The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-07
ANIMAL CUNNING.

Here is story which our veracious
Deacon e. S. Palmes relates to us, anL
which we are therefore bound to believe
About two years ago one OF his trusted
hens hatched a brood of chickens. and
they were domiciled in q coop in the
garden. Close by, in an asparagus bed,
rested fine old cat, the pet Of the
household, with some new kittens. One
OF the kittens looked upon the chickens
and loved them-loved them 80 well that
it abandoned mother and brothers and
! sisters, and went to the old hen and
asked to be admitted into her family
circle and become member thereof.
Biddy clucked assent, and thencefor-
ward hen, chickens, and kitten mingled
together in mutual sympathy and sweet
accord. II astonished the Deacon, yet
did his heart good, to see chickens anu
kitten rubbing against each other and
lying close together, and his favorite
hen brooding them all with her wings,
and the entire family acting all day as
II kitty, in spite OF her tour claws and
mel. tur. had been hatched from an egg.
The curious afliliation mas been kept up
until this day. The kitty of two years
ago is now grave old cat, but from kit
tenhood to The present it has lived and
roasted with the chickens and hens.
Tuere are several witnesses TO the
trulh OF another story. Phe affiliation
III this case Was between a cat at the
Hyland House barn ana tour small pigs.
1t commenced last summer and contln-
ued for some weeks, on the gr0unus anu
street aujuining the Hyland House. The
cat saw tne pigs, went up TO them, made
trends with Them, aud became their
constant companion until they were smut
up IN pens. When they ale, The cat Was
always present, anu they followed it
about, running when 1t ran and walk
ing when it walked, and each night The
cat and pigs slept together in the straw.
just after the last neavy tall Of snow,
a man IN West Sparta, while in his
barnyard, feeding cattle, heard a noise
among his geese, close by. He turned
around and saw a lox take one of them
by the neck, sling it over his back, anu
start across the fields with it toward
the Hartman gully, quarter OF mile
away. The man ehaseu with pltcnfork,
but tue snow was SO deep LhaU The tux
gained on him. SO he called mis- shepherd
dog, ana showed MIN the game. Tue dog
quickly caught up with the fox, but the
loX dropped his goose, turned around,
whipped Lhe dog, aud then took up The
goose ana truLLeu on again. The dog
was induced TO tackle the tOx three or
four times, land each time the result was
the Same as we here descrlbed: the
goose was dropped, the dog whipped,
and then a forward movement WbLh the
goose. The fox finally got safely into
gully with his goose, and probably
never had better opinion OF himself
Than he had while he was satisfying h.
munger on the choice meat thaO he nau
secured with 50 much risk and courage.
About i've weeks ago a guam flew into
one Ol our village-yards, and Was picked
up by a kindly nand and gwen 70 Tnom-
as OMeara, VINO put him IN a Large
cage in his store. In the same room
were two canary birds, in anotuer cage.
The canaries would sing, and the quaIl
would Whistle III response; and so mucl
reciprocity of feeling was manifested
thaU, after a time, Mr., OMeara trans
lerred The canaries to the cage of the
quall, Tie quail received the songsters
win evident delight, and when nigh
came, seeing them pace them elves on
a percn IN Tue top OF Lhe cage, IL hoped
" another percn just below and slept
there. This IL has done each niguI sln ce,
although before, III accordance with
quail Gus toms the world over, its roosL
was The bottom OF The cage.-l DanViiIe
N. 7. Advertiser.