The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-10


clumsily alter it, but could not overtake
it. The bird then turned against its
owner and attacked him with vigor, =
if in revenge for being deprived of its
prey.-POpuJar Science.
A SPARROW IN A RAILWAY CAR.
ToLoNo, Ill, August 8.-A younc
English sparrow found its way into a
Wabash railway coach, which left the
ST. Louis Union Depot last Thursday
night, and as it posed and fitted about
the car WAS an object Of universal inter
est to the passengers all the way to
Danville, when a gentleman waved a
blue-bor| cred handkerchief at it, and
for the first time during the journey it
took fright and made dash for free
dom, striking window pane and fall
ing unconscious upon the sill. a little
lame boy took the gasping. dying bird
ling and nursed it back to life, carrying
it to Indianapolis. Gradually it
recovered from its bruises, but repeat
eddy when offered Its liberty was unable
to fly. Having become stronger and
more confident it was again turned out
Sunday morning, when it spread its
wings, moved about ursteadily a mo
ment and finally scared joyfuIly away.
E. B. G.
Special Cor. of the GIObe-Democrat
A CHICKEN TRIES TO EAT HAWK.
We have heard of hawks eating
chickens, but we do not remember hav
heard before of a chicken eating a hawk.
The story comes to us in the following
shape; Evan Atkins, West BraDdywine
found a hawks nest and
brought one of the young hawks home.
After exhibiting it to his family and
neighbors he billed the bird, which was
not yet fledged. and threw it out.
Shortly afterward he found one of his
chickens choking, and going to its
relief was surprised to find that it had
been trying to swallow one leg of the
hawk. The thigh and lower part of the
limb had passed into the gullet of the
chicken, but the sharp claws had cut
through the ambitious young roosters
gills. He succeeded in relieving the
chicken and drawing the leg of the
hawk from its mouth, otherwise the
chicken would have soon died. Once
relieved it was all right again in a few
utes.-West Chester Local NeaVS.
WISE LITTLE RUNNING BIRD.
Wisdom does not depend on size, as
you all know, my dears. The ant and
the bee, in fact, often seem to know
more than some of the larger animals.
The humming bird, too, though the
smallest of birds, is not lacking in intel
ligence. A friend of the deacon tells a
pleasant little story of one that was
trying to secure the honey from flower
with deep cup. and at the same time
was plainly very tired. The flower grew
near porch where family was sitting,
and seeing the trouble of the bird, a
young girl walked slowly toward him,
holding out her finger. The tired bird
looked sharply at her, and then accepted
the offered perch, siighting on the fn-
ger, and, when it was held close to the
flower, returned to his work of honey
gathering. The girl stood quietly, and
he used her finger as a resting place till
he had finished his meal, when he few
away home. A wise humming.bird
that say land a wise girl, too.-St.
Nicholas for August.
RECOGNIZED AY A PET CAEARY,
Several years ago, when living with
my sister in Boston, one of my daily
pleasures was to whistle and talk to
her canary birds; the birds and were
on terms OF the most int mate relation
ship. We Whistled in the friendIiest. if
not in the most entertaining way.
After an absence of two years or more
from Boston and my pets, l returned
for short visit. arriving at her home
after "gaslight" IN The evening, when
the little fellows were asleep on their
perches. 1 never for a moment thought
of going to wake them up at that time
IN the evening, just to see if they
remembered their old friend. but | had
not said more than half dozen words.
in an ordinary conversational tone of
voice, when 'Dicky" pulled bis head
out from under his wing and hogan
to chirp IN a right lively manner, and
before before l could recover from nv
feeling of gratitude and delight the
little fellow was singing with all his
might song of ingenious pleasure.
There was no duplicity in Dicks's song.
1t was right from Dicky's heart, and as
honest as a voice from heaven.-Cor.
Detroit Free Press.
A MARVELLOUS PARROT.