The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-05-17
OiR MENAGERIE.

A NOTED dude has died in Philadelphia.
He was hab son III the Geological Garden
Ills lostures and gait were exactly like the
current American imitation OF the London
sweli's, and he showed Just about enough
Intelligence to complete the likeness
CAMILLA tial Clarion: 4 young lady pas
seng,r on the railroad the other morning
had as pets two live chameleon lizards One
Mas fastened hv q ribbon TO her shawl pin,
and rested on her bosom and shoulder. The
ether she held on the back or her hand
When these die tie boys propose to give her
il gopher. lie ii said she was not n Georgia
girl Georgia girls have good sense.
NEWMAN tGa.l Herald. Mr. John D. Good
wvn mought TO our office some black duck
ea.s Careless of George Washlngtona
hstrlct-.esspn, he asserts that his ducks
have been in the haiti of laying colored
eggs FIR several years; some OF them are
hts,ck some drab and some pale blue. The
tie coloring ant, as the colors are easily
rubbed of.
l. raiucah kv., the other day, two spar
rows sat into Il fight and tried to drown
en- Ii other in Il stream flowing down street
gutter After loag and desperate struggle
une cot the others head under and kept il
there until life was extinct A large mum.
her "a birds gathered around the victor and
cAatregcd to it as it sat on limb rearrang.
ing its toilet The fight was witnessed by
mere than one hundred people.
We lave i'm Gainesville Ga tsays cor
respondpnt,, a COW who lost her calf some
months since. and it seems that she does
10, like the idea of being ehildess, coLse
eu.nty she has, unfortunately for hel
1 owncr. taken under her wing OF adoption al
animal in the shape OF goat. eyed
I months ri sed up motaerless anu from ap
/ pearanees il seems that the COW Is III ful
sympathy With the poor little motherles
goat, and permits 1t TO follow her afount
! ami rar.ahe Of the laeteal i'uid fresh from
4 tile tests She cafessesit b. licking it witt
I lef tongue with ~ much care anu tender
/ ne il as If it were her own, and one OF tn,
most prominent feature. about the goat l.
1 that ii any one try ta separate II from II
adapted mother II will hleat as II II wer
crying afterlts mother
CHARLOTTE IN. Cl Oisereer. Jake Barrin
ser, a tenant who was ploMing on Mr.. JOIN
Ma,lsworth's farm recently. turned up wit
the rloH share one of those curlosities-
iaintcd snake. The reptile was about u var
In length and was nut together i'll four sec
tlans The darks did not know what sort Q
snake 1t was when 1t iirst turned up, an
lit it with II stick To xii it At the first bio,
tito snake tel all t. pieces, the head gon
.ne way aud the tail art another, and til
lMo body pieces jumped OF iii different d
isetions. The amazed darky resumed HI
MOVING. went to the end Of the furrow, an
on lis return was surprised To see tn
snake NIL together again except the tai
piece una watching lew minutes
saw the tail coming up 10 ioin the body, tai
la4 sharp. quick little Jerks 1t came near.
and nearer until within few inches OF th
three loullhs snak~ when it gave a sadde
lump and LiteAed Oh ia its pro- er llac
With q IA rasembling the pbpfing OF cal
The tarks knocked 1t To pieces seyerl
tunes and "a Hi time il came tage her agail
- carried his amusement a little too ia
however, N throwing the tai art of Il
make a ross tile eree k just to see, a
sad, SLOW / mr. l. would taxi il - catch up
bit Ii nastr caught up The make vita |
thae. Joints Mas carried t. TIL house, al
In all mo duutt ftill going about Il
woods hunting for u snake TO hitch onto.