The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-05-21

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crop is exhausted, is doubtless 8
problem of startling intricacy.
The next animal in the collec
ton is the Great American Ar
madillo. This animal is a genui
Of American pIantigrade mann
mails Of the bear family, Of the
section sxbuysinae. In this genus
the size 10 small, the body stout
and the tail moderately long,
bushy and prehensile. Wemake
this latter statement authorita.
lively and for confirmation. cite
the reader to about seventy pages
on the subject, to be found in
the American Encyclopedias un-
der the title of "coon."
Coon is not plenty in this To-
cality at present, at least not
COED coon. There is a species,
however, about Logan and the
Governor offics.at Columbus, in
such great profusion rs TO cause
the species 10 lose that element
of rarity which would make it q
valuable addition to a Geological
garden, or in fact to any kind OF
garden, or coal pile, or hon roost,
Or anything of that character.
The coon in this Geological COL
lection is of the old Zip Coon''
family and was formerly used by
the Ohis State Journal to signal
izs or symbolizs Republican vic
tories. That journal having no
use for the animal in that capa-
city latterly, was induced 10 con-
tribute it to the garden, which is
and intends to continue a strictly
first class Democratic show, with
no ornate civil service attach.
ments or embellishments what
soever.
The coon's diet was formerly
Democratic rooster, but at pre-
sent it subsists solely upon such
crumbs of comfort as may be dis
casded by the majestic chanti-
cleer. from its abundant stock of
public provindsr.
Tho next specimen on the list
is a well knewn carnivorol . ani-
NAL belonging to the vulpine di
vision of the family camidaes.
At first glance one might pos
sibly take the animal for q wolf.
But one would have to be very
much intoxicated to do 50. A
little more liquor would proba-
bly cause it 10 look like a horse
and wagon, or Republican con-
vention electing Beatty delegates
with the Opera House doors lock-
ed. As we were sober and had
the confidence of tie manager,
We discovered it 10 be only a
fox. The Encyclopedia says of
foxes. that "they are shy. cum
ming and unsociable, their senses
of sight, hearing and smell are
very acute,'' &c. We cheerful1y
coincide with the Encyclopedia
in all particulars, especially the
smell, which is about as acute as
DR.. Jim Littls's equine crema-
tory, or a salivated slaughter.
house. The Prof. informs US that
this particular animal il an ex-
csption to the rule of foxss and
was possessed of . ferocity here
fore unknown in the species. He
claims that for years this animal
had been a terror in Vinton CO.,
and that its final capture was at
tended with great danger and
loss of life. He states that for
several years farmers had missed
horses and cows and even teams
Of oxen, together with yokes,
wagon and driver were mysteri-
ously lost. On one occasion \
bill Of sale, two promissory note !
and a late opened coal mine were
missing and doubtless found their
way into the rapacious NAV Of
this wonderful animal. After
many vain efforts to capture it,
wherein all modern arts had
been employed. it was finally
suggested by one wiser than all
the rest, to send Homer Jones to
the rescue. Homer lulled tho
fierce monster to sleep with tie
magnetic influence of his Cicero
nian oratory and policeman John
Gallagher was sent down by the
management and secured the an
imal in . coffee sack. Recover.
ing while in transit to the Zoo.
its struggles for liberty we're al
armingly fierce. In one of its
fierce lunges it struck manager
Gage on the cheek with such
force as to dislocate the first ar
ticulation Of the animals lumbar
rutabago. Upon reaching its
destination the services Of DR.
deStsigsr and Jesse Butin were
called into rsquisition and after
administering copious doses of
chloroform by hypsrdermic in
lection into the coffee sack, the
animal was at length subdued
and dumped into the pen pre-
pared for it. The most singular
part of the fiction is that when
the sack was opened three foxes
came out instead of one. No ef-
fort is made to explain; this
strange fact, SO we let it 60 in
with the rest of the lie subject to