The Portland daily press., 1882-10-24
Stories about aAnimals.

h0oCA 4Oo ceOOoU saAlllc1Ss
A gray horse used by the ST. Louis Transfer
Company in one of its teams is an habitual to-
bacco chewer.
terrier dog at Americas, Ca, has forsaken
his home and taken up his lot with herd of
goats, refusing to associate with other CANNES
Jealousy recently induced large Berlin dog
to attack five year old boy. The boy was
pstting new lap dog when the big dog jumped
upon him and threw him down. The lap dog
going to the boys assistance, was killed.
A novel fight occurred in stable at Council
Bluffs between stallion and bull dog. The
fight lasted more than an hour, and was SO fu-
rious that no one dared to interfere Az
ter fatally bruising the dog the horse threw it
outside the stall with its feet
W. B. F. Daniels, of Dublin, Ca, was deer
hunting recently. His dog caught fawn.
Daniels attempted to secure it and the doe
came to the rescue. He dropped the fawn to
catch the mother, but after desperate strug-
gle she slipped from his grasp and got away.
lady at Branchville, N. j., one day fed a
common brook turtle that had approached her
door, Thereafter the turtle paid frequent WIS.,
its. This season the animal brought mate
with it, and the two make frequent excursions
from the brook to the house to obtain food.
fight between toad and a large black
spider was recently witnessed at Merrick, L. l.
After each round the toad hoped to PLAN
tain leaf. bit off piece, and then turned to the
fray. After this had occurred several times
the leaf was taken away, and the toad failing
to lind the leaf, soon rolled over and died.
The distasteful odor of asafotida that Vir-
ginia lady had placed under the caves of the
porch as adisinfectant drove away wren that
had just gone to the housekeeping. For some
days the bird and her mate were observed to
be very busy, and it was soon discovered that
opposite side of the portico
At wayside inn in the south of France is
roasting jack moved by animal power Two
dogs turn the machine, working alternately.
One day the dog whose proper turn it was be-
ing absent, the other was caught and put on
the wheel. He finally refused, however, to
work, and neither coaxing, threats nor chas-
tsementS produced any eff sct. After some de-
lay the missing dog was found and set to the
task. After he had nearly completed the job
he was released and the first tried again, and
the animal 80 lately recusant now offered no
opposition, and made the wheel revolve with q
hearty good will till the roast was finished.
The blue jay is the boldest and most mis-
chievous of wild birds. Near Knoxville, Tenn.
recently, one was seen to fly number of times
to high picket fence to attract pair of kit
tens playing on the lawn. The kittens finally
mounted the fence and began a cautious ap-
proach from picket to picket The jay let the
first get to within eighteen inches, then hopped
preaching, the bird hoped over it. 1t turned,
and the jay hoped back over it, and SO kept it
up till one kitten got Disguised and left, and
the Other followed soon after. Once or twice
after the jay tried to inyeigle the kittens to
another frolic, but failed.
Abe Simmons, of Rosendale, N Y, has a
wonderful dog named Jack. Jack used to toss
silver piece placed upon his nose, and turn
around once and catch it in his mouth, but
some one put hot penny on his nose one day
and that spoiled the trick. In the winter time
he is the dread of all the school children who
have sleighs for he will rush out when a boy is
going along, grab the rope of the sleigh, pull it
loose from the boy and run off with it as fast as
he can go. Finally the boys combined against
him. When Jack decides that he wants
sleigh they let him have the rope, but five or
six boys jump on the sleigh, and Jack very
soon tires of drawing them. jack when a cork
is thrown up in the air, will jump up, turn
somersault, and catch it in his mouth.
An interesting account of the affectionate at
tentions of a hensfor a litter of kittens is given
in the Scotsman. In two adjoining nests, in
loft in Tayinloan Inn, Kintyre, were five kit
tens and setting hen. A day or two after
the kittens were born the hen removed from
the nest in which she was and took possession
of them, but the cat removed them from the
loft to a small enclosure in another house. The
hen soon found out the place to which her
adopted family had been carried, and took to
nursing them as before. On this an UNDER
standing was come TO between the real ano
foster mother. The hen allowed the cat I'd
come at intervals and nurse them The hen
has never left the kittens, but devotes to them
her whole time, and has always trusted to food
being brought to her. She takes them under
her wings, clucks to them, and works about
them with her bill, AMI now, when they are
beginning to move about, she permits them to
climb on her and amuse themselves, as kittens
will On the other hand, tine kittens return to
the hen with the greatest fondness, and seem
to regard their real mother as nothing more
than creature to supply them with food.