Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-05
FUR AND FEATHERS.
Quaint Stories of Birds, Beasts,
Fishes and Insects.
New York SUM-


Fishes and Insects. =
New York SUM-
A spiders web was found stretched
across the Housatonic River, 400
feet. tttt tl
A. H. Clark, of Groton, N. Y, has
a 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 seized by an
eagle, and the hunter had to shoot
the eagle in order to get his duck.
Georgians complain that beavers
have appeared there since the war,
obstructed streams, caused overfows,
and brought on malarial diseases.
A Danvers, Mass, dog was taken
to Minnesota by his owner, and was
there whipped for killing cat. He
soon appeared at his old home.
A large hawk shot by George N.
Worst, of Lancaster, Penn, feigned
death until he came to pick it up,
when it seized one of his fingers
with its beak and destroyed it.
A luckless fish got in the way of
the ascending hook of Cazenovia
fisherman and lost an eye. The
line was cast again without removing
the eye, and the same fish was
caught.
They tell of hen pedestrienne
in Newbern, N. c., that takes a
square heel-and-toe walk for half an
hour around the hen house, giving
a pleasant cackle all the time, and
then quietly seeks her nest and lays
an egg.
In North San Juan, California,
thief stole an overcoat from the
saddle of horse. The owners dog
saw the thief, followed the man to
his home, made him give up the.
coat. and then took his master to-
the thief.
The proprietor of Pittsburg res
taurant laid a 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 Canton, Conn.,, man thought he
had the best of the ants that in
tested his eatables by putting his
goods on a shelf swinging from
tarred wires; but they covered the
tar of one of the wires with sand
and went up and down it as before.
A Southern cat could not be in
duced to go through hole except
by backing. The secret was that
in going through hole in corn
rick one day in the usual way
terrier made a grab just as she was
disappearing and bit her tail of.
The parrot of the McHenry House,
Meadvllle, Penn, when seeing a
freight train coming, instantly yells:
"Run on the switch! Switch off -
initiating the voice of the proper
officer so closely that sometimes the
train is switched to the siding to
avoid supposed danger.
A wasp, the natural enemy of the
spider, confronted one of the latter
in a barn in Indianapolis. The
spider was compelled to fight, and,
by some good fortune, killed its
enemy. AS soon as the wasp was
dead, the spider was out of danger,
performed a war dance, and gave
evidence of great joy.
A man hunting near stream saw
his bird dog suddenly make point
from the bank directly into the
water. He saw nothing but a large
pickerel swimming leisurely away,
which he concluded to shoot. The
dog instantly retrieved it, and, on
opening the fish, q fine woodcock
was found inside.
A New Jersey Watchdog enjoyed
the blood of choice lambs within
limited circuit for many nights be-
fore he was detected. 1t was found
that he could slip his collar, but he
never did this until the family had
retired. when he would satisfy his
appetite, go to brook and wash
the blood from his mouth, then re-
turn to his kennel and slip his head
into his collar.
A dog was lying on the floor of
his masters shop, when word came
that a number of sheep had broken
out Of the corral, on the Napa, Cal,
road, and strayed into the tules.
In the morning all the animals were
in the inclosure, and the dog was
lying at the hole where they had
gone out. @Nig"i is known through
out that country as being the finest
shepard dog in the section.
At the performances of Jesse Tere
in London theatre, where a mother
has a terrific combat with two
rufians for the possession Of her
child, q large Newfoundland dog
that had got into the pit along with
his owner, a steamship engineer,
leaped over the orchestra, and, land
ing on the stage, seized one of the
fellows, and was with great difficulty
removed. He had been companion
Of children.
Charley Youngworth, of Virginia
City, Nevada, has cooked thousands
of frogs, yet has never tasted a frog.
II dressed six frogs for family,
and after they had lain on q platter