New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-04
STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS.
THE ODD AFFECTION OF A DOG, A KITTEN
AND A ROOSTER.

trouble half dozen times day. II 1t not for the
vigilance agility and alacrity OF a large tomcat be-
longing to the same person. The dogs name 10
Prince, and he is q meddlesome and pugnscious lts
follow but he thinks everything OF the tomcat, and
the cat appears TO regard him as the most precious
creature on the premises for he keeps the dog out Of
MANY scrape and squabble nearly every day in the
week The cat is large and powerful yeuowand-
white beast and he readily responds TO the name Of
skip He was a kitten when Prince was puppy, and
tho two have grown up together and formed remark
ably strong affection for each other Whenever any.
body happens to step on the cats tail, or to do any.
thing else TO the cat make him yow Prince PUSHES
TO the defence OF the snarng around and showing
his teeth as though he was ready to tear the cats
enemy all to pieces.
But tho funniest thing about the two pets and their
great fondness FOR each other happens whenever
Prince dashes out into the street and tackles some
other dog Nine out Of ten Of all the dogs that Skin
mIsh or sneak past the place could whip Prince single
handed bur for all that Prince docs not hesitate TO
run out and pick quarrel with any OF them Tor he
knows that Skip If he is within hearing distance, viii
to his rescue at nstants warning The mo-
ment sldp Prince pitch upon strange dog that
looping along the street. he huries TO the scene of the
encounter, springs upon the back Of the inonensve
cur claws vlcouy into his hide, and sends him scam
pering and bowling down the street before he has
chance to realize what has struck him. Ihs cat
oosens his hold as the stranger begins to hop
away, and then he and the dog fondly rub against
other and triumphanty caper back into the yard
wait for another dog to come along and St
whipped. Along in the summer when the cat was not
In hearing distance, Prince foul Of mongrel cur
that whipped him numerically. and since then he
never ventures to tackle passing dog unless he sees
that Skip is on hand to take his part.
One day this fall Prince had the temeriy to pouncs
upon savage white bulldog that passing peace
ably by. 1t would have gone hard with him II the
had bepn on he WATT mi
near the gate when Prince dashed the bulldog.
and by the time that Prince had snapped at the bull
dogs headquarters Just often enough to make him
about and go for his assailant, Skip had lighted
the bulldogs back fastened his claws into the dogs
shoulders and begun make the white fur fly with his
hind feet 1t was complete surprise to the bulldog
who has killed Of cats when he has had fair
chance at them, and he yelpng away though
a bullet had hit him. not seeming TO know, until the
had left his bleeding back and scurried home, ex
acty what the trouble Prince and Skip are to-
gether much of the tme and all the cats in the mme-
diate neghborhood have learned 10 avoid them.
Last June the young of Justice J. s. Bachman,
| Of Goudsboro found nest of little crows in tall
hcmlock tree on the wooded ridge Just the
Lehgh River from Mr. Bachman's house. There were
three young in the nest when one Of the boys
climbed the tree bat one of them dead, and they
captured the Others and took them home, very much
to the modification and disgust Of the old crows 10
among them indicated. One of the black youngsters
was given away and the other named Pete and
completely tanned by the boys before he got big and
strong enough to fly away. Pete IS now fixture OF
Squire Bashmans premises, and he is cumming ani
mschievous that the boys have several times tried to
| get rid of him. but they haven't succeeded. few
weeks ago they sold him to Henry Stout for q pecH
of apples Mr. Stout lives three miles away In
Monroe County, and he took Pete home with him thai
night but before of the next day Pete bad sailed
back to Mr.. Bachmans, and he has been there ever
since He stole spool Of thread the other day aud
carried 1t to his hdingp place In the garden, and whs
| the boys hunting for 1t they found an old
| bonnet ribbon piece Of chairtidy. and lot OF
| other things that the had stolen
| from the house and lugged away. The
family had pumpkin seeds drying on the roos
of the woodshed, and day they noticed that more
than one-haf Of them missing. Pete had carried
them away to his nest and later the boys caught
| him at it. Pete is a very naughty crow, but Mr..
Bachman doesn't want to kill him, and he is hoping
that some one else will give the boys peck Of apples
| for him.
A dog cat and chicken on the farm of Jasper conk-
ling, in South Gibson, formed strange affection for
one another during the summer. The first was
good -naured old farm dog named Watch, whose work
days TO end one year ago this fall, and who
was being taken Of for the good he had done on
the farm He was half Newfoundland and half
shepherd, and the only fault he had was to lie around
in the way. The old gave birth to litter Of
kittens In the spring, and the haEdsomes one IN tho
lot gray and white striped little beauty was saved
and named Zebra. Before the kitten was six weeks
old 1t became attached to the old dog, and Watch
seemed to think that the kitten the most COM
Iauionabe creature the farm. The mother css
got jealous the dogs attentions TO her OILY little
one and Farmer COnklng says that she often took t
by the nape Of the neck and hid it awey from tho
dog who dashed about and was very uneasy until
do
to do the moment the old cat gave It a chance
Along in the summer the mother cat began to pay
less attention to her kitten and for hours at tlme
after that Match and Zebra would romp ana play
cats welfare with as much care as though Il was an
animal Of his kind When they got ared vh ,hs
the kitten would curl itself up between inc u%s
fore and hind legs and go GoSa sfsp at ie0 half
rooster that had got to be big enough NOT 10 run
with the rest of the brood any longer was III anS bs
wondered at IT, He drove the chicken OUT Oh the yan
but the next day, while Watch and ZEBRA were .aA,n
perched on the old dogs side, apparently enjoying
nooze also Again he s scared ws the hack ShfSen the
strung round and making himself agreeable d 70 inc
S aas ANA another play spell They both appeared
enjoy the ROSTERS society as much as he dld theirs
and Farmer ConkIing concluded to let them have
Tho attachment between the three became 'stronSe
ard stronger, and many a time after thar Farme
Conhling found the rooster standing the body .
the dog the latter lay asleep the kitten being cure
up usual between the old dogs legs. As long .
the nights were warm the three slept together in III
grass, the chicken offering TO 90 20 roos witt
the other fowls; and when the nights got cool IN
farmer fixed up little house for them near the wood
she'd. Into this the rooster goes shortly before dark
C waiting around until the old dog and young cat io
him, when they all go to sleep together In tn
{ same way as they used 10 do out In the yard.
f. S. Jackson the genial teller OF the First Natlona
Bank Of Scranton, walks from his house to the ban
on every week day morning and back In the afternoon
no matter how ncIcment tho weather may be. III
lives in the Providence section of Scranton two mile
from the bank, and intelligent shepherd dog name
Prince IS his constant companion. lie Keeps as clos
to his master as he possibly can while they o.
their tramp 10 and from the bank and for the las
five years they have been doing that kind of exercis
as regularly the rises and SETS During banh
I; Ing hours Prince lies IN the big window that look
| out on Lackawanna. over 10 the right OF the doc
I | mn nninr hon nd within arms en- d