Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-09-15
A PET BEARS TRICKS.

HeH lHc pONSTHlueuL ilSnI-nOuSe Tell
der, Manzanita, returned from her Alaskan
voyage, she brought one more passenger
than she started with. The passenger was
a little black bear cub, Sallie, which liter
ally Rugged her way into the hearts of all
on board.
Being constantly with the men, and at
the same time being allowed to roam all
over the vessel, she very quickly became
tame and gentle as kitten, and quite as
playful.
The only place where she was not al
lowed was the engine-room, and this not
because the chief did not like her, but be-
cause he was afraid she would get hurt.
The other day Sallie was missed at din
ner time, and one of the men volunteered
to find her; when, after a long search, she
was found perched on the walking-beam of
the engine, which was in motion.
There she chung, and at every movement
of the great beam she was raised to within
six inches of the ceiling, and her little fat
body compressed to corresponding thin
ness, bat she never made whimper, and
was too much frightened to jump off, so
there she chung, alternately getting a good
breath and the next moment losing it, in
rather violent manner.
The moment she was safe in the mans
arms, she Rugged him tightly and began to
cry and make tremendous row generally.
Among the many tricks she plays is one
of stealing quietly up to the cabin door,
rising on her hind feet, giving the door a
sounding whack with one of her paws,
and, grabbing the knob, almost shake the
door from its hinges; the second she hears
footstep, away she goes scampering aft
A very cute bear is Minneapolis
Tribune.
ONE CATS TALE.
am coon cat, so they say, and I sup
pose | must be pretty, for everyone that
sees me says at once, "Oh, what a pretty
kitty" | am a very neat cat. | always
keep myself very clean when / am in the
house, but don't know how any one can
keep themselves clean out of doors this
muddy weather, when they are looking
after mice. l caught big rat yesterday,
and of course | wanted to carry it into the
house, where | could sit on a rug and en-
joy myself and the women all ran, but
| one plucked up courage and took il away
| from me and carried it out of doors, and
drove me out too. | ate the rat, and
didn't it taste good wish l had another
one here now, but then if wishes were
horses, beggars might ride" and cats too,
L suppose, so if | want another rat shall
have to go and catch it. | do not catch
birds very often, but / caught one the
other morning and my mistress gave me
an awful scolding for it. They have got
some awful fluffy things that look like
birds, but they are not birds; they call
them chickens. | should think that they
would be good to eat, but | would not be
so mean as to steal one, oh, no. My
master says he is going to clip my hair off
this summer. The idea. Wouldn't | be
a beauty.
There is saucy black and white cat that
comes over here once in while, but |
won't associate with him. The other day
| went for him to drive him home, but he
wouldn't go, so we had little fight; my
mistress came and carried me into the
house and shut me up; l thought it was
rather hard on me. They have got great
big thing that they pound with their fin
gers and make fearful racket, they call it
an organ; they all stand up around it and
holler as loud as they can, it almost drives
me distracted. l suppose it sounds nice to
| them, poor things, but to a cultivated ear
like mine it is trying. My mistress whis-
ties to me sometimes when have just got
settled for nap, and | always have to get
up and leave the room. My mistress sis
ter says she is going to sell me, but my
mistress says that she shan't, and that she
wouldn't part with me for anything. They
put me down cellar every night to watch
| rats; [ don't always catch them; | must
have some time to sleep. They talk of
getting another cat to be company for me :;
Pm sure don't want any other cat around
in my way. One cat is enough. | still
live on, happy, contented cat, au orna-
ment to the house, if do say it.-Maine
Farmer