The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-08
Stories About Animals.

fCrsaken his home and taken up his
lot with Il herd Of goats, refusing to
associate with other CANNES.
Jealousy recently induced a large
Berlin dog to attack a f~ive-year-old
boy. The boy was petting a 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 a stable in
Council Bluffs between a stallion and
a bulldog. The fight lasted more than
an hour, and was so furious that no one
dared enter to interfere. After fatally
bruising the dog the horse threw it
outside the stall with its teeth.
W. B. F. Daniel, of Dublin, Ga, was
deer hunting recently. His dog caught
a fawn. Daniel attempted to secure
itpand the doe came to the rescue.
lie dropped the fawn to catch the
mother, but after a desperate struggle
she slipped from his grasp and got
away.
A lady at Branchville, N. j., one day
fed q common brook turtle that had
approached her door. Thereafter the
turtle paid frequent visits. This sea-
son the animal brought a mate with
it, and the two make frequent excur-
sions from the brook to the house to
obtain food.
A fight between a toad and a large
black spider was recently witnessed at
Merrick, L. L. After each round the
toad hoped to a plantain leaf, bit off
a piece and then returned to the fray.
After this had occurred several times
the leaf was taken away, and the toad,
failing to find the leaf, soon rolled over
and died.
The distasteful odor of asaf9tida that
a Virginia lady had placed under the
leaves of the porch as a disinfectant
drove away a wren that had just gone
to housekeeping. For some days the
bird and her mate were observed to be
very busy, and it vas Don discovered
that they had moved their nest twig by
twig to the opposite side Of the por-
tico.
at wayside inn inthe south of France
is a roasting jack moved by animal
power. Two dogs turn the machine,
working alternately. One day the dog
whose proper turn it was being absent,
the other was caught and put on the
wheel. He fatty, however, refused to
work, and neither coaxing, threats nor
chastisement produced any effect.
After some delay 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 so lately recu-
SAINT now offered no opposition, and
made the wheel revolve with a hearty
good will till the roast was finished.
The bluejay is the boldest and most
mischievous of wild birds. Near
Knoxville, Tenn, recently, one was
seen to fly a number of times to a high
picket fence to attract a pair of kittens
playing on the lawn. The kittens
finally mounted the fence and began a
cautious approach from picket to
picket. The jay let the first get to
within eighteen inches, then hoped
over between the two. The second
kitten approached; the bird hoped
over it. 1t turned and the jay hoped
back and between. The first kitten
approached and the jay hoped back
over it, and he kept it up till one kit
ten got Disguised and left and the
other followed soon after. Once or
twice after the jay tried to inveigle
the kittens to another frolic, but
failed.
Abe Simmons, of Rosendale, n. Y,
has Il wonderful dog named Jack.
Jack used to toss a silver piece placed
upon his nose and turn around once
and catch it in his mouth, but some
one put a 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 ear 60. Finally the
boys combined against him. When
Jack decides that he wants a sleigh
they let him have the rope, but five or
six boys jump on the sleigh, and Jack
very socn tires of drawing them.
Jack, when a cork is thrown up in the
air, will jump up, turn a somersault
and catch it in his mouth.