The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13
hare, and one of the best of the fam

hare, and one of the best of the FAM
lily.
Il wonder if any veterinary surgeon
ever knew that the inner skin of
mink dried and ground into powder is
the best thing in the world for founder
in horses? l never heard of one who
did.
IA skunk is by general acceptance
in this country believed to be Identical
with the pelecat, and is known as
the polecat exclusively in some regions.
Yet the fact is that the skunk is no
more a polecat than bear is fox.
There is no such thing in the United
States as polecat, which is a true
weasel, common only in England. The
oil that can be dried from skunks's fat
is an Incompatible remedy for Group,
sore throat, asthma, and kindred dis
eases. This is known well in the
Juniata valley, and / have sold in my
time the Oil Of 5000 skunks at rate
OF 81 an ounce. 1t is the most pene-
trating ointment [ ever knew.
81 have learned by observation that
owls never build nests. They lay two
big eggs and will deposit them in
squirrels nests, hawks nests, or any
similar receptacle. They never make
nests of their own. l found curious
nest once on Pisgah hill. There
were ten eggs in it of different sizes,
some of them very large. took them
home and set them under hen. They
all Matched out but two, but at differ
ent times The result was screech
owl, four peasants, two wild turkeys,
and wood duck, and [ raised them
all. | found afterwards that what I
supposed was nest was not nest at
all, but place where an egg collector
named Zebedee Giles had deposited
some of his spoils one day while he
went in search for more.
"Bear's grease has from time out of
mind been considered the best of all
bases for hair oil. That may be, if
only dressing is wanted. Bears
grease has no medicinal properties.
On the contrary, coon's oil not only
makes the best hair dressing, but the
person who uses it will never be trou-
bled with dandruff OF badness. 1t
may be known, but I doubt it, that a
coon, no matter how near starvation
he may be, will not eat the choicest
morsel if he can't get to water and
wash it first. The coon bears it's young
only every two years, and the mother
coon keeps one family of young about
her up to the very day that she brings
forth another. When a female coon is
cbo &hof
dog can follow.
"Wherever there are many red squir-
rels gray and black squirrels will be
extremely scarce. The little red squir-
rel is the implacable enemy of both the
other kind, and he has a way of mu-
tilating them so that reproduction of
their species is impossible. There are
no black squirrels in the Blue noun
tains, but there is specie half-black
and half-gray that I never heard of
anywhere else. once shot a curiosi-
ty in the way of a squirrel. Half of it
was a bright red and the other half as
white. as snow. It had black eyes.
1.-TWO or three years ago the clear
ing along the Blue mountains were
terrorized by some unknown animal.
1t was never seen, but it's cries were
the most frightful that could be
imagined. I had never heard any
thing like it, and [ used all nv skill
for months to trap or kill it, but with
out success. One night while I was
coon hunting the unknown animals
awful cry rose from a clump of bushes
only a few feet from where I was
standing. l could see nothing, but I
fired both barrels into the bushes.
There was thrashing about IN the
bushes for few seconds and then all
was quiet. | went to the spot and
found the animal dead. 1t was about
the size of an ordinary dog. I carried
it home and found that it was nothing
but common red fox. It had been
shot or hurt in some way in the throat,
and it's vocal chord had been injured
so that when the poor beast attempted
to bark the fearful cries that had
made it such terror came forth in
stead.
1.-The woodpecker can climb up the
trunk of a tree like a flash, but he
can't climb down the trunk to save his
life. The little sapsucker of the same
family can do both. The kingfisher
dives under the water and catches his
fish in his mouth The crane stands
in the water and fishes, and spears his
prey with his long, sharp bill, as you
would spear an eel with your gig. He
rises with the fish impaled on his bill
and flies away home. | shot six
foot crane once, on the wing, that had
three-pound trout impaled that way"
-Sleepless nights, made miserable by
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