Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-19
roo sTRAYeE FOR BELIEF.
Toe yourhrd For by Connecticut People Who
Never Lie.

Mlddletown, Conn, correspondent
writes ; Dr. Baiicy's dsns&ter, ten years
Old, hiss a ne, which attracts much atteu-
lion. II Il a domestiosted CHECKER, two
weeks cid. The Doctor sat ben on fifteen
eggs. So far es Is known the hen At
tended 10 her duties in business
like way, but the best she could do
yss 10 hatch out one chicken. This
diseus,ed her apparently, for in previous
efforts in the line OF chicken-prOducing
she had met with much better success. 20
she abandoned the chicken and returned TO
the egg.producing business. Little Maud
BAILEY took an interest In The little orphan
and adopted II. bringing II up by hand.
She divided her affections between II ano
diminttiye kitten. Tic two strangely
affiliated pets have thus far gotten on
bravely together, and the kitten has SHOWN
no disposition To make meal OF Tue
chicken. The singular part oil lhis cnlch'
ems career Is thai II is 80 fond OF IT'S ii'tic
mistress taat 1t follows her up ana doWh
stairs IN the house III iesponSe 10 lier CANS
and ont into and about the yard. u mas also
deyeloued desire to accompany her on her
walks about the streets, and II requires
much exertion 10 force II 10 remain at nome
when Miss Maud goes out to call on her III
tie friends.
An engineer on the Consolidated road
tells q funny hen story. He aiilrms, WIN
much yicor. that one day last week when
he was running an express train rom II NJ
ford down the road, he ran into flock %
chickens lust below the Berlin station.
One OF the fowls was killed. One hen
attempted TO fly away from her danger
Gus position between the riilS. ~ would
be expected, she made IN utter failure
OF il and landed OF the pilOt-head. The
train was running at the rate OF forty
Ave mites an hour. and the hen apparently
had SENSE enough 10 know that any attempt
10 fly OF would prove fatal. 50 she rOb,t-
cd on her narrow perch until the train
rolled into the Neriden station. eight miles
below the spot here she became pisseu-
ger. when the train came 90 stanGstl,i
she iumned of, shook her feathers, and
ron away, much to the disappointment OF
the engineer, who wanted her for pct.
From Hartford comes the strange story
OF the apparent affection which . rat had
for sick dove. In deserted barn on
Morgan street. near Front. q cDlony ol
doves have their headquarters. Adjoining
the barn i feed and grlln-StOrc. Rat.
Of course. divide the occupany ~ She barn
with the doves. and both find food IL the
cnnary. ON sunday last indy living
opposite noticed rat make several trips
from the barn 10 the granarY and
hack. She was confident il waS the
same rat. aud, after an hours watching,
went ont 10 inyc~ti gate. In The barn,
lying helpless ~ one OF the stalls, She found
q dove. apparently III. certainly not in
jurcd. About j; and within reach were a
number Of ef2ins OF corn. she a'.o as,rr;,
that she SAW thr ~, GONE into the barn and
spit out from a., ji-'cndcd cheeks a num-
Der Of grains ~ ce'n within Cl,y resch OF
the dove. 1h> story OF affinity between
natural cncmlc, she tells jo her friends,
and seem, tribe offended II they don':
believe il.