Ellsworth American., 1874-06-11

ing not far from the window, with his bach
against low cupboard. on which stood {
washhapd-basin. Katy peeped into tn,
room; the basin attracted his attention
and stretching out his hand he could jus,
reach 1t; but in doing so he bent IL down
in such manner that the water flew rich,
down the neck ofthe deaf gentleman. who
was greatly surprised, aud whose lively
gestures were not less amusing than those
of the frightened monkey.
Another time he got hold of a pillow.
and opening one corner of It he amused
himself with throwing out one handful of
down after the other, uttering shrieks of
pleasure.
He had preserved some recollections Of
his early youth, for when at some frolc
one Of the servants appeared blackened
like negro, Katy was half dead with
fear, and on seeing paper Kite In the air
he hid himself most carefully. probably
Imagining that It was some bird of prey.
Once when, resting In a tent on the grass,
lay on some mating, in which some for
eign goods had arrived, called Katy TO
| my side from the top OF the tent; he came
at once, but scarcely had his feet touched
the mating when he, with great alarm.
hew TO the top of the tent. When CON-
PEELED HIM TO put his feet on the mating
he was so distressed that desisted SINH
lar material had perhaps been used to
catch him in.
The Summer was rather cold, and am
afraid that this and the frequent cold water
baths he took caused his sickness. He he
came consumptive, and during that time
he was extremely affectionate towards me
and liked nothing better than TO nestle In
my wide fnr-lined dressing-gown at nv
breast. He became so Ill that I decided TO
send him to the veterinary surpeon-a
very skilful man, who had studied the all.
inents OF monkeys. For this purpose
had packed him in a basket provided with
hot slab (Which they use In Germany for
warming beds or the feet). felt very
sorry TO see poor Katy so sick. and be-
fore he was carried away called out
Poor Katy" lie opened his brown ewes.
looked at me affectionately, aud stretched
out ms hand towards me. Thus I bade |
him farewell, | must say, quite affected.
lie died few days afterwards.
The clown in my little menagerie was.
however, the Cockatoo. Il was the most |
funny aud amusing bird ever saw: full |
OF mischief and tricks. II was n very fine
large bird, with cream-colored feathers
PINK and yellow underneath It's wings, aud
with splendid orange crest. lit wanted
to frighien little Iris or any body else IL
became at least two feet high.
tocAaioo became much attached to nv
LAYING its head against her breast, aud NOV
Ing Its tongue as il it was talking to itself.
II | approached TO bid her good morning
Cockatoo defended her quite furiously.
1t spoke great deal, but IN language
which did not understand; in German 1t
could only say Good old Cockatoo;" but
1t had great talent for initiating animals,
and not only their voices, but sometimes 1t
represented whole scenes. | suppose, on /
killing of fowl. and these proceedings had |
made great impression on its mind. II |
commenced with u,tering the cries ofa
hen when being caught, and continued to |
go through the whole scene until the last. !
Al lis end II hung down by one of its feet,
half-closing its eyes like a hen when 4
cook has cut its throat.
Ii the Cockatoo was In the yard or in the
garden, it initiated the cries of a hen an
nouncing To the world that she has laid an
egg. and did ii In such a natural manner
that all the cocks In the neighboIhood be-
came quite frantic, and hurried TO the spot
TO see who was the bold hen which had
laid an egg without their knowledge.
Cockatoo neighed also like a horse, and
barked like Iris. This little inoffensive
thing had to suffer much from the mis-
chieyous bird. When il found her alone IN
the room II marched right up TO her, a. if
intending an attack. Little Iris retired,
showed her teeth and growing. II the
bird succeeded in driving her into cor
ner, then its cruel fun commenced. Ii
placed itself before her, assuming its most
warlke attitudes, though never doing her
any harm. l frequently found Iris in
corner, sitting on her hind legs in a suppl
ant position, and Cockatoo in all its
triumphant glory before her.
knew, however, that Cockatoo was q
great coward. and resolved to establish
the political equilibrium in my domestic
menagerie. Iris could not harm the big
bird much, and therefore encouraged her
to resist its impudence. This was for a
long time in vain, though Iris hated Cocka-
too, and was devoured by envy If it occu-
pied the much coveted place on my wife's
| lap. Once. however, succeeded in rOus-
| ing the warlike instincts Of little Iris. The
great battle took place under the sofa. and
ended as l had anticipated. The high
crested coward was laid on its back, utter
ing the most piercing cries Of distress,
whilst Iris tumbled it about to her hearts
content. From that time the bird respect
| ed Iris's snarling, hopping away. lifting
one foot TO It's nose. and talking as If say
ing to itself, mo, no, We will not venture
too far; it is not safe"
If the cat was sleeping in the sun, Cocka-
too stole behind her, caught with . quick
grip her tail. and bit it with much gustO.
Poor Pussy. thus awakened from her
pleasant dreams, believing the devil was
at her tail, ran up the walls in despair,
whilst Cockatoo sent after her loud Ha,
ha, ha!
The good-natured, well-educated Nes-
tor had, however, to suffer most from this
cresm-colored imp, which knew perfectly
well that he burst not harm it. Approach
ing him stealthily, it bit his leg or body
. but having soon found out that Its hasty
, bites took no effect, on account of Nestor's
. long hair, it used to part the hair aside
. with its claws and then bite the skin.