Irving, J. A. Crawford.
Clifton House-c. 6. Howell, John F. Collins, a. Il.
! Vanxwou.
| Gault Hous-J. s. Mcfarland, q. F. Holcomb,
| Charles I. BAbto>k-
There will be members Of the Masonic Recep-
tion Comnllstes at the several depots. d1stiu-
guished BY badges, and tbs Fraternity generally
arc requested to report to them on ARRIVAL for
| lussrucuous-
! Pet Crows.
| It 1as my lot once upon timo to be down
! with fever IN India The room IN which I lay
| was tue upper tat OF an zntiquatod building, in
: rather lonely part of tho suburbs OF
town. It had three windows, closo to which
grew largo banyan tree, beneath the shade OF
| ~hose branches tue crew OF = lno-of-battle
| ship might have hung their hammocks With
comfort. The tree was Inhabited by colony
| Of crows; re stood-the crows and LIN tho
relation OF oycr-the-way to each other Now,
OF ali birds that fly, the Iudian crow must
bear tho palm for s1ldacity. Living BY his
| wits, he il ever on the best OF terms with him.
self, and his impudence leads him to dare
anything. Whenever, BY any chance, Pandoo,
try paid me visit Hopping in by the eco:e
| aud, regarding me no more than the bed-post,
they commenced minute inspection OF every
| thing in the room, irving to destroy everything
| that could not be eaten OF carried away. They
| rent the towels, drilled holes in my Uniform,
stole the buttons from my coat, and smashed my
| bottles One used to sit on screen close oy my
bed every dag, and scan my face with hls evn
eve, saying, as plainly as could be: t. You're
getting thuner and beautifully less in day or
Two. you won't be able to lift hand then I'll
have the pleasure Of plcklug out your two eyes"
Amid such doings, my servnnt would generally
comc to my relief, perhaps to find such scepe
as this two or three pair Of hostile crows, with
Al ,~2 +{,.t~ rlrC
engaged in deadty combat on the door over I
silver SPOON or tooth-brush; half-a-dozen
pefched upon every available chair; an nnfor-
tunato lizard, with q crow At each end lit,
getting wLlrlcd wildly round the room, eacn
c1ou thinking he had ths beat right to it crows
everywhere, hopping about on the table, and
drinking ftom the bath crows perched on the
window-sill. aud more crows about to come, aud
each crow doing all in his power to make the
greatest possible Noise The faithful Pandoo
wouu take a1l this ,n at a glance; then would
ensue = helter-ekelter retreat, and tue windows
darlened By the black wings Of the flying crows,
then silence for moment, only broken by Bome
apologetic remark from Paudoo.
When at length happy days OF conTaleecenco
came round. and was able to get up, and oven
ca. my meals at table l found my friends, tho
crows, q little mora civil aud respectful. The
thought occurred to me to make friends with
them; I consequently began system Of feeding
then, after every rlaal-tiule. One old crow
caught and chained to chalr with fiddle
string. lie was funny old fellow, with one
club-foot. He never refused bis food from the
very day OF his captivity, aud soon taught him
few tricks. Que WIS to llo on his back, when
go placed, for any length Of tlme till set on his
lesa again. This was called turning the turtle.
But one day this bird Of freedom hopped away,
fddle-strnE and al, and whole fortnight clans
ed before saw Ein1 again. I was just begin |
1ndlA-nanlely, that CROW. Or any other
bird thai has been for any timo lr1ng |
with human beings, il put to instant death |
the moment he returns TO the bosom Of h!s |
family; when, one day, while engaged break
fasting some forty crons, my club-footed pet re-
appeared, aud actually picked the bit from mT |
hand, and ever after, un.ll lett, he camo 1egu-
lary thrice J. day to bs fed. Tho other crows
came with surprising e1actneaa At meal-tmes;
first one would allght on the shutter outside tho |
window, and peep in, il to ascertain how near
ly done happened to be- then fly away for i've I
OF ten minutes, when he would return, and havo
another peek As 5000, however, as l ap- !
preached the window. aud raised my arm, was |
saluted With chorus Of cavipg from the banyan-
tree; then down they swooped IN dozens and |
it WAS no very easy task to fill SO many mouths,
although the 1oavcs we're Government ones.
Taese pets had deady enemy in brown [os
rayep-the braulia-kite; sHlfter than arrow from |
bow he descended, dsfcrbing the arc OF great
circle, and Carrying off in his flight the largest
lump OF bread he could Spy He, for one, never
stopped to bles4 the hanu OF the giver; but the
crors know, were not uDg1atetuI- Cluo-1oot
used to perch beside me on chair, and pick his
morseis from the floor, always promising that two
windows Al least must bo open. AS to the others.
their prosecutions ended; they never appeared
except when called upon. Tha Inst act Of their
uggreaeion uas to davour very fine specimen |
Of praying uantis had confined In q au,niae !
bottle. The first da7 the paper cover had been
torn Of ald tho mantis had only escaped by
keeping close at the bottom; next day, the cover
was ngain broken. and the bottle itself capslzed;
ha mar n1anki3 had Drayed in win for once.
Club-foot, think. must have stopped all day ID
the banyan-tree. for I never went to the window
to call him without his appearing 1t onco with
joyful cav this feat I used often to exhibit 70
my shipmates, who came to vislt me during my !
chambers Journal
Hrisandngc In ItnlT-A Nob1eman
Killed by Masked Robbers.