The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-05
Quaint Stories OF Birds, Beasts, Fishes
and Insects.

and Insects.
A. II. Clark, of Groton, N. Y, has
sheep that butts apple trees and shakes
of apples for the cattle to eat.
A duck that h I'D been shot by Sodus
bay hunter was seized by an eagle, and
the hunter had to shoot the eagle in
order to get his duck.
In North San Juan, Cal. thief stole
an overcoat 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 master to the
thief.
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, q terrier made n grab just as she
was disappearing and bit her tail of.
In scaling fence, an Ohio dog landed
at the bottom of well sixty feet deep.
A servant looked into the well the fol-
lowing day at noon and saw pair of
eyes staring ut her from below. The
dog had been in the water fifteen hours,
and had kept alive by swimming all the
time.
A man hunting near n stream saw his
bird dog suddenly make n point from
the bank directly into the water. He
saw nothing but large pickerel swim.
ming leisurely away, when he concluded
to shoot. The dog instantly retrieved
it, and, on opening the fish, a fine wood
cock was found inside.
A New Jersey watchdog 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, go to n
brook ard wash the blood from his
mouth, then return to his kennel and
slip his head into his collar.
Charley Youngworth, of Virginia
City, New, has cooked thousands OF
frogs, yet has never tasted n frog. IL
dressed six frogs for n family, and after
they had lain on a platter for halt an
hour" said he, "the legs were so full of
life that they jumped around on the dish
livelier than any shrimps you ever saw,
some of them hopping off on the floor.
That's the reason 1 don't like frogs"
At the performance or Jesse ere.
in a London theater, where n mother
has terrific combat with two ruilians
u, Il
Newfoundland dog that got into the pit
with his owner, a steamship 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 ascer-
tain the number of children in neigh
borhood where school inspectors were
puzzled by the falsehoods of parents.
The monkeys were gayly dressed, put in
4 wagon, and accompanied by brass
band through the streets of the district.
Stopping in a park. the school officers
distributed candies to the youngsters
and took their names and addresses.
The trick proved that sixty London
fathers had lied.
After three years gentleman residing
in Europe visited the Geological Gar
dens, Philadelphia, where cuckatoo
that he had presented the society heard
his voice. The bird flew about the cage
in 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 and per-
formed many tricks that he had been
learned in other days.
There is some uncertainty as to how
woodcock carry their young, both to
the feeding grounds and from the pres
ence of danger; but an old huntsman
says that he saw n woodcock rising
with a young bird in her feet, her long
legs dangling and swinging with her
little burden. She alighted at no great
distance, but, as he at once came upon
her, she started up, dropping the young
bird in her hurry. She came to the
ground almost as quick as the young
one, and rose again with him in her
claws.
You see that bay leader" said a
Eureka (Nev.) stage driver; "he was
put on the road six months ago, and
was full of life and ambition, and it
took two good men to hold him down
before the start, and now he's as boggy
as a dray horse. They all go that way.
Horses get broken-h hearted. If YOU
drive them twenty miles u day on all
sorts of roads they will keep fat and die
of old aye, but put them on a fifteen
mile run where they've got to travel the
same route each day and they'll die in
twJ years with broken hearts. They
/ can't stand the mOnOtOnyn