The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-02-04
ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS.

the crow eVaded MN every time. and,
moreover, picked the snakes head to
shreds and killed him.
a travelling party lost their dog at
and ten days afterward, when
at Berlin, about one hundred miles dis
tant, the animal joined them again, rag !
ged and gaunt. The dog had not before 4
been over the road.
Prof. Paige, of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
has mouSe-eating stOrk that traps his (
own food. He was brought from Mex /.
leo by the professor, and has become .
quite tame. He Will watch a mouse
hole for more than an hour, and is
always sure Of his game.
Statistics show that IN 1873 1.IO0
mOles were destroyed in Greenwood Gem
etery. Tu 1873 7,18f ground mice, 81
cats, 30 dogs, 103 snakes and 121 rats
were destroyed. In 1879 3,l5S ground
mice, 73 cats. % dogs, 30 moles, "a
snakes and 80 rats were captured.
An eagle carried a cat TO her nest in
the north Of Scotland. Feigning death
the cat was left by the eagle with her
young ones. As soon as The old bird left
pussy spTang upon the eagles, made
meal of one of them and effected her
escape without injury.
Nellie was q handsome pony belonging
TO an old regIo woman IN st. LOUIS.
She had become very aged and seemed
serious and medjtatlVe. With a Few
farewell neighs resently she deliberately
dashed her head against the wall of the
house, and, breaking her neck, died.
Al ant apparently sick went stumb-
ling along the dome of a nest with its
feeleTs hanging loosely. Several other
ants approached it and touched it with
their feelers. AT last il WAS taken up
bv them and carried to some water near
bv. many times dipped Ill it, and with
} care brought back to the ant hill.
y dog got between the tracks on the
/ PENNSYLVANIA railroad just IS two eN-
/ press trains were approaching from op-
! pOsite directions. The animal looked
/ in either direction and then didth only
+ thing which could have saved him. lie
stretched himself out on his belly, placing
( HE nose between bis paws. aId remained
/ in Il at position until the trains had pass
/ ed.
! 4 daily visitor to the cage Of hand
( some canary in the Office of the Fhiladel-
| phia Times is u mouse. He is welcomed
. by a song, and as he eats the seeds and
drinks the water from the cups, the bird
+ gives evidence of his being a favOTite
guest After his meals he frequnetly
plays about the bottom Of the cage an
, hour.
4 canary bird belonging to lady in
. Portland, Ne, faInJs away as gracefully
as can be. When nOtised it viii stop IN
the middle Of a song and fall from its
perch as if dead. 1t remains in an un-
. conscious condition for some ten or if
teen minutes, then rJuses up and begins
to warble as though nothing had occur
red.
Over three bushel OF fish. mostly trout,
were found recently landlOCked in the
bed of q mountain Stream on the line Of
the Erie railroad. The brook is almost
entirely dried 10y the drought, and at
the foot Of little ledge of rock these fish
were found in pool ofabout two barrels
of water They had evidently been
driven into it as the water grew lower
and lower in the stream.
y faTmea near Reading. Pa, had g
monkey that WAS fond of running the
hay cutter. The hired man caught him
asleep one day in the barn. and tied hay
around his tail, which was four feet
lonC. When the monkey awoIe he
found the bunch OF hay. lie is said tC
have thrown il on the hay cutter, and Z
moment later TO have run over the raft
ers chaJteTing with pain.
! New jersey sportsman had beer
shooting and had killed several birds
He sent his dog 20 fetch them. rs ht
approached with one of the birds hi:
master took . few steps forward ans
catching his foot in a grapevine. fel
. forward upon his gun, which was dis
, charged, the entire contents lodging il
the dog The animal continued TO ad
vance. dropped the bird at his master
feet. licked his hand and. looking up in
to his face affectioUatcly, dropped dead
4 Cincinnati eat caught mouse, ant
of fftaG l.
to killing and baHquetiug upon it. JUS
thenanotheT cat came up. Tom instant
" put his nose under a tin-pan that Ia
in the yard bottom side up, and deposit
ed his prey. and then attacked the intrU
der. After q lively battle Tom adyel
sarv retreated, Tom pursuing him ont c
sight He was gone possibly five mil
!; u5es. when he returned to the yard
y walked Up to the inverted pan, agai
ran his nose under it, sisZed the nous
and proceeded with the neal, the pTel
] minariqs TO which had been so impuC
emily interrupted.
y Placer, Cal. dog fell into shat
and was there for IL days before he W.
discovered. During that time he wa
= without food. The bottom of the shat
was tTamped as hard and as smooth .
marble, and the sides as high as the do
= could spring were furrowed and torn j
its frantic efforts 20 escape. y diet {
warm water and milk was administ ere
and at last accounts it was recoyeriu
! rapidly. It's weight before it disapDea
! ed was 100 pounds and when found
was less than twenty.
Leo and SambO were two dogs owne
by Dr. Carter, of Winthrop, low;
They had separate quarters, bnt bot
5. showed a preference for the house in I'll
rear of the dwelling. They were goo
r. friends, but SambO, by trick, kept p0
ed session when he desired the favoTite ke
te mel When Leo had taken the pla
& Sambo wOnld run out in great fury, bar
ID ing loudly, and when Leo ran OHt to s.
n what was going on, SambO would slip
20, and take possession. This device faile
At / and then Leo was enticed ont by boz
Is, borught by SambO. The latter dog new
weaTies Of practising upon Leo.
A convention Of crows was witness,
y. by James Hillinan. of Orwigsburg,
Y As he entered the woods sever
thousand crows were percbed on t
trees. Soon sentinels took their plac
on the outskirts of the woods. T
crows seemed engaged in an earnest {
! bate. Some appeared to argue one y
and some another. They separated
groups Of dozen or so, cawed and'ch.
tered for a while, and then met in gre
I. hocks. This continued for six da,
during which time none of the corn
the neighboriug fields was touched.
the sixth day they suddenly flew away
the uOrthwaad. They went in flOcks
about 300 each. at intervals Of FIVE N
q, ptes. and each flock had a leader.