Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-16
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 10. 1881.
Anecdotes of Animals.
Some strange Things About the Lower
orders Of Creation.

Some Strange Things About the Lower
Orders Of Creation.
A new dish is offered for the epicure to
pass his opinion upon that Of English spar
row on toast. AS representative OF an
Albany paper was passing one of the city
markets he observed string Of small
birds hanging outside which resembled
the common English sparrow. Upon in
quiry he was informed that the birds were
sparrows, and could be either stewed or
served on toast. They sold for eight cents
pair.
The novel exhibition of hundred head
of cattle sliding down a steep hill for a
distance Of fifty yards or more, was one OF
the incidents of the sleet storm at Oxford,
Ind. On arriving at the brow Of the hill
John Moore, the herder, endeavored to
stop them from going over, but was too
late. Almost instantly the whole herd
were on their knees, then, falling over on
their Sides they shot Off down the hill
with frightful velocity, many OF them as
sumins the most grOtesque attitudes in
their descent. In his efforts to head them
off the herler slipped and fell, and never
stopped until lie brought up with thud
against huge steer al the bottom of the
hl. None of the cattle were seriously in
jured.
Littleton Dennis writes to the New
York Sun as follows:
Ex-senator Dennis does not derive ang
income from the sale rT terrapin, as al
leyed by the Atlanta Constitution. In
fac: he finds it difficult, t, procure enough
for his own table. the ''varmints y being
quite scal &C in his neiyhborhood. Terra
pin do I;t breed in captivity, and there is
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state of Maryland. There are ''terrapin
pounds (holes dug in the ground and
filled with sea drift. and into which bitches
leadin. from the salt water are turned),
where they are placed and fed until wanted
for use, after havin. been caught By means
of s,ines. or otherwise but no one has
yet attempted tcrrapin farming. The TEL
rapn thrive better III these places. where
they arc fed or chopped clans, than in
boxes or on floors. as they arc less liable,
in scrainblng after the food, to scratch
one anothcr's legs, and are kept cooler.
The ex. senator is a large landhOlder, and
one OF tie most successful and cnterpris-
ing farmers in the state, and at his home
lie is surrounded by almost every comfort
one could wish for, but the story of his
"terrapin farm" is bosh
4 singular encounter between q dog and
a donkey occurred recently in Blackpooi,
England The dog rushed at the donkey
as he was standing in field, and fastened
on his nose. The donkey shook him Of.
bit him about the head and shoulders, and
tossed him wildly about. The dog again
seized the donkey, and the combatants
could not he separated. After the fight
had lasted half an hour. the owner decided
to have the dog shot, rs it had by that
time fastened with Il firm hold on the don.
keys hose. \ gun was procured, but 50
savage wa the fight that it was difficult e
Shoot one animal without killing the Other
also. At last aim was taken L bullet VIA:
pat into tie dogs head, and it dropped to
the ground. When the smoke cleared
away the dog was dead, but The infuriatet
donkey had returned to the charge, kick
ing, biting and tramping nn the dog. Il
was with great difficulty the donkey wa:
at last driven Oft