Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-21

Experiments ON strange foods were COM G
mon I'm this onterprising family. On one IL
occasion the dean gave his guests for luncheon u
a picked horses tongue, "aDd they enjoyed II
II much, until told what they had eaten" O
Here IL another note ON the same subject: O
"Alligator was n rare delicacy, as told in the s
first volume of 'Curiosites,' but puppies a
were occasionally and mice frequently eaten. 4
So also at the deanery, hedgehogs, tortoise,
potted ostrich, and occasionally rats, frogs
and snails were served up for the delectation
of favored guests. Party at the deanery,'
one guest notes; Iripe for dinner; don't like
crocodile for breakfast"
NEARLY FATAL CURIOSITY.
About this time Frank met with nearly
fatal accident through his unappeasable thirst
for information. lie went TO witness the at
tack Of cobra upon rat The snake bit
and killed the rodent Then Frank took
the dead rat out of the cage, skinned IL, and
began to dissect the body about the place OF
the bites And this followed:
"Anxious to see II the skin itself was af-
fectod scraped away the parts ON ii with
my iinger-nail. Finding nothing but the
punctures threw the rat away, and put the
knife and skin in my pocket, and started to
go away l had not walked hundred yards
before, all of a sudden. felt just as II some
body had come behind me and struck me
severe blow on the head and neck, and at
the same time ! experienced most acute
pain and sense of oppression OF the chest as
| though a hot iron had been run in ana |
| hundred weight put on top OF it. knew
| instantly, from what had read, that was |
| poisoned / said as much to my friend, |
| most intelligent gentleman, who happened |
| 10 he with me, and told him, If fell, to give |
me brandy and eau-de.luce words which he
kept repeating in case he might forget them.
| At the same time enjoned him TO keep me
| going, and not on any account to allow me
| to lie down. ] then forgot everything for
| several minutes, and my friend tells me
rolled about as If very faint and weak. lie
also informs me that the first thing did was
to fall against him, asking him If looked
seedy. He most wisely answered, NO,
YOU look very WELL l don't think he
thought so, for his own face was as white as
ghost : i recollect this much. He tells me
my face was OF Rreenish-yellow color.
Alter walking, or rather staggering along
for some minutes, gradually recovered my
senses, and stored for the nearest chemists
shop. Rushing in, / asked for eau-de-luce.
| OF course he had none, but my eye caught
| the words "spiritus ammoniir,' or hartsh orn,
on bottle. / reached it down myself, and
| pouring large quantity into tutnbler,
| a little water, both of which articles found
on soda water stand in the shop, drank 1t
, off, though il burned my lips and mouth
very much. Instantly felt relief from the
, pain at the chest and head. The chemist
, stood aghast, and on my telling him what
was the matter, recommended a warm bath
= | If had then followed his advice, these
| words would never have been placed on re
4 cord. After a second draught at the harts-
@ horn bottle, / proceeded on my way, feeling
), | worry stupid and confused.
q stOn arriving at my ifiendS residence,
!. close by, he kindly procured me bottle OF
Y brandy, of which drank four large wine
Il glasses one after the other, but did not feel
a the least tpsy after the operation. Feeling
L nearly well, | started on my way home, and
then, Tor the first time, perceived most acute
II pain under the nail of the left thumb; this
Al | pain also ran up the arm ] set to work tt
- | suck the wound, and then found out how the
a poison had got into the system. About an
q | hour before examined the dead rat, haC
a been cleaning the nail with penknife, and
Ie had slightly separated the nail from the SIX il
,e beneath. Into this little crack the poison hat
"a | got when / was scrapng the rats skin L
1, examine the wound. How viruient, therefore
20 must the poison OF the cobra be! II hac
q already been circulated in the body ofthe rat
,e from which had imDibed 1t secondhand.
n HE ENTERS THE ARMY.
he Soon after this he obta;led commissioI
re az assistant surgeon in the life guards, bu
's y. his new lie was scarcely altered. Thus ol
he one OCCASION when a mare had died, and tn
d, colonel Of the regiment asked for the surgeon
,e- the sentry promptly replied that he was "iil
rd | side the charger, your honor"
al | In 1860 he left the army and took up lis
~ | culture, which thenceiorward was his princ
ly | pal pursuit. He was subsequently appoint
,d | ed inspector of fisheries by the government
/ a | and held that office until his death. Ii
a found on entering il that in most OF the river
a of England the manufacturing interests ha
nd crowded out the salmon, by building nu
/ merous weirs which prevented them fror
ascending the streams To spawn. He intei
ested himself most actively to secure the IL
=, PRODUCTION of fish-ladders and was very sue
VI cessiul. One of his favorte methods was
ire try and put himself in the place of the fish,
is as to find out what they wanted. His invo;
by | tigations were extended to oysters, herring,
on Holsters, and in fact all kinds OF fish. II
as travelled necessarily, writing in the railwa
.- cars, editing Land and Water in this peran
rs bulatory fashion, finding time to give ev
es- dence at great length before parlamentar
he commissions, recommending and drailin
Try reform legislation, and in odd intervals d
his livering charming lectures, making casts
,rd curious fishes, fraternizing with all the gan
de and dwarfs and freaks he could hear OF, an
experimenting on the strangest kinds of foo
J, a ever heard of. Once he gave banquet, a
sty | the dishes of WHICH were some form of hors
ed flesh.
IN IL \ NATURALIsTs HOUSE.
m us We must close our extracts with glimp>
s0 at Frank Buckland's home as described /
me | visitor
~, 90 lisa jolly little BRUTE and won't hurt
ne exclaimed Mr.. Buckland, as we were ahol
m mLis to retreat from the threshold. The monke,
'A had seized the jaguar's tail, ana lifting it 4
NO with its hind iigs bodily to the altitude
, I their cage, were rapidly denuding it of fu
ri No animal with any feelings of self.respe
| would submit silently to such humiliation
ler and the jagnar was making the place hideoI
np with his yells.
l.
M | land came to the recue, and il was amusin
,er | to see this child of the forest, with gleamiu
de eyes and frantic yelps, cast itself at her fee
wn and nestle meekly in the folds of her dress
,ap she had nursed 1t through very tiny bah
or | hood, and when Bartlett had sent it fro
red the Zoo apparently dying and paraiyzed
be- the foreegs, with a promise of ELS rewar
de- for cure. That sum has long since bee
The swallowed up, i'm damages for clothing d
stroyed, as the inyalid's health and app
mr. | tite returned.
the "Hard by alaughing jackass was sportivel
vas chasing live mice up and down glass jar,
ex an appetizer before eating them and beloy
i'm soemnly weighing the doctrine of chances,
vas battalion of cats waited patiently what migl
tell beiall. At front window, an intelligei
adj. parrot kept calling cabs from the momel
out we entered, and was equally ready to hail a
no, omnibus If we preferred it, A peaceabl
disposed piebald rat was enjoying gymnast
exercises on a pole, until seized by his mastt
and told to sing up, old boy Held su,
md denly to our ear melodious notes were hear
tail issuing from the diaphram, which DIR. Bucl
he land considers as good as the carol of larl
ire whether 1t arises from a parasite in the live
- or not. All around the walls were covere
ro with the heads of curious hybrids and horn
les, of extinct animals, and, indeed, there W,
FOR everything i'm this wonderful museum
the fascinate the mind, from a shoe left as a kee