The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-18
OUR MENAGERIE.

NOTED "dude" has died in Philadelphia.
He was babOon in the Geological Garden.
His pastures and gait were exactly like the
current American imita ion OF the London
swelps, and he showed Just about enough
intelligence TO complete The likeness.
CAMILLA (Ga) Clarion young lady pas
senger on the railroad the other morning
had as pets two live chameleon lizards One
was fastened by ribbon TO her shawl-pin,
and rested on her bosom and shoulder The
other she held on the back OF her hand
When these die the boys propose to give her
gopher Be it said she was not Georgia
girl Georgia girls have good sense.
NEWMAN GA Herald: Mr. John B. Good
wyn brought to our office some black duck
eggs Careless of George Washington's
hatche t-lesson, he asserts that his ducks
have been in the habit of laying coloi ed
eggs for several years; some OF them are
black, some drab and some pale blue The
ducks have not yet attained to pelfeL ton in
the coloring art, as the coors are easily
rubbed off.
In Paducah, Ky, the other day, two spar
rows got into fight and tried TO drown
each other in q stream flowing down a street
gutter. After a long and desperate struggle
one got the others head under and kept it
there until life was extinct A large num-
Der of birds gathered around the victor and
chartered to ii rs it sat on limb rearrang-
ing its toilet The fight was witnessed by
more than one hundred people.
WE have in Gainesville. Ga (says cor
Eespondent) COW who lost her calf some
months since and IL seems that she does
not like the idea OF being childless conse-
quently she has, unfortunately for her
owner, taken under her wing of adoption an
animal in the shape of goat eyed q
months raised up motlerless and from ap-
pearances it seems that tie COW is in full
sympathy with the poor Little motherless
goat, and permits it TO follow her around
and partake of the tactical fluid fresh from
the teats. She careSses 1t BIZ licking IL with
her tongue with as much care and tender
ness as II il were her own and one of the
most prominent features about the goat l.,
that ii any one try t. separate It from it's
adopted mother it viii bleat as If it were
crying after its mother.
CHARLOTTE IN. c. Obscrpcr: Jake Barrin-
ger, tenant who was blowing on Mr. John
Nadsworth's farm recently, turned up with
the DlOw- share one OF those curlOsities-a
jointed snake. The reptile was about yard
In length, and was put together in four sec
tons The darky did not know what sort of
q snake il was when it frat turned up, and
hit IL with "a stick to kill it, At the first blow
the snake fell oil to pieces, the head going
one way and the tail part another, and the
two body pieces jumped off in different di-
rections The amazed darby resumed lis
blowing, went to the end of the furrow, and
on his return was surprised to see the
snake all together again except the tail
piece and watching few minutes,
saw the ,ail coming up TO Join the body, tax
ing sharp, quick little Jerks. IL came nearer
aud nearer until within few inches OF the
three -fourths snake, when il gave sudden
lump and hitched on in its prol er Place,
with o fuss resembling the popping OF cap:
The darky knocked 1t TO pieces several
times and each time 1t came toge her again.
He carried his amusement a little too far,
however, in throwing the tai + art of the
snake across the creek just to see, aS he
said show |, mr. it would take it to catch up
but il never caught up. The snake with its
three Joints was carried To the no use, and
the tail Is no doubt still going about the
] woods hunting for q sraxe To hitch onto.