The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-11-19
Stories Ahout AnimAlG.

IL was Win Twelve Iltie terrhplns. III
was found that terrapin that laid the
eggs deserted them, and the fowl con-
velted them to her own use and sat on
them.
A candy-eating horse is the property
of DIR. Pratt, of Albany, N. Y. Every
morning he is driven TO the banking
house of Henry r Pierson, and as soon
as his master leaves him he bolts across
the street, and from the woman keeping
stand gets stick of candy, eats it, and
awaits the arrival of his master, who
PAYS the vender.
A Colchester Comm woman was
awakened at eight O'Clock at night by
her cat, which had forced its way into
her room and was crying Justify. She
got up. turned the animal out, and again
laid down and slept; but soon the cries
of the cat were worse than ever. Her
son, who was in an adjoining room,
opened door to turn the cat out, when
flames burst in upon him. He closed
the door and screamed to his mother TO
escape. She and her four children had
barely time to jump out OF the second
story windows in their night clothes
before the whole upper story of the
large farmhouse was in flames.
In "a tree at Mayor Forwood's dwelling
iu Chester, Pa, sparrow hatched four
pretty birds While storm was rag
ing one evening, and the wind whistling
through every branch OF the trees, the
mother bird carried the little sparrows
from the nest to the corner of a window
sill, away from the severe weather, and
then carried the nest down, put the little
ones in it, and rested safely from the
storm all night. She and her young
were well cared for. If this had not
been done, the young sparrows would,
no doubt, have been drowned.
A box containing two monkeys was
brought to San Francisco from Peta-
luna, and, as there was no one to re.
ceive them, the box was stored away
and the animals forgotten. When the
owner called and the box was opened ii
was found that one of the monkeys had
died of starvation and thirst. and the
other sat hugging the body closely. At
intervals it would lay the corpse down,
dance around it and paw it as If to
awaken it, and falling in that would
again clasp the desd monkey in its arms
and give vent to piercing whines and
shrieks. Again it would chatter furi-
ously, as if expostulating with its sense
less companion for its qlietless. Evi.
IDENTIFY death was an unknown con.
dition to the puzzled, bewildered and
grief-strioken jOcko, who fought furi
Ously when the corpse was taken from
him.
Hannibal Roe, of Helena, Montana,
went cheerily over the mountains with
his gun. On turning sharp point OF
rocks he was suddenly and without
warning prostrated by huge she bear,
which reached for him from the bushes
in which she was nursing two cubs. She
struck Roe on the top Of the head, tax
ing the scalp with it, and drawing il
down over his eyes. As he fell the beast
clinched him, and in the struggle they
both tumbled over a precipice, where
tie bear bit and tore her victim, and
would have killed him outright but for
the crying of the cubs, which called the
mother off. Roe seeing the coast clear,
and with one arm torn from its socket,
blinded with his scalp hanging over his
eyes and his back nearly broken, one
ear off and otherwise bitten, scratched
and torn, got up and walked to the stage
road, where he was found and taken to
shelter.
A blind heggar was in the habit OF
frequenting the Pont des SITS. Peres,
France, where he used to station himself
with a clarionet and very intelligent
poodle. Contributions poured freely
into the little wooden bowl which the
dog held in his mouth. One day the
blind man, who had reached an ad-
vanced age was not to be seen. He had
fallen i'll. His companion, however,
continued to frequent the accustomed
spot, and the passers-by, to whom he
was familiar, understood that his master
was unwell ,and, touched by his fidelity,
dropped their pence in bis bowl in in
creased numbers. The beggar went the
way of all flesh, an event which the
willy poodle carefully kept to himself
until he also became an absentee from
the Pont des Sts. Peres. The poor
animal was found lying dead in cellar
near his former masters abode, sum
Of 10000 francs in bonds OF the Orleans
railway being discovered under the
litter on which he was stretched.