The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-17

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A ben belonging TO a gentleman of
ls4leigh, y C., had been missed for days.
hen she made her appearance it was
rh twelve little terrapins. 1t was found
a = terrapin that laid the eggs deserted
IN and the fowl converted them to her
Al Ne and sat on them.
4 candy-eating horse is the property of
r Pratt, Of Albany. y Y. Every MORN
be J. driven 10 the clearinghouse of
my T. Pierson, and as soon as his mas
II leaves him he bolts across the street,
d from woman keeping a stand gets
sick Of candy, eats it, and awaits the
-rEal Of his master, who pays the vender
In = tree Al Mayor Forwood's dwelling
"a Chester, Pa, a sparrow Matched four
city birds While a storm was raging
re evening, and the wind whistling
r01gh every branch of the tree, the
cher bird carried the little sparrows
IN The hest 10 the corner of window
4. away from the severe weather, and
-isn carried the nest down, put the little
ones II Il, and rested safely from the
storm al night She and her young were
sell cared for If this had not been done,
rhe young sparrows would, no doubt, have
.een drowned
n Colchester, Conn, woman was awak-
ned Al three o'clock at night by her cat,
Ehich had forced its way into her room
nd Vas crying Justify. She got up, turned
tie animal out. and again laid down and
-leEds but soon the cries of the cat were
Eorse than ever. Her son, who was in
an adjoining room, opened door to turn
-he cat cut, when flames burst in upon
nm lie closed the door and screamed
p has mother TO escape. She and her four
ehildren had barely time to jump out of
he second story windows in their night
-lo1hes before the whole upper story of
Tie large farmhouse was in flames.
A box containing two monkeys was
brOBghf 10 San Francisco from Petaluma,
and, as there was no one to receive them,
the box was stored away and the animals
forgotten When the owner called and
The box was opened, 1t was found that one
q the monkeys had died of starvation and
thirst, and the other sat hugging the body
closely At intervals it would lay the
eorPse down, dance around it and paw it
.s II 70 awaken it, and failing in that it
EOuld again clasp the dead monkey in its
arms and give vent to piercing whines
and shrieks- Again II would chatter fu-
nOusly, as If expOstulating with its sense
less companion for its quietness. Evident
ly death Was an unknown condition to the
puzzled, bewildered and griefstricken
5OckO, who fought savagely when the
corpse was taken from him.
Al The Marshall House, Savannah, Ga,
the bar-keePer, on going to draw glass
Of lager for customer, sPied rat on the
hoor, directly under the beer tap, standing
On his hind legs with his mouth wide
oPen, catching the dripping beer. The
IA remained unmoved, and looked visit
fully INTO TOmmy's face, as If TO say,
Please give me glass of beer, 1 am very
dry" Tommy laughed at him, took q
snail bAr1glzss, drew it full of beer, and
- Il before the rat, who Immediately
drank II, after which he walked off leis-
urely, slightly staggering. The next day
the rst resPPeared and took his place
under the tap. Tommy drew a small glass
Of beer and set it before him, together
EIth small piece Of cold meat and bread.
The rHt leisurely drank the beer, ate the
lunch, and staggered of to his hole. Fol
nearly year the rat came precisely al