Telegram-herald., 1886-07-08

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shers trees 14lg os-r tae s.aesals lss
gresn lll 1reIlas all tls simple mHAmeu
sel real ul s. s being issa.a-e1 - mock
'lg llri tl4f aas r4lsed 8u d spoon AID
ueeer sac us nailge aeois ana whose ln-
grateful behavior since IL sos oll en0ush la
sllstle al soon tlrl t.le district lnt9 q
bare desert
A benevolent lazy LIVING ia West teurl-
st near falrll 81. adopted tlree orphan
maesluz 0lr1s end siih macl care and
solhlllie raised ta-a og hand. TIE three
atle a.ris occaplei the same cage and weFe
trrF aeal.-fe aud 8eIL behaved ululs tlelr
Fourl aui their -lo1 Qua ltc- we're often
remarked bV people il the ueisLournDD.t.
They aere 5000 Old enough -o Wear feathers
aud had slgh robust aFpcilIes that they
auuId eat "a aorm before breakfast Uue
lue morning tle lady gave away tao oi
lhem and kept lAe tllrl and tLe most llel
one
one morning when she went to the bird s
cage size found bim Nllsrllg song irom
Ite Leather PATCH and wondered W Where
be could have learned De- For several
weeks a- prarficri new air- and made new
vocal exrerueut. every uay one alter
noon when She vent O. tht cage she found
the bird gone lie hal u0Ku out ot tl-
window WhIstlng over he Garden Wall.
The following night in West Ientn-sl
vas one 0f Wild excitement and sieepiess
activity First a dozen urc-ius were heard
u the street whlslilgg almost the entire
renorr0ry Of Mr David Braham East Side
melodies 4 policeman who sfrolled down
the street to disper,e the boys couldn't hnt
00y in tie whole thOrOughiare. Then a
q h...-l.rs f.a a. nj
split the air with their cries Windows
dew up on either side the street. bOOUacks
and miscellaneous articles flew through the
air and several biunderbusses were fired out
OF back windows IN the wrong direction
The cas- apparently danced along the
fence too agile for the iron cat teasers, and
only redoubled their noise. Exasperated
residents whO We're trying 10 sleep rushed
down three or four flights Of stairs IN The
dark and sailed out of doors 10 disperse the
cats. Tney came back and reported thai
there wasn't a cat in the street.
They bad hardly got back in bed again
before there came succession of confused
sounds, such as mi ght be made by a dozen
/ 'longshOremen discussing politics on tht
sidewalk. The policeman who had looked
for the boys ran into the street with drawn
club and found il deserted From thu.
I hour on dogs barked. cats walled. horses
neighed, urchins whistled and there wa
/ general pandemouium in the neighborhoOd
About 3 O'Clock in the morning scores O
/ rOOsters began TO crow and they crowded
/ with great vigOr for an hour. No one slept
Every body knew that there were no rooster
/ in the neighbOrhOod that all the dogs were
/ in the dOg-pound ard that the cats had al
/ Justly perished long ago. Where the sound!
/ came from was profound mystery.
/ In the gray of the dawn yesterday morn
/ ing ROundsman Garrity, who had been OF
/ duty all night and was completely puzzled
/ by the state of things on West Tenth-st
espied a little bird on the top limb Of enc o
/ the old locust trees which grow in Tenth-st
/ The bird looked askance at the rOundsmar
and crOwed ike a rooster. Then he walled
/ ike two cats a-hghting.
The news that the mOcking bird ha'
/ been the cause of all the curious noises e
I the night spread rapidly through the street
and all sorts of clever devices were trieC
/ during the day 10 capture him. Late IN th'
/ afternoon an adventurous boy climbed tC
/ the top Of tall tree and captured him
/ The bird was pat i'll a cage where he whis
I tied the D0xology. When a Journal re
porter saw him last night he was mode
of good behavior and looked cOntrite anC
penitent-N \. Journal.