St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03
Stories About Animals.

A gray horse used by the st. Louis
transfer company in one of its teams Is
an habitual tobacco chewer.
A terrier dog at Americas, Ca, has
forsaken his home and taken up his
lot with a herd of goats, refusing to
associate with other CANNES.
Jealousy recently induced a large
Berlin dog to attack tive-year-old
boy. The boy was petting 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 stallion and
bull dog. 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 feet.
w. b. w. Daniels, of Dublin, Ga,
was deer hunting recently. His dog
caught a fawn. Daniels attempted to
secure it, and the doe came to the res
cue. He dropped the fawn to catch
the mother, but after a desperate strug-
gle she slipped from his grasp and got
away.
A lady at Branchville, n. j., one day
fed 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 excursions
from the brook to the house to obtain
food.
A fight between a toad and 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 asafGtida that
Virginia lady has placed under the
caves of the porch as 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 was soon discovered
that they had moved their nest twig by
twig to the opposite side of the porti-
co.
At a wayside inn in the south of
France is a roasting jack moved by an
imal power. Two dogs turn the ma
chine, working alternately. One day
the dog whose proper turn it was being
absent, the other was caught and put
on the wheel. He finally refused,
however, to work, and neither coaxing,
threats nor chaStisements produced
any effect. After some delay the mis-
sing 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 hearty
good wheel till the roast was finished.
The blue jay is the boldest and most
mischievOus of wild birds. Near Knox
vile, Tenn, recently, one was seen to
fly number of times to a high picket
fence to attract pair of kittens play
ing on the lawn. The kittens finally
mounted the fence and began a eau
tious approach from picket to picket.
The jay let the first get to within
eighteen inches, then hoped over be-
tween the two. The second kitten ap-
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 fol-
lowed soon after. Once or twice after
the Jay tried to inveigle the kittens to
another frolic, but failed New York
Sun.