Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-15
Traits OF Animals.

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A cat was sent by express, carefully
boxed, from Dansville to Rochester, n
distance of fifty miles. Not many DAYS
afterward. tabby came walking into
her old home.
When good housewife OF Kirkald
went for ham that had hung from the
rafters, it had fair exterior, but 1t was
n perfect shell, skin and bone only re-
naming to show its form, while the at
alter living so sumptuously, had bui t:a
nest in the center, and was easily car
ured.
A parrot belonging TO Capt LEichel-
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 u.s. Oh, Lord, save
usW which so frightened the hawk
that he dropped his prize.
At Priests hotel, on the road from
Calaveras Grove to the Yosemite, in
California, is dog who one hour before
the arrival of the stage goes leisurely
down the road to meet 1t, 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 the stage, never max
ing mistake.
An expert in antique coins in Paris is
apoodle. The money being placed upon
n table the dog is introduced, and after
nosing among them will knock off the
table all the bad pieces with his paw.
After acquiring great fame il 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 a st. Louis lady and placed in the
cage with her canary. In the morn
ing IT. was released, when the canary
mourned as If ii 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 gratified. This was
repeated for three days. Then chippy
failed to return. The canary dropped
and soon died.
A couple OF seals, the property oi
Major Urch, of Portsmouth, N. H., were
kept in n tank, and were as tame rs
dogs. One of them died recently, and
Major Urch concluded to give the otheI
its liberty, it seemed 10 grieve SO much
at its loss. lie took the tank to the
river bank and released the seal, think.
ing IL would swim out to sea. IL 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 n gentleman
Of the south of France often helps the
cook. Being given pair Of partridgos
10 pick one day, he seated himself IL
an open window. A hawk flew down
and snatched one Of the birds, when tn,
monkey tricked the hawk by secretinp
himself, and, waiting, soon saw him
come for the other, when the monkey
caught the thief. Plucking both tho
hawk and the remaining partridge, hC
took them to the cook. and the change
was not discovered until the game q,
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 of the child, but was prevented
by her struggles. A little brother seven
\ years of age came 10 her assistance with
n carving knife, slashinK the eagles
legs, when IL turned upon the boy, who
was soon released by the appearance oi
Joe Betzler, a neighbor. upon the scene
who shot and killed the bird. Ii 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 spider who had an extensive
web, with fly. This was at so O'Clock
A. NJ. Thelspider was then feeding or
an earwig. lie came for the fly, rolled
him up, and returned to his first course
At seven o'ciock, his earwig had been
demolished, and the fly at eight o'clock
At nine o'clock he gave 1t daddy long.
legs, which he ate at noon. At one he
greedily seized blue-fy, and during
the day he counted 100 greensfiys, oT
midgets. ali dead and fast in his net.