, 1879-08-10

o pihg spiders ana LIES. lie Is anxious ia rr
r satiate the tree-toad with rich food That b.
won't run mp the twig in pursuit Of q spidar
when the market is flat, Or jump from tht
top of the twig into the water to seiz. a a.
when the bulls are having 1t all their ovr
way!
The mania for pets is universal. and :,
finds subjects in every department of an;.
mated nature, from the alligator to tha
canary-bird- The visitor to Central Amar;cs
brings home gay-plumaged parrot in =
cage, and the Florida traveller returns with
young alligator in trunk. The ona il
beautiful; the other is hidsons; bat each
possesses sort OF fascination for its mastar
or mistress. If you ara admitted to tha
lady'g boudoir, the pet parrot, from hiz
perch, greets you in shrill, harsh voice
with, S*Pol1y wants cracker. Polly wants q
cracker; pretty Polly" If you saunter in
the gent1eman's garden, the pet al1ieat5r
opens his hugo jaws and offers to swallow
you whole. The parrot is pleasant sort Of
nuisance, but the alligator is simply disgust.
ing. When the gentleman calls upon Won
to admire him, you tremble lest he may pull
a half dozen small serpents out Of his
pocket and insist upon your fond1ing them.
The favorite pet of Englishwomen is the
Angora cat. Not long since they held a
great Cat Fair, at which the nobility and
| gentry exhibited their feline favorites, 4
score Of years ago little bingham CA1ass.)
| girl tanned and named the fish in mill.
pond They came at her call, she took them
from the water, and they fed from her hand
while she fondled them. But horrid man
came along one day, married the little ish.
tanner, and she left her scaly pets to be pet.
ted or not, as it might suit the pleasure Of
her lord and master. KELLOGG, the sweet
singer, has yard full of pets at her
beautiful country home in Connecticut.
Opera-singers have q passion for pets.
They carry about with them little
army Of dogs, cats, and canary-birds
An evenings performance is sometimes
spoiled By the loss Of favorite poodle. The
importation Of canary-seed is an important
branch OF business, and, with the introduc-
tion of the English sparrow, there is per
ceptibIe increase in the canary-seed business,
for the sparrow is little thief, and, while
he twitters song Of sympathy and love to
the imprisoned canary, he steals its dinner
Of delicious seeds. The contingencies in
South street, New York, are full of pet cats.
A man is employed to tnke care of all tho
cats in the street. He buys the choicest
meats for their feline maws. Whether he
presides at their concerts we are not pre-
pared to soy.
The miners in Nevada are surrounded with
pet rats They crawl about over their feet
at lunch-time and pick up the crumbs. The
miners watch their movements in times Of
apprehended danger, as OF floods and falling
walls, with che greatest anxiety; for, as rats
fee from sinking ship, SO they quit dan
gerous mine.
The dog is the king Of pets. His at.
fection is proof against both neglect
and abuse. Driven into the kennel with
blows when his master leaves, he still flies
TO meet him upon his return, covering tbs
hand that smote him with kisses. When
Capt. BUrLw1SKrE's dog Frank could no
onger mount the ladder-carriage or bite the
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ire, he was tenderly nursed, and when he
lied his human comrades of the Insurance
Patrol cried like babies, placed'the remains
# the magnificent bull-terrier in black
walnut coffin, covered it with smila1 and
lowers, and buried him with the honors Of
var.
PoE immortalized the raven az q bird of
[i-omen, but DICKENS, in 'Barnaby Rudge,"
him into merry rogue.
Grip the pet raven, was the ,inseparab1a
of the fool "Barnaby," and,
7hen he was threatened, be cried Justify
nd dedanty: scrip, Grip, Grip,-Grip
he clever, Grip the wicked, Grip the know
1g,-Grp, Grip, Grip. Tn devil, Tma
evil, Tn devil. Never say die Hurraht
Polly, put the kettle on,
ell all have tea"
The engineer pets his locomotive. He
:ours its brasses and oils its valves and
1linders with the tenderness of mother
soothing -sirup to a sick child,
I'd refers to it in thu feminine, as fshe,'
rem if it bears the name of CESAR or A1Ex-
sDER. And when he opens the "throttle''
speed it on its course he is proudar than
Uc1FER.
The old man pets his young wife, but the
oung wlfa the old husband rarely. The
'autiful and fascinating MAUD HARRISON,
Is The Bankers Daughter" does indeed
It old Bro,on, but it is solitary case.
Society has its pets; but we have not spaca
dilats upon this interesting branch of the
bject. Children pet dolls, and old women
It hens; and it is commonly believed that
ary had q little lamb upon which she be-
owed moro or less caresses, but we have
ave doubts as to the truth of the story.
There is class Of men who 1neks pets Of
cir noses, painting and corrugating them
it'll they become triumphs Of artistic and
chitectura1 skill. But these noses are con-
lntly before the public challenging ad-
ration, which relieves us of the necessity
describing them.
Miss MARY AGNES THICKER, whose last liter
: venture, "Signor Monaldini's Nfece,' In the
|o-Name Series" has had such run, was
IN In Ellsworth, Me-. Of family that has been
good rcpute IN those parts ever since Colonial
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