The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-11-02
rAs ANIMAL KINGDOM.

In Belmont county, o., an old gobbler at
tackled and killed a playful young puppy
because he persisted In chasing the young
turkeys
The prize catches Of the season in French
creek, at Cambridge, Pa, were twenty
seven pound pike and an eel weighing four
pounds eight ounces.
A fisherman at Doylestown, Pa, saw a
sunnsh swallow bee, and a few minutes
later saw tho fish on the water dead. He cut
It opon and the bee few of.
John Connor, of Sault Ste. Marie, has
cat which has seven legs and eight paws,
with ons head, three distinct jaws, and TO
complete the combination it has two tails.
John Jones, Norristown hunter, has shot
with a small rifle an owl shaped bird of bright
yellow and white tints, with a face like
monkey and an ink mark on its breast resem-
bling heart
A large fish hawk caught three pound
bass in the mill pond at Harmonsburg, Pa,
and after flying some distance with it was
obliged to descend, when it was frightened
away and left its prey.
Jacob Shamoray's children, while on Shade
mountain, Snyder county, Pa, recently,
came upon dead snake, and beside it lay
china egg, which the reptile must have swal-
lowed and disgorged in dying
Thomas Patton, of Deep Creek Valley,
Schuylkill county, Pa, owns the largest rae
coon in that vicinity. If tramp attempts
to enter the premises a gleam of the animals
teeth is enough TO dissuade him
A horse weighing 1, 100 pounds owned by a
man In Dover, N. H.. got hungry in the
night, left his stall and climbed long, steep
and narrow pair Of stairs into the hay loft,
where he was found the next morning.
Titmice, especially great tits, are held in
great horror by many bee keepers, who de-
clare that they are their greatest enemies,
and accuse them of tapping at the entrances
to the hives and swapping up the bees as they
come out to discover what is orniss.
A steer which seems destined to q circus
life is exhibited at Pimlico, Nd 1t is4 years
old, fourteen feet In length, seventeen hands
high and weighs 1900 pounds. Not content
with being curiosity as to height, the steer
has added the feature of double joints in his
legs.
One day recently, not having anything
particular TO do, tho captain of a schooner
lying in Tampa bay counted the number of
sharks in sight, and he made the figures 760.
AS he is cross eyed and near sighted he allows
that some of the fish must have got away
while he was counting and are to be Jumped
in at about fifty.
Persons visiting Casco Island, Me, recently
heard a sound like that which an old fash
ioned windmill might send forth in a gale.
They went to the south side of the island,
where they witnessed the astonishing sight of
pitched battle between sea gull and a
crow. The gray bird won, knocking the
crow out SO badly" that he was easily capt
ured by one of the visitors.
Braidentown, Fla, has genuine curiosity
in the shape of three legged pig. The little
thing is perfect in every respect, being the
finest of a litter Of six, except that his left
| foreleg is absent, the place where it should
| have been being marked by a boneless pro
| lection about an inch in length. He seems tc
| get around with perfect ease, and is always
ready for frolic with his little brothers and
sisters when they come around.