Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-09

A gray horse used By the ST. Louis
transfer Company in one Of its team:
Is habitual tobacco chewer.
A terrier dog at Atnericus. Ca. h,s
forsaken his home and taken up his Ior
with Il herd of goats. refusing 70 asso-
ciate with other CANNES.
Jealousy Recently induced q large
Berlin dog to attack fve-year-old boy
Inc boy was petting a new lap dog
when the big dog jumped upon nin and
threw him down. The lap dog. going
to the boys assistance, was killed.
A novel fight occurred in a stable
recently in Council Bluffs between a
stallion and a bulldog. The fight lasted
| more than an hour. and was so furious
that no one dared TO enter to interfere.
After fatally bTuisiDg tie dog the horse
threw 1t out of 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 1t.
| and the doc came to the rescue He
dropped the fawn to catch the mother.
but after "A desperate struggle, she slip
ped from his grasp and got away.
A lady at Branchville, n. j., one day
fed a common brook turtle that had
approached her door. Thereafter the
turtle paid freq lent visits. This season
the animal brought mate with Il, aud
the two make frequent excursions from
the brook to the mouse to obtain foOd.
fight between toad and large
black spider was recently witnessed at
Merrick. l.. l. After each round the
toad hopped To a large plantain leaf
and bit OF piece, and then returned to
the fray. After this had occurred sew
erai times the leaf was taken away, and
the toad, failing 10 find the leaf, soon
rolled over and died.
The distasteful odor of assafntida that
Virginia lady had placed under tie
caves of the porch as Il disinfect8nt
drove away wren that had jnst gone
to housekeeping. For some days the
bird and her mate were observed to be
very busy. and 1t Was soon disc 1vered
that they had moved their nest twig 10y
twig to the opposite side of the portlco.
Al wayside inn in the south of
France is q roasting jack moved 10y anl-
nal power. Two dos turn tho machine,
working alternately. One day the dog
whose proper turn IL was being absent,
tne other WAS caught and pat INTO the
wheel. He fatty refused, however, 10
work, and neither co1xing, threats nor
Christening produced any effect. After
some delay the missing dog Was found
and set 10 the task. After he had nearly
completed the job he WAS released aud
tne first tried again, and the animal so
lately recusaEt now offered no objection,
and made the wheel revolvo with a
hearty good will until the roast was
hulshed.
The blue jay is the boldest and most
mischievous of wild birds. Near Knox
vile, Tenu., 70 ,entiy one was seen To lily
il nanher of times 10 u high picket
fence to attract II pair of kittens playing
on the lawn. The kittens finally mount
cd the fence and began cautious ap-
proaoh from picket To picket. The y
let the first get TO within eighteen inch
es, then hopp 4 over between the two.
The second kitten approached; the Jly
hoppe d over II. Ehe first Kitten APP
preached, and the bird hoped bac;
over it, and SO kept 1t up tili ono kitten
got disausted and left, and tic other
followed soon after. Once or twice the
jay tried To inveigie the kittens to an
other frulic afterward, but failed.
Abe Simmons of Rosendale, \. T.,
has wonderful dog named Jack. Jack
used to toss silver piece placed upon
his nose and turn around once and
catch II III 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 children who
have sleighs, for he will rush out when
Il boy il going along. grab the rope from
the sleigh, pull 1t loose from the boy aud
run of with it as fast as he can 60. FL
nally the bows combined against him.
When Jack decides that lie wants H
sleigh, they let him have the rope, but
five or SIX boys jump on the sleigh, and
Jack very soon tires of drawing them.
Jack. when cork Is thrown mp IN the
air. will jump up, turn somsrsauls,
and catch 1t III his mouth.
An interesting account of the affec-
tiOnate attention of hen for brood
of kittens il given III the Scotsman. In
two adjoining nests, in loft, in Tayin-
loan inn. kintyre. were five kittens and
q setting hen. A day or two after the
kittens were born the hen removed from
the nest III which she was and took pos
session of them. but the Cat removed |
the kittens from the loft to a small en- |
closure in another house. The hen soon !
found out the place TO which her adopt |
ea family had been carried, and took to |
nursing them as before. On this an un- |
was come TO between the |
real and the foster mother. The hen |
allowed the Cat TO come at intervals and |
nurse them. The hen has never left the |
kittens, but devoted 10 them her whole |
time, and has always trusted to food |
being brought To her. She takes them
under her wings, clucks 10 them. and /
works about them with her bill, aud |
now. when they are beginning Ia move |
about. she permits them 10 CLUB on
her aad amuse themselves, as kittens
will. On the other hand the kittens re-
turn to the hen with the greatest fond |
ness, stQd seem TO regard their real |
mother rs nothing more than creature |
to supply them with food.