Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-24
FUR AND FEATHERS.
Quaint Stories of Birds, Beasts
Fishes and insects.

uual0t STORIES OIL BlrQSs be6StSs
Fishes and Insects
IN. Y. SUM-
A spiders web was found stretched across the
BIusattnic River, 400 feet.
A. H. Clark OF Gr0ton. N. Y. has sheep
that butts apple trees and shakes OF apples for
the cattle TO cat.
A Guck that had been shot by a Sodus Bay
hunter as seized by an eagle, and the hunter
Georgians complain that beavers have APP
peared there since the war. obstructed streams.
caused overflows, and brought on malartal
A Danvers, Mass, dog was taken to Mime
soto by bis owner, and was there whipped for
killing cat. He soon appeared at his old
home.
A large hawk, shot by George n. Worst, Of
Lancaster, Pa, feigned death until he came to
pick it up. when it seized one OF his fingers with
its be2k and destroyed IL.
A Iuckless fish got In the way of the ascend
il 6 hook Of Cazenovia fisherman and lost an
eye. The line was cast again without removing
the eye and the same fish was caught.
A Norwich. Conn.,, bulldog took hold of New
Homeland dog, and the latter deliberately
dragged his antagonist into the water after him
arc held him under until nearly drowned, he
They tell of hen pedestrienne in Newborn
n. C.. that takes square heel -and-toe walk Tor
pleasant cackle all the time, and then quietly
seeks her nest and lays an egg.
In North San Juan, Cal, tn : stole an over
coat from the saddle OF horse. The owners
dog saw the theft, followed the man to his home,
made him give up the coat and then took his
The proprietor of Pittsburg restaurant laid la
train OF gunpOwder in narrow strips over the
floor, painted spaces between the strips with
molasses and killed three pounds OF flies the
first time he touched Off the trap.
A Canton, Conn.,. man thought he had the
Test Of the ants that infested his eatables by
putting his goods on shelf swinging from
of the wires with sand and went up and down it
as before.
A Southern cat could not be induced to go
through hole except by backing. The secret
was that In going through hole in corn-rick,
one day, in the usual way, a terrier made grab
just as she was disappearing and bit her tail of.
The parrot of the McHenry House, Meadeville,
Pa, when seeing freight train coming. in
stantly yells: "Run on the switch! Switch off -
initiating the voice OF the proper officer SO closely
that sometimes the train is switched to the
siding to avoid supposed danger.
In scaling fence, an Ohio dog landed at the
bottom Of well sixty feet deep. A servant
looked into the well the following day at noon
and saw pair of eyes staring at her from be-
low. The dog had been in the water fifteen
hours, and had kept alive by swimming all the
time.
wasp, the natural enemy of the spider, con-
fronted one ef the latter in barn in Indianapo-
lis. The spider was compelled to fight, and, by
some good fortune, killed its enemy. AS soon as
the wasp was dead, the spider was out of dan
ger, performed war dance, and gave evidence
of great joy.
A man hunting near stream saw his bird dog
suddenly make point from the bank directly
into the water. He saw nothing but large
pickerel swimming leiSurely away, which he
concluded to shoot. The dog instantly retrieved
it, and, on opening the fish, fine woodcock
A New Jersey watch dog enjoyed the blood of
choice lambs within limited circuit for many
nights before he was detected. 1t was found
that he could slip his collar, but he never did
this until after the family had retired. when he
would satisfy his appetite 60 to brook and
wash the blood from his mouth. then return to
his kennel and slip his head into his collar.
A dog was lying on the floor Of his masters
shop. when word came that number of sheep
had broken out OF the corral. on the Napa Cal,
road, and strayed into the tules. In the morn
ing all the animals were in the enclosure, and
the dog was lying at the hole where they had
gone out. mig is known throughout that
country as being the finest shepherd dog in the
Charley Youngworth, of Virginia City, New,
has cooked thousands of frogs, yet he has never
tasted frog. 81 dressed six frogs for family,
hour, said he, 1.-The legs were so full of life that
they jumped around on the dish livelier than
any shTlmpS you ever saw, some of them hop
ping on on the floor. That's the reason don't
At the performance Of Jesse We're" in Lon
don theater, where mother has terrific
her child, large Newfoundland dog that had
got into the pit along with his owner, a steam
ship engineer, leaped over the orchestra, and
landing on the stage. seized one of the fellows,
and was with great difficulty removed. He had
been companion of children.
Two monkeys were utilized to ascertain the
number Of children in a neighborhood where
school inspectors were puzzled by the false
hoods of parents. The monkeys were gayly
dressed, put In wagon, and accompanied by
a brass band through the streets OF the district.
Stopping IN park, the school officers distT1b-
uted candies to the youngsters and took their
names and addresses. The trick proved that 60
London fathers bad lied.
after three years gentleman residing in
Europe visited the geological gardens, Ph1ladel-
ph1a, where cOckatOo that he had presented
the society heard his voice. The bird flew about
the cage III intense excitement, and when he
caught sight OF his old master he was frantic
with joy. The door of the cage was opened and
the bird at once perched upon the visitors
shoulder ard performed many tricks that he
had learned i'll other days
lione>s in the Royal Geological Garden of
ireland encouraged the presence of rats in her
noneSs had dined. The ungrateful rats, when
the animal became sick, nibbled her toes. tan
terrier was placed in the cage, to save the lion
with growl; but when the dog tackled the
first rat, she coaXed him to her SIDE, folded her
paws round him, and kept him at her side every
night.
There is some uncertainty as to how wood
cock carry their young, both to the feeding
grounds and from the presence OF danger; bur
an old huntsman says that he saw woodcock
rising with young bird in her feet, her long
legs dangling and swinging with her little bur
den. She lighted at no great distance, but as
ne at once came upon her. she started up, drop
ping the young bird in her hurry. She came to
the ground almost as quick as the young one
and rose again with him III her claws.
You see that bay leader" said a Eureka
New; stage driver; The was put on the road six
months ago. and was full OF life and ambition,
and 1t took two good men to hold him down
before the start, and now he's as Doggy as
dray horse. They all go that way. Horses get
broken hearted If you drive them twenty
miles day ON all sorts of roads, they will keep
fat and die of old age, but put 'em on fifteen
mile run where they've got to travel the same
route each day, and they'll die in two years
with broken hearts. They can't stand the mon
otOny."
College Cheers.
DartmouthS unearthly Cry was born, prob
ably. In The mind OF some underorade Mhn nd