The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-01
sTORIEs ARouT ANIHms


4 hen belonging To p eer,ler,-
Raleigh. y. c., had been ru5s.f-.- .-
DAYS; when she made her ar.ras-..,--...-..lI -.I
was with twelve little terrarirs I. N
found that "a terrapin that laid rIa,..-NN
deserted them. and the fowl cnr,-.----s9
them 10 her own use and sat or tla..
\ cau3y-catiug horse is the r.-.---.
of Dr. Pratt. og Albany. y. Y T-,
morning he IS driven to the 1.4-r..
house of Henry r. pier-ou. and 81. .-
as his master leaves him Dee bolts a.-.
the street. and from the woman la.-...1l
a stand gets ick OF candy. ,.,t-5. lug
awaits the arrival Of his master r---
pays the veudcr
\ Colchester Conn woman ,-..
awakened at elglt O'Clock a. rialt f-
her cat. which had forced its Man s....
her room and was CRYING lusfr- nv
got up. turned the animal out and 7.-..--
laid down and slept, but so1L th. rr5.-
OF the cat were worse than ever TI.-
SOB, who WAS in AN aGjoiufnr r---..
opened a door to turn The cat out rf--
flames burst in upon him. lie rr...-
the door aud screamed 90 his rnu.f..-.-
escape. Sine and hUI four children f.-
barely time To jump ont of the -a..-.-
story windows in their night clu-T...r +,
fore The whole upper story of tr. r4--.
farmhouse was iu flames.
Ina tree al Mayor FOTwooI s tlrvrrr---
i'm Chester. Pa, a sparrow matched r.-7
pretty birds. While q storm WA. r-.-=---
one evening. and the wind ulf.-r.-5
through every branch of the trees -r7
mother bird carried the little er.l-r..--
from the nest 10 the corner of a F-f-.-..--
sill, away from the severe weather --.-
then carried the nest down. put tH.. ..,sr-
ones IN il, and rested salely from r..
storm All night. Size and lar r.--,.-
were well cared for. If This HaI ma
been done. the young SpIr0Ws u#rrr
no douOt. have been drowned.
\ box containing tHo mgukar5 --..
brought 20 san Francisco srur p.tg
luma, and. as there was u0 one Dob rs-
Ceiye them. the boE was stored 4v.-
and the animals forgotten. When -rr
owner called and the box was urarar 4.
was found that one of .he MONKEYS faF
died of starvation and thirst. and ,ha
other sat hHgging the body CLOSELY A..
intervals ii would lay the CORPSE down
dance around 1t and paw il ais ii +,
awaken IL, and falling iu ;lat w.rf7
again clasp the dead monkey iu its arms
and give vent 10 piercing whiuas anal
slripkS Again j. Uuull chatter fr-f-
ouslv. as If eNpOStu!aliug with its sense
less companion for It's guietuess Evf-
IDENTITY death WAS AN unknown cun1.ffrr
to the puzzled, bewiidered and graf
stricken iOckO, Who fought furiuu,rr
when the corpse was taken away from
him.
Hannibal Roe. of Helena. Montana
went cheCIfully over the mountains Hf.l
his gun. On turning q sharp point a.
rocks hc was suddenly and without war-
ing Frustrated 10y huge she bear. which
reached for him from the bushes. il
which she was nursing two cubs. Size
struck Roe on the top Of the head. TAX
ing the scalp with it, and drawing u
down over his eyes. As he fell the beast
clinched him. and In the struggle Ties
both tumbled over a prCciuice. where
4 the bear bit and tore her victim. and
would have killed him outright uut fr
/ the crying OF the cubs, which called tile
. mother of. Roe seeing the coast clear.
and with one arm torn from lis sa-E-..
blinded with his scalp hanging over lis
+ ewes and his back nearly broken one
ear of and otherwise bitten. scratched
. and torn. got up and walked to the stage
road where he WAS found and taken -1
& shelter.
\ blind Lecgar was iu the habit al
frequenJiuE the Pout dcs SIS. Peres
. France. where he used 10 station himself
with "a claTiouet and a very intelligent
poodle Contributions poured freely
into the little wooden bowl which the
dog held i'm his mouth. One day She
blind man. who had reached au advanced
age was not TO Ue seen. lie had fallen
il. His companion, however. c.atiuuel
to frequent the accustomed spot. and
the passeTs-hy. to whom DE was familiar.
D.. understood that his master was uuUel-
and, touched by his fidelity draIEa-
their pence iu his bowl Iu increase.
numbers. The heG-ar went iEe waE 0-
all flesh. an event which the Willy poodle
carefully kept To himself until Dr. a.s'
became am absentee from the I0ur l@
Sts. PeTes. The poor animal was found
lying dead in a cellar near his t.-H
masters abode, a sum IF 10000 francs
IL bonds of the Orleans railway being
discovered under the litter on which De
was stretched.