The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
FUR AND FEATHERS.
Quaint Stories of Birds, Beasts, Fishes and
Insects

A. III. Clark, OF Groton, N. T.. has sheep
that butts apple trees and shakes off apples
for the cattle to eat
A duck that had been shot by a Sodus bay
hunter was seizAd by an eagle. and tho hun
ter had to shoot the eagle In order to get his
duck
A luckless fish got In tho way OF an ascend
ing hook of a Caz Anovia fisherman and lost
an eye. The line was c sst ag ain, without re-
moving the eye, and the same fish was
caught.
In North San Juan, Cal. a thief stole an
overcoat from the saddle of q horse. The
owners dog saw the thief followed the man
to his home, made him give up the coat and
then took the master to the thief.
The proprietor of a Pittsburg restaurant
laid 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 Southern cat could not be induced to 20
through a hole except by backing. The secret
was that Ia going through hole In corn
rick one day in the usual way, a terrier made
a grab just as she was disappearing and bit
her tail off.
A Canton, Conn man thought he had the
best OF the ants that infested his eatableS, by
putting his goods on shelf swinging from
tarred wires; but they covered the tar of one
Of the wires with sand and went up and
down 1t a. before.
In scaling fence. an Ohio dog landed at
the bottom of a well sixty feet deep. A SER
want looked into the we'll the following day at
noon and saw a pair of eyes staring at her
from below. The dog had been in the water
fifteen hours, and had kept alive by swim
ming all the time.
man hunting near stream saw his bird
dog suddenly make point from the bank di-
large pckerel swimming leiSurely away,
which he concluded to shoot. the dog in
SANITY retrieved 1t. and upon opening the
fish, fine woodcoek was found inside.
A New Jersey watchdog enjoyed the blood
of choicA lambs within a limited circuit for
many nights before he was detected. 1t was
found that he could slip his collar but be
never did this until all the family had retired.
when he would satisfy his appetite, go to
brook and wash the blood from his mouth then
return t. 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 10 q, and strayed into the tulas. In the
morning all the animals were In the encos-
they had gone out. mig" is known through
out that country as being the finest shepherd
dog in the section.
At the performance of Jesse We're in Lon
don theatre, where a mother has a terrible
combat with two ruffians for the possess
sion Of her child, q large Newfoundland dog
that had got into the pit along with his owner,
a steamship engineer, leaped over the orches-
ira, aud landing on the stage, seized one Of
the fellows, and was with great difficulty re-
moved. he had been companion OF children.
"You zee that bay leader" said Eureka,
New stage driver; he was put on the road
SIX months ago, and was full of life and ambi-
ton: it took Two good men to hold him down
before the start, and now he's as boggy as
dray horse. They all go that way. Horses
get broken hearted II you drive them TWEEN
ty miles day on all sorts OF roads they will
keep tat and die of old age, but put them on