Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-12-19
Traits Of Animals.

A cat was sent by express, carefully
boxed, from Dansville to Rochester, a
distance sf fifty miles. Not many DAYS
atterward, tabby came walking into
her old home.
When n good housewife of Kirkaldy
went for ham that had hung from the
rafters, it had fair exterior, but it was
a perfect shell, skin and bone only re-
naming TO show its form, while the rat.
after living so sumptuously, had built a
nest in the center, and was easily cap
tured.
A parrot belonging to Capt. Eichel-
berger, of Baltimore, was always present
at family prayers. One morning, when
in the garden, a hawk flew down and
seized the parrot, when ii shrieked
"Oh, Lord, save US! Oh, Lord, save
us" which so frightened the hawk
that he dropped his prize.
AT TIiUoU'o I.OtvlJ Gl.s, 4OtVd frvIII
Calaveras Grove to the Yosemite, in
California, is a dog who one hour before
the arrival of the stage goes leisurely
down the road to meet it, then bounds
back to the poultry yard, catches chick
ems. bites their heads off, and takes them
to the cook. He takes one chicken for
each gentleman in thestage, never max
ing a mistake.
An expert i'll antique coins in Paris is
apoodle. The money being placed upon
table the dog is introduced, and after
table all the bad pieces with his paw.
After acquiring great fame it was found
the whole thing was trick. His mas
ter took care to handle only the bogus
coins, and the poodle's decisions were
arrived at by faculty of scent.
A wandering "chippy" was picked
up by st. Louis lady and placed in the
cage with her canary. In the morn
ing it was released, when the canary
mourned as if it had lost its mate. In
the evening the chippy returned, and
was allowed to nestle on the cage, when
the canary struck up one of the liveliest
notes and seemed gratifed. This was
repeated for three days. Then chippy
failed to return. The canary dropped
and soon died.
A couple of seals, the property of
Major Urch, of Portsmouth, N. H., were
kept in tank, and were rs tame us
dogs. One of them died recently, and
Major Urch concluded to give the other
it's liberty, it seemed to grieve SO much
at its loss. He took the tank to the
river bank and released the seal, think
ing it would swim out to sea. 1t swan
all around the river, but soon returned
crying in distress and tapped into its old
quarters on the bank, and stubbOrnly
refused to be elected.
A monkey belonging to a gentleman
of the south of France often helps the
cook. Being given a pair of partridges
to pick one day, he seated himself in
an open window. A hawk flew down
and snatched one of the birds, when the
monkey tricked the hawk by secreting
himself, and, waiting, soon saw him
come for the other, when the monkey
caught the thief. Plucking both the
hawk and the remaining partridge, he
took them to the cook, and the change
was not discovered until the game (O
was served at table.
An enormous eagle in Georgia swept
down upon two little girls aged three
and five years, throwing them to the
ground. 1t buried its talons in the face
and arm of the elder and attempted to
carry off the child, but was prevented
by her struggles. A little brother seven
years Of age came to her assistance with
a carving knife, slashing the eagles
legs, when it turned upon the boy, who
was soon released by the appearance of
Joe Betzler, neighbor, upon the scene,
who shot and killed the bird. 1t mea-
sured seven feet from tip to tip of wing.
A spider is glutton, as was evidenced
by an experiment recently made. A
gentleman arose at daybreak and sup
piled a spider who had an extensive
web, with fly. This was at 80 o'clock
A. NJ. The.spider was then feeding on
an earwig. He came for the fly, rolled
him up, and returned to his first course.
At seven O'clock, his earwig had been
demolished, and the fly at eight o'clock.
At nine o'clock he gave it a daddy-long-
legs, which he ate at noon. At one he
greedily seized a blue-fy, and during
the day he counted 100 greensf1ys, or
midgets, ali dead and fast in his net.