Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-25
a CURIOUS PET.
The Franks of = Tame woodchuck-uow
He Played with the Kittens.

The Franks of a Tame woodchuck-uow
He Played with the Kittens.
Perhaps some of the young readers
would like to hear about a tame wood
chuck had a few years ago. There
was boy coming from town one das.
and saw some boys tormenting som
thing they had on the ground; when
he got near enough he saw il was
little baby woodchuck that had not lis
eyes open. Being fond of pets he asked
them what they would take for it They
replied tiye cents. So the exchange
was quickly MADE. and he brought IL
home and laid it in my lap and wanted
me to take care of ii. got q teaspoon,
ful of warm milk. but the little thing
could not drink, so l opened its mouth
sid dropped = drop nj a time Till he
mad swallowed TWO tcaSpoonfu(S. then
made him bed OF soft grass and laid
him in ii, and what do you think he
did? He made small hole and
crawlcd into it out OF sight ami
Went TO sleep. But when he woke
up he was hungry and had to
feed him as | did before. | don't know
We
weeks old. then he began TO drink and
open his eyes and began 10 play Just
like 4 little kitten After he got 50 he
could eat nicely, used to take him
into 4 lettuce bed had in the garden
/ Oh, how he did love IL he would "a,
/ till he could not walk into the house
and would take HIM in and nut himto
bed and he would go TO sleep. When
he woke up he would run after me and
bite my dress and take hold Of il with
/ his little hands. His feet looked like
small hands, and never was too busy
to stop and play with him few minutes.
he was the incest little pet ever had
! Whenever we had cheese in the house
he would smell it and he would run
from his hiding place and make a pc
culiar whistle until We were clad IL
give him all he wanted He would sit
upon his hind feet, take whatever ven
gave him and eat every crumh We
had tive little kittens that used 10 play
around where he MAS. and Chuck
would watch :hcm; then he would step
i'll and help play, just rs they did, lay
on his back and kick both back and
front feet. but rs he grew older he
would play SO rough il would end in a
quarrel, kttieS running ono way and he
another.
One day l heard noise in Ollie,S
sleeping room. and in going in there
what do You think | SAW WHY. Chuck
on the bed between two sleepy kittieS,
patting first one, then the other. till he
woke them up TO play; and for about
ten minutes they played, when the kit
ties Went out of the window and he
rolled over and went 10 sleep. Every
day he would crawl into the window
and lay down between the kittics and
sleep. No matter where he was, if We
wanted him we would call Chuck.
Chuck, Chuck, and he would come. He
stayed with us till late in the fall; he was
large and fat, and he could Just waddic
along. On Sunday morning he came
and wanted his breakfast; then. after
good play with me, he went out into the
cellar. We had been troubled with rats.
He found their roads and enlarged
them and drove them all off, but this
Sunday night he did not come when we
called Chuck, and we never saw him
again, and we felt badly at losing him
There were a great many rats around
and suppose he found them and liked
their company better than ours D.
trOH Free Press.