The Lake County star., 1877-05-31
Uncommon Pets.
From Chambers Journal

UNCOMMON fetS.
f4 From Chambers Journa.l
Proud Wolsey was on familiar terms
with O venerable carp; Cowper dofied
his melancholy to play with his hares
and Give owned q pet tortoise. The
driver of O, London hanson was wont
to carry q little cub fox on the top ol
his cab, tO their mutual enjoyment
"a. II. Berkeley made q household pet
~ young stoat, rendered motherlesf
by his gun. Sir John Lubbock con
trtved to win the affection OF q Syrian
wasp. A lady becoming possessed ol
two butterflies Of different species In 9
chrysalis state, resolved to try how far
they would be amenable to kindness,
and placed them for security In Q
I glazed cabinet In her well-warmed
bedroom. Afew days before Christ
mas she was delighted by the appear
was puzzled how TO cater for the deli.
rose then In bloom, she dropped little
ana put the plant In the cabinet, and
soon had the uatisfaction Of seeing the
butterfly take its first meal, I'm a
tile on her, hand when she called il
by Its name Psyche. BY and by q
peacock butterfly emerged, into active
life from the other chrysalis. The
newcomer accepted the sensation OF
active life At on0e. and, like its conf
panion, delighted In being talked and
sung to, especially enjoying being
waved in the air and danced up and
down while quietly resting upon the
hand of their Mistress. Upon the
coming Of summer the cabinet was
moved close to the window, and its
doors thrown open. For some days
neither of its tenants cared to venture
beyond the window-sill. but one bright
afternoon their protectress, with
many bitter tears" beheld them take
wing and join some wild companions
In the garden at night, however, they
returned to their lodgings. Next day
they took the mir again and were not
seen until September, One afternoon
there came q heavy thunderstorm, and
when Il was ovef. q yellow butterfly
was found dead on the window-sill-
which the lady, with some. warrant,
lamented over as her own particular
one the "peaQock," !" too, would seem
to have met d like fate, for 1t was never
seen again. It would be hard to find
q more, repulsive-looking reptile than
the iguana, nevertheless the society of
one affof,led much pleasure to an
American lady residing in Brazil.
Pedro, as he was called, was well pro-
vided with raw meat, bananas, aud
milk; allowed to bask in his mistress
room in the daytime, and TO make
himself cozy between, the mattresses
of her bed when the sun went down,
he cheerfully accepted the novel situa.
tion, like . wise iguAno. His loving
lady was wont to carry him abroad in
her arms-a practice that kept ac-
quaintances at a respectful distance
for, however they might pretend to
admire Pedro's bead-like spots of black
and white, his bright jeweled eyes,
and elegant claws, they were careful
not to make any near approaches.
Nothing pleased madame so much ss
to drop her pet, without warning at
the, feet Of unsuspecung gentlemen,
and elicit from naval officers symp-
t0ms-of terror such as would not have
been drawn forth by an enemy's
broadside or lee-shore. OF course
Pedro came to grief. Rambling one
day unattended, he came across
"a n1arauding Frenchman,n his
owners maid arriving only in
time to rescue his lifeless body. It
was sent, wrapped in black Grape, to
neighbor with q weakness for fricasseed
lizard: but having seen this especial
one fondled and caressed, he could not
find the appetite to eat 1t, and SO Pedro
was consigned to the earth instead of
the, pot De Candolle tells of q fair
Switzer who made companion of a
young wolf, and had the melancholy
satisfaction of seeing the fond beast
fall dead at her feet In q paroxysm of
Joy at her return home after a long
absence. But the proprietress of u
loving leopard that came regularly to
her chamber-door In the dead of the
night, and howled loudly enough to
wake the Seven Sleepers, until Its
mistress turned out of bed and quieted
her disturber with an Offering Of warm
milk, might well doubt II she had be-
slowed her affection wisely. When
Capt Barton was domiciled in Syria,
he left the management Of his live
stock to his wife. and under her foster
Ing care that department assumed for
mtdable' proportions Not content
with horses and goats, q camel. turkeys,
geese, ducks, fowls and pigeons. Mrs.
Burton must have her own especial
pets-a white donkey, young st.
Bernard dog, four English terriers, q
Kurdish puppy, q snow-white Persian
cat, q lamb and q leopard. The last
named, according to the lady's account,
became the pet of the household;
which 1t deserved to be, IL the house.
hold abhorred quiet life, for the leop-
ard behaved much after the manner of
the gazelle whose owner sang ta,
He riled the dog, annoyed the cat, -
And scared the goldfinch into fits;
He butted thoroughly my newest hat,
nu And toremy manuscript 10 bital
4 Mrs. Burton, with pretty good grace,
confesses her husband had fair cause
for saying bis happy family reminded
the fowls,and pigeons ate the seeds and
destroyed the flowers; the cat fed upon
the pigeons, the dog worried the cat;
while the idol Of the household harried
the goats until one Of them drowned
itself In sheer disgust, and frightened
the donkey. and, camel by jumping
upon tieif' backs and indulging I'm q
shriekihg solo, horrible enough to-
scare any animal OF q 'well-regulated
mind into madness. ,L li,.
i, A writer of the N. Y. Times thinks
"thatr the road to q revival Of our ma.
tional prosperity lays In the develop
ment OF, our agricultural resources. II
do not think he says, .'that In this
matter we viii be allowed 2 choice. for