St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-01
About Animals.
A cows SORROW.

During IL recent visit tn the Pacific
coast, | WAS told the following incident
by an eyewitness: a heifer had gone
III the morning with the herd to the
field for pasture. During the absence
her first born WAS slain, and the skin
carelcSsly hung on the barn-yard, fence
to dry. The evening brought the mIlch
kline home. \ gentle breeze blowing
revealed. by mysterious instinct, the
loss to the dam. She neared the spot,
stood motionless. and her whole frame
seemed to trcmble with emotion. Not
Il murmlIlimg low as usual was heard.
Overwhelming SORROW was lis PLAIN on
her face. as the mother wriuglng her
hands in agony over an empty cradle.
Several farm hands were looking ON.
l'hcN SAW the great round tears flowing
silently down, This dumb beasts Sor-
rowlul eloquencr, telling them Of their
cruelty. they could not stand. They,
too, wept like children ,-Sanddy
Sch0Ol Times.
\ DOGS INSTINCT.
The landlord of the hotel at Greens
bnro has Il dog which is clearly entitled
to go to the head. During the summer
months the hotel is filled with guests,
who seek health and recreation upon
the beautiful shores of lake Caspian.
These guests during the past summer
marked small stone. which they
would throw into the lake from five to
ten rods. and the dog, seeing where the
stone went down, would &" after 1t,
and invariably return with the Identl-
cal marked stone. One day, however,
the dog, being sent on this errand, dis
appcarcd and remained for so long
time under the water, that word was
sent to the hotel that he was drowned.
Not 81, however, for after IL long time
he rose. and after Il desperate struggle
succeeded in reaching the shore with IL
trout weighing over three pounds,
which he quietly deposited ut the feet
of those present, and, looking up into
their faces with his earnest eyes, seemed
to inuuire "lIavcm't | done well -
| " dfChmdR.
ARE ELEPHANTS IMMORTAL.
An experienced elephant hunter
writes as follows: should like some
naturalist to explain t" me why 1t Is
| that Il hunter is never able to find il
dead elephant. OF course. after You
/ hrium him down. he is there before You
/ but show me Il man who has ever found
the skeleton of an elephant III those
vast SinrhaleSc forests. or has come
anon the carcass ot one that has died Il
mltua al death. For ten Years hunted
mrcmitiimgIy. tramping over hundreds
of miles. into all sorts of Solitude>, and
| never succeeded in discovering such IL
/ curiosity.
fall nt "A
gentleman who lived for thirty-SlX con
Iinuou> Years in the Jungle, exploring
valleys and tracing roads, during his
lrigouomctIical pursuits, VIII" never
once came upon the skeleton or decay
ing body of I'm elephant that had died
Il natural death.
The SinghalcSc believe that there Is
some my >trli"l,> Valley int" which
THESE. animals hasten. when they feel
the appIuach of death. and thus the
i~laud contains Il vast mau>"ltuli'
" Wherein are cutnmhcd all the giants oi
Tia. forests that have gone on before.
There might Lee some reason t" be-
lirvr this Elnciful theory -t"i there Is
no mistake about the extraordinary IN
/ lrlligcurr of the creatures II Tins great
cemetery WAS ever discovered; but It's
p,rci>, location i still unknown. and
ihr cuuumdrum as to what becomes "l
all the dead elephants Is interesting
and seemingly inS"luble.
This would lead one to believe that
there was some peculiarly in the
Sin"hal,>c climate that dissolved ol
d,romp">cd the bones. such might he
the tact were it not for the grinders and
u>kS There is no climate on the face
of the earth that can destroy them
and So. Won see. We are brought bach
to the >Lmc point from which We
started.