Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-05-27
Wild Animals and rslfumery.

Perfumes are DOT .cse we'd alone for the
delicate Ios,r!ls Of the rich aud O sthesic 70
perceive snd ENJOY. AS Mark Twain
might remark. NO, sIr. evea baser AMI
ma's have their feelings aud their fAilinxs
IN the same direction"
You might no; think it, remarked N
old traveller who is never more a, home
than when relating his experiences IN the
African Iurgles. ''bu. tigers, leopards and
o,her animals OF that ciass are az fond OF
the plant cs,nlp As evens,he mos. domesu-
Gated tabby Of the tireside.''
Don't you Ia nix your stasemen, 10 .
little, tall, SO 10 speasf' aske the n porter,
No, sir. can prove ii; anu living
| Witness SAID the old veteran, severely.
Pray explain
Vel, yo usce We were stationed ON
| We tpk tour Up the country TO ex-
plorc things little. We were only three
and one afternoon hen We thought it near
time 10 head back for the se;tlemen, we
came across ,lgress sad = young cub.
We had no sooner spied them than they
spled us, and an Immense tiger put in his
aipearence through the ether end OF the
opening IN the timber. Oar ammunition
| was nea<fy ont, and there was nothing to
do but raa for it. Ny two comrades wefs
soon torn TO pieces .
Nv ell whats that got 10 do with ca
nipf' asked one OF the audience d,scon-
tentedly.
"a great deal, my friend | was sayin, ;
my two comrades were soon disnembered
and the animals were coming tor ne when
suddenly remembered my early Sunday
school teaching and pulled out q bunch of
catnip | had in my poke. | dang it
toward the infurIated animals and they
commenced to fight over it and eat each
other up, which accounts for my presence
here concluded the old man, wlnking At
the host.
GIVE Munchausen another ball." re
marked guest who had suddenly bus-
ness Of importance in another quarter
Yes, continued the old man, setting
down for night of it, ''If you wan, to
kill cats never Hlrangle 'em, drown 'em,
shy booilacks at EN-, or tie kettles 10 their
tails, these are all dangerous remedies
It's the easiest thing in the world 10 Kill
'em of
How" asked dozen voices eagerly.
'Ahem.' replied the cat killer, after
carefully putting his last toddy out OF
sight in safe place; lust get your cats
ali on the roof, the higher the better take
away your fire escapes, and placing q
large bunch OF c-tnip on the ground
whistle to 'cm and polut to the plant
They II all jump of, and if any are no,
killed in the fail they will disp ose Of each
other in fighting for the plant
The audience began TO clear ont. aud
only for fresh arrivals The old man would
have gone to bed sober. He got In more
OF this work, however.
Salt, said he, lis the most health ,
OF all natures pro1lcta. have know.
of antelopes running all over the Kocky
Mountains after mans who had piece
OF rock salt ip his pocket. Now gentle
men, don't ask any questions hurriedlJ
put in the old man, seeing that his hearer,
were becoming incredulous," I'm telling
you nothing but the plain truth. Fcnets
are powerful fond of persplring smell,
and byenas and vultures are fsnd OF car
ron aroma. Horses nose around their
trainers, and other animals have peculis
ideas IN this way.