The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-04-01
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF the TOWN,
oFrICE:-COR. MARKET AND PATRIOT ST
Remarkable Journalism.

HIS name was not Sniffin, but
that Will do to designate him in
his narrative. He professed to
wish to lealn to be reporter.and
he was sent ont to the Zoolnglcal
garden to hunt up an item and to
prove what his capacity was. The
impression prevails that he never
really visited the garden, but, at
any rate, he came to the Office late
in the day and handed in a
| "locai," which he had entitled
"An extraordinary Occurrence "
When it had been rad with
amazement by one OF Sniffiu's SIT.
perior officers, Snit1in was called
i'll and interrugated:
"Mr. Snlffin, did this thing hap
PEI, precisely as you state it 2"
"Wby, of course.n
.'You saw it yourself out at..the
Geological garden, suppose ~
"Oh yes, certainly" said Snif-
fin.
"Well, Mr.. Snitfin, it certainly
is the most extraordinary occur
renee which which | am familiar.
You say here that "while the
keeper was engaged in feeding
the bears the Egyptian opossom,
which was lowering over the pits,
flew at him and beat him with his
wings and tried to pick out his
eyes with his horny beak." Now,
Mr.. Snit1in,t the most ordinary fam
iliarity with natural history w"nla
have informed You that an oi'os-
sum has 40 wings, ,hatlt can not
hover. and that lis beck is not
horney. Children usually know
these things. ilr. Snil1in. if YOU
ever observe a winged opossum
buoying itself in the air, let me
advise you to knock it down with
a cIub.I guarantee that the Zool"g 9
zeal Society Will give yoa 81 ,000,-
600 for it aud vote yon Il medal.
Your best hope iii life is to reach
, for that aerial ANIMAL
"I'lI do my BEST" said Sniffin
"And then yOn 60 Oh to say in
, yoar report "Vhen the keeper
. struck the iufuriated bird'-reftI
ring to the oposSum, OF course
, this is simply mad'lening-'whe,
the keeper struck the infuriated
bird to the earth it was instantly
+ seized by the crane which was
browsing upon The grass-pIo1
: close at hand. The Opossum fas
q tened its talons in the long mant
which hung from the arching nerl
of the crane and the latter, bu
ancing itself upon it's legs, helt
8 its victim in its teeth and strovt
to kill the opossum by striking il
!, with its hoofs. The combat endet
e by the crane killing the sacre,
It bird Of the Egyptians, and then
d as the keeper removed the body
If the crane walked away nibblin,
y the grass and whisking oft th
/ flies with it's flowing tail f! MI
Sniffin. did | understand you t
: say that yon saw the whole q
y this transaction with your owl
" VI eyes 2"
ID "Will THAT isl"
!, "Oh, no matter 1t Is inmate
rs rs rial, sir. Testimony from a ma
N who talks about the hind legs c
a crane, and who accuses it {
O. having a name and ni6blin
rs rs grass, is not OF sufficient impC
le tance to warrant the taking {
as such pains to secure it. Hind leg
se se of a crane Snifiin, l wish YOU
II sit down some time and throw tt
= gether on I, piece of paper yol
IS, general idea of the appearance {
I'd Il crane. Make a sketch of it.
n, want to preserve it us a curiosit,
he But Pm afraid that your care.
a,, as journalist will have to con
ed to an end. You are lot promisin
IN as reporter. You mean well,
TN course, but people are getting p;
nd ticnlar now about the kind
eh reading that they find in new
ice papers, end your style max
We y; them feel mad and gloomy al
lily mnrderous. If you stay in the |
ms sineSs l don't know but that sou
- day when nobody's watching ye
ty- You may cram in somethil
ar, ar. about two legged mules wi
be feathers, Oh auacondaS spinnil
'St- webs i'll a garret, or sheep storil
,pa honey in their hives, or cows te
the ing somebody limb from limb al
on on, flying to their nests in the mo-
ar. tain crag with their booty
wont do, Mr.. Snitlin, it real
NY wont. The people are too fas
: dious. So I'll excuse you now
you want to leave. Good MOI
t. ing"
Mr.. Suiffin then withdrew, a