Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-16

clump OF turf from the garden, and
had the pleasure of seeing the poor
little stranger nestle in it with evident
sat1sfactio4. Z got dts mouth open and
gave it Water whiehN swallowed
readily; and by and BY administered a
few flies, .one alta tinfes (which it also
swallowed; and at night it crept under
the. turf Next day, II .neekiy sHal-
lowed more food and drink, j. similarly
administered, ~afid was so greatly
strengthened as to climb up the side OF
the fower-pot then standing in the
sunshine. This great fower-pet and
its:inMalv6s ased He continuous alarm:
When any one was expected in my
room. it WAS hidden in. all manner OF
pIsssE|s@tlsa sgsis elssa s q sss
window-ledge, fortunately hidden from
outside view by a yereada, sbenaatllff
And Ih,t6fD May guiana an a2ot many
DAYS, during which it rapidly inn
proved. 1t is not surprising that such
reptiles do mt eat in capt5vItN Their
habit is to pursue fhsacts, AMI iswiftly
too, Of 10 P6unce upon one that takes
its fancy; and no half dead fly or
amputated spider thrown fnbe,6ts cage
wsuN. excite its natural Instincts. BIT
this. Quser little animal s,1tMitteA b
be fed in ludHrous manner. Without
much difficu1tyI got its mouth open,
and after suspiciouslys swell a#inga the
first mouthfuf it took the second and
third as passivcly as a baby fed with; a
spoon. In this way it ate four or five
insects day, varied by a few drops Of
water or the soft pulp of a grape. -:
When my visit in Ohio was terminal
cd Iguana was secretly packed in moss
in little flat box and put in my bag:
and the huge empty fiowcr-pot was
left outside the window to excite the
wonder of the curious. The friends ]
next visited knew nothing: Of ..horned
toads" and their s'venomous spines,'' -
and all the alarms were forestalled BY
my saying: II have such q pretty lit.
tle' animal, Hpsstairs+4ai tame lizard
which was given me at b. .'Oh, .dc
let us see itn was the encouraging re-
ply; and when daily presented in my
palm; whatever natural shrinking the
ladies might have felt was overruled
by the queer things" evident harm.
lessness and its undeniably pretty coat
And now it was made happy in a large
bird-cage; with a carpet of turf and
moss, and when placed in the sunshine
lin unexaggerated :. language.
wild with delight My hopes were
to feed and strengthen it for another
week or two, by which time it might
be safely consigned to a box: and tc
eBut-and it is sad to end
this little history with t''-there
came at the beginning of November
some very warm days, and the sun had
so much power that when the
cage was placed in the window
PhrynOsonaa must have imagined itself
back in Texas. Only, twenty minutes
elapsed. and when / looked again, it
was gone! How it could have squeezed
itself and its long spikes between the
wires, surpasses comprehension; but
gone it was! i:
:, Great was the ,commotion through:
out the house. The square of glass plot
which separated the house from the
and the neighbors' front
gardens, and the flights Of steps lead
ing to the street, and all the gratings,
possible and impossible, were hunted
over by the united family, neighbors
included. Pavement, road, and cellars
were carefully searched 10y my good.
natured cousins, after, of course.
every inch of the room itself had been
well examined. We felt sure that the
sunshine would have enticed it ont
wards, and we began to think poor lit
tie Iguana must have fallen ayictim to
some dog or cat, VIII en- one of the fam.
lily, who had been out,walking, came
hurrying home exclaiming: .'Why,
here's your fzzard! l found it on the
pavement wa-a-y up the street, With
its mouth all bleedingr' ~" y.
Strange that, in a public thorough
fare, it had escaped at all. Ssveraf,ot
its horns were broken, and its mouth
was wounded internally, giving efvi-
dence of "a violent struggle against the
wires of the cage 1t must have partly
pushed, its head between them. and
found difficulty in sextricating itself.
going sideways, and then falling from
the window on to some iron bars be-
heath. The jaw and teeth on one side
were much injured; for, when, after
this. | attempted to feed il, it strug-
gled violently ana swallowed nothing
more. -: =, -: =, Z, q. :,.:-
1t never regained sufficient energy
to attempt another escape but .always
held its head sideways, as if stiff or in
pain; and after four oE-tiye days. poor
little PAry''osomd c0rnutanT died, and
was buried Chambers Journal. : -
III! The Tarsus of'}To-lay. 's.s- a,
The Tarsus in which St. Paul lived