New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-19
SOME UNCOMMON PETS.
A TAME DOE, A MJSCHIEvOUS CROW AND A
HORSE THAT CHEWS TOBACCO.

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HORSE THAT CHEWS TOBACCO.
Scranton, Aug ls-Ayro Triple, farmer of Le
high Township, has tame doc that caught In
Spring Brook forest when she WAS very youn
fawn. Her name is Kate and she is as tame as
Kitten. She scampers with the sheep and lamb
when she feels like IT; grazos with the cattle, run
about tho yard, and has the freedom OF the farm
generally. Whenever she gets lonesome or become
tired Of assocaiing with the ether animals on tn
farm, she marches right into the house and silently
yet undcrstandingly, members Of the family
TO notice and pet her. II any OF the folks spca
TO her and tell her TO clear out, she Instantly
leaves the room with the air Of injured innocent
but she will return at once II a kind word IS Spoken
10 her and allow her handsome head 70 be rubbed ant
her sleek hide to be stobed. Kate is very sensitive
for she has been endcrly reared, and harsh, unknt
word seems to hurt her feelings much a vioen
slap tho cheek. She is treated in this way
except when some member OF Mr. Triples family dc
srs TO show the visitor how sensitive handsome Kat'
Is but she has been SPOILED, and she is knt
and obcdlent now she was when she was pretty
fawn five years ago.
into the forest to find companions of her own genius
but she never remains with them for more than day
or two at a time. Until two years ago she had not
stayed away night but she did not put In ap-
pcarance one stormy night in June and the family
/ Imagined that she had gone away for good In the
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canertng down the slope back of the farm buildings
dashed into the yard, trotted into the kitchen and
acted II she delighted Mr. and Mrs. Triple
and all Of the children She makes frequent visits 10
the woods. and once last summer when she down
the gladc into the clearing at the top of the hill three
gallant bucks were following her. They came no
further than the edge OF the woods, disappearing into
the forest when the- saw that Kate was bent on re-
turning 10 her human protectors At another time two
bucks were seen with her when she left the woods.
Kate has twice given birth 10 single fawn, and last
year she had pair OF twins.
Mig IS the name OF tame crow owned by Charles
Brown, landlord Of the Pocono Hotel at Tannersvle
lie is cunning rascal, and he takes great pleasure
in ormcntng the house dog by lighting his back
as he lies asleep. pccRng his like everything
and flying into tree near the perch the moment the
dog gets mad and tries to bite him. Mig never gets
caught though for no is too cunning and quick for the
dog and from his perch in tho he and laughs
at the dogs anger and lively caners Mig also leases
the sheep by lighting their heads, npping at their
ears with his bill and scratching in their WOOL Some
times he sets the whole flock to scurynC around the
by getting the back of the fiskest and
after he has had all the fun he wants there. he sails
away TO lofty tree singing song OF triumph as he
flies. Early in the summer Mig got in the notion OF
meddling with brood Of gosnGs the edge of the
fish pond but one day the mother goose caught him
unawares and pulled couple Of his tail feathers out.
and since then he has looked the old goose with
good deal OF suspicion and has not vcntured bother
her downy progeny in the least.
Mr.. Browns pointer Sally had litter OF four
puppies in the barn last month. One of them
black as the crow, and Mig took such fancy
to IT that he hung around the barn for nearly whole
day after he got the first sight of IT, His presence
annoyed Sally and Mig not permitted TO enter
the barn any more. The other day soda water
wagon with a wcatherbeaen umbrella over the seat
stopped In front of the hotel It hadn't been there
minute before Mig futtered out Of maple
near by, lit on top OF the umbrella thrust his bill
through the half-rotten cloth and began TO slit It
toward the bottom, though his bill pair Of
scissors The astonished driver the operation
and yelled, and Mr. Brown came out and scared the
destructive away. Mig undertook to play
trick Mr.. Browns tomcat Peter fortnight ago,
and the cat cufed him the head with much
force and spitefulness that Mig has had a scab
among the feathers on hts head ever since.
Captain George B. Thompson, of the firm of Thomp
Pratt, OF this city, Is the of horse that
has most peculiar appetite. His name is Billy, |
and the strangcst thin: about him IS that he hankers
for tobacco aud Will cat double handful Of the strong
est kind OF chewing tobacco right down If anyone |
will give II TO him. When he stands at the curbsone
in front Of the store, and some one that he knows
comes to the door and asks him II he would like
little tobacco, he pricks up his ears champs his bit,
moves his head up and down, and in other ways sig
DifeS his desire for dose OF the narcotic weed lie
Will chew a handful OF It he would a wisp of fresh
hay, and when That is gone he begs for With /
his Timber lips the horse VIII take quid OF tobacco
from between the teeth Of one Of the men who drives
him, being very careful not 10 bite the giver Of the
pleasant morse. The horse will chew and swallow
tobacco for hours at time and remain perfectly
tented long the weed lasts Cigar stubs picked
up In the street and handed to him, not refused
Why. he would eat five pounds OF tobacco right along
II would give II 10 HIM" said Of his drivers,
I" and be eats meat. peanuts bologna sausage, and
almost everything else that people eat"
Reinhardt Gershbacker, who owns farm and
runs hotel on the plank road four miles north Of
GOuldsbOrO, has setter dog that some bird hunter
lost In the woods Of Clifton Township a year ago last
fall Mr. Gershbacker says that the dog straycd
into his house one day In a half famished condition. /
and that the family fed him and cared for him. The
log made himself al home right away. and Mr.. Gersh
hacker has never been able 10 find out who his
s. They call him Carlo. and he has got fat, bur not
aZv, and has developed into a hrst-cas wOOdchuck
IOuches in the clover not far from wOCdchuck's
loe, lying IN wait for his prey very much cat
lOeS for meadow mice. As wOOdchuck
merges from his hole and hops away 10 his favorlte
cedng ground Carlo bounds 10 the hole and gives
o a low yclp. That alarms the wOOdchuck. and he
wheels about and scampers for his hole,
,ut before he has chance 10 get there the dog
ashes at him. catches him by the back and shakes
he life out Of him in hurry. II the woOdchuck turns
md starts for another hole the dog is 10 nab
lin before he g0es many yards. Carlo is so cunning
he will not watch hole out Of which he has
10 hunts all alone by himself and Of his own accord
nd some days he bags two wOodchucks from the
meadows and pastures to MI GersEbacker's house. .