National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-08-26
TOO STRANGE FOR BELIEF,
Yet Vouohed for by Connecticut PEG
pie who Never Lite.

Yet Vouohed for by Connecticut Peo-
pie who Never Lite.
DR.. Bailey lives at Middlctown, Conn.,,
Ho has daughter 10 years old, who has
o pet which attracts much attention. 1t
is domesticated chicken 9 weeks old.
Tho doctor sat a hen on fifteen eggs. So
far as is known, the hen attended to her
duties in q business.likc way, but the best
she could do was TO hatch out one chicken.
This disguised her apparently for in
previous efforts in tho line of chicken
producing she had met with much better
success. SO she abandoned the chicken
ing business. Little Maud Bailey
took an interest in the little orphan and
adopted 1t, bringing 1t mp by hand. Sho
divided her affections between il and
diminutive kitten. Tho two strangely
affiliated pets have thus far got on bravoly
togethory and the kitten has shown no
disposition to make meal of the chicken.
The singular part of the chickens career
is that it IL so fond of Its little. mistress
that 1t follows her up and down stairs in
the house in response to her calls, and
out into and about the yard. 1t has also
developed desire to accompany her on
her walks about the streets, and it re-
quires much exertiou to force 1t to remain
at homo when Miss Maud goes out to call
on her little friend.
An engineer on the Consolidated road
tells funny hen story. He aftirms, wit b
much vigor. that ono day last week when
he was running an express train from
Hartford down tho road no ran into q
flock of chickens just below tho Berlin
station. Ono of the fowls was killed.
Ono hen attempted to fly away from her
dangerous position between the rails. Au
would be expected, she made an utter
failure of it and landed on tho pilot
head. The train was running at the
ratio of forty-tive miles an hour, and the
hen apparently had sense enough to know
that any attempt to fly of would prove
fatal. SO she roasted on her narrow
perch until the train rolled into the Mer.
iden station eight miles below the spot
where she became q passenger. Wher
the train came to a standstill she jumped
off, shook her feathers, aud ran away
much to tho disappointment of tho on
gineer, who wanted her for pet.
From Hartford comes the strange story
of the apparent affection which rat has
for sick dove. In deserted barn il
Morgan street, near Front, colony o
doves have their headquarters Adjoi
ing tho barn is feed and grain store
Rats, of course, divide tho occupancy o
the barn with the doves. and both fine
food in the granary., On Sunday last /
, I ,s5y tfving opposite nttrad, q rat max,
several trips from tho barn to nssranarJ
, and back. She was confident 1T wa
the same rat, and, after an hour
watching, went out to investigate.
the barn, lying helpless in one of til
stalls, she found dove, apparently il
, certainly not injured. About 1t an
within reach were a number of grains
corn. She also asserts that she saw Il
rat come into the barn and spit out froi
its distended checks a number of graiI
of corn within easy reach of the dow
This story Of affinity between natur'
enemies she tells to her friends. an
seems trao offended if they don't b,
lieve it.