The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-05
ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS.
CURIOUS STORY ABOUT THE ANTICS OF
A PIG.

true. DOL WHICH. OF COuISe, ildy Dt ltthth
cum ordno sails "a friend of mine who
owns a pig is in the habit of placing
c!ods of turf upon the fire at night and
covering them with ashes, which keep
burning all night. AS soon as my friend
retires to bed the pig has knack of
opening the back door. 1t will then
with its snout push up the turf on top of
the Goals and in a very short time
have fine flaming fire, which 1t VIII
enjoy in a most human manner. Some
time ago my friend, hearing noise III
the night. came down stairs, when he
beheld the pig enjoying herself thus
He avows she was smoking his pipe,
which he left on the hob before retiring.
He turned the pig out, as he thought.
but instead of going out the sly 'craytur
slipped up stairs and got under the
clothes of a spare bed in the same room
as my friend slept. There she kept as
quiet as mouse till morning. But Just
imagine my friends amaZement when
ne awOke in the morning to find the pig
snugly covered up in bed, with her head
on the pillow. He swears that she gave
a self-satisfed grunt, and kept on wink
ing at him. Very good, Pat. How
much whisky had your friend been
drinking?
a first-rate cat story has come to our
notice from an entirely authentic source.
The scene is laid in the village of Var
mouth An aged gentleman and his
hOusekaeper constitute the family and
their good old cat finds the lines are
fallen to her in pleasant places. Fami-
ly prayers are the rule each evening in
this household, and the cat fell into the
habit of prompt and punctual attendance.
No other of the cares that prOYerDially
crowd cats life was ever allowed to
interfere with this religious duty. At
the signal for prayers she would even
leave a mouse half caught or give a
doomed bird a longer lease of existence,
and decorously compose herself in the
I lap of the hOuSekeepeT, with an air of
attention to the service that was highly
edifying. At the final amen" she
went friskily about her business. But
in an evil day there came a kitten that
was deemed SJIperfiuOuS, and sentence of
death was passed on it. The head of the
family undertook the execution of the
sentence, and, unknown to him, the cat
was witness of the execution. From
that day the cat refused to attend the
morning service, and cannot now be iE-
duced to listen to the prayers of one who
had so shocked her sensibilities. She
faithfully performs all other duties as
before, and sociably puTrs for the family
on all secular occasions. but seems to
/ say LET my religious hours alone. y
/ Portland Me- Transcript.
/ A DOG THAT STOLE 4 NEWSPAPER.
a correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger, residing in Holmesburg, Pa, re-
lates the following story of "a dog OF
no particular breed, and also quite
young and small for his agen "He
brings the neWspapeT-the Public Led-
/ ger-frOm the gate every morning. He
used to carry it up stairs to an invalid
( who was always the first to read it, But
( this person having died, the dog from
! that day brought the Ledger direct tC
the dining room. One day he undertook
to play with it before he took it into the
house, and tore il almost in pieces.
+ When he came in with it in this state
he was scolded for it, whereupOn he
turned on his heel, and in n few minutes
he came back with another Ledger.
For several days after this he always
brought us two LedgerS. and we could
not tell where he got them until a neigh
/ Dor OF ours came in to claim them The
dog. having once begun the bad practice
+ of stealing, was for a long time difficult
to break of it, and would 60 round among
! the neighbOrs and pick the LedqcrS VI
wherever he found Them But now,
am glad TO say, we have completely
broken him of it, and | think we will nc
7 more be annoyed in this respect. The
foregoing is strictly true, and l could
mention several other remarkable proofs
. of his sagacfty.''
a GENUINE FELINE CURIOSITY.
y short time ago handsome Maltese
tabby-cat in Washington, y. J., gave
birth to a genuine curiosity. 1t is no.
/ thing less than a two-headed cat, and
there are only few recorded instances
of the same thing. The two heads are
distinct and Well-fOrmed. and one of
/ them is colored like a pure Maltese.
! while the other is As black as let. The
/ body is also divided in color exactly like
( heads. 1t has only four legs and one
tail, but its body is broader than that of
an ordinary kitten. 1t lived only few
days and its eyes were opened before it
died, although the usual nine days had
not passed. Both heads would eat at the
same time, but one would sleep while
the other was wide awake. When the
Maltese side of the body WAS tickled the
black head took notice of il. and when
the black side was rubbed the Maltese
lead would purr contentedly. Each
head seemed to have control of the legs
and tail, for one would be asleep while
the other would move the double curl
Osity around.
THE ACTIONS OF a ROOSTER.
Last Thursday evening, several gen
tlemcn, some of them from Rochester,
were entertained with the actions of a
rooster and dog at the Newman House
The rooster is Known by the name Of
Dick, to which he responds very readily
when called by his owner. The dogs
name is Sandy. He is a mongrel, with
considerable of the terrier in him, and
endowed with more than usual intelli-
gence. 1t seems that when the rooster,
DICK, was very young chicken he took
TO the dog, Sandy, who returned the af-
fection warmly and cared for the little
fowl with all the tenderness possible -
Since then they have been constant as
sociates and playmates. Sandy allows
Dick to perch on his back while he lies
stretched between two chairs. and the
rooster succeeds in sticking on while
the dog leaps from one chair to another,
-RocbeSteT Union, Jan. II.
THE STORY OF Al RAT.
. This story of a rat comes from Brat
tleborO, Vt, and is vouched for bv the
Ph~Rjr. 1t was caught by cat who
/ was rearing a family of kittens. and
was adoped by her and brought up in
the most approved style. Last June the
rat was removed to another house. and
some four months after his change of
residence was carried on a visit to his
old home. The cat, spying his cage
sprang for him, but on recognizing hel