Telegram-herald., 1890-03-31
STORIES OF ANIMALS
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ons CO several interesting pets owned
sy uerznAn Graves. Spring Rrook
woo6susan. - ; ssuls crow named 81
writes . scranton pa correspondent
ef tie Ses York Trlbuna Mr.. Graves
boys eSpfarss 81 from neSt before he
VS. cd ea0ogh - ny. and Tor twenty
months sho crow haS been perfsctly al
hoEno snd u sas lots ot fun apound the
prernfsoz TiA crows have trzec tarne
and egain - entioo 81 fron his corr
Portable surroundings. bat 10 has stuck
% his captors through thLck aud thin.
for they have always treated and fed
hira well oncs he sailed away and re-
Dainod absent threo days. but fnst as
the obniren wero beginning 20 mourn
Tor hin IS dead pet. he few back
egain, aud such cawing and nnttering
as he went through 10 expresS his Joy
a. being homo once more Mr.. Graves
declared he had never seen. The chill
drea lIko the cunning black bird be-
cause be is tri>ky and mtschieyous.
and. although he often cats up capers
around the house and yexes Mrs- Graves
by hooking spools Of thread and stack
ing bis bill into pans Of milk. the
youngsters Laugh 81 every funny and
provoking thing be docs.
Any stranger can win Sis affection
by feeding him with something that ho
is f0ad Of Last summer an amateur
trout fisherman from Tront0n stayed al
Mr. Graves house for a few cEys. DO had
never seon tame crow beIcre> and he
took a great notion 70 ST from the start.
He fed the bird generously the arst
night he was there, but ha Was sorry for
II before 10 left, for 81 followed him
wherever be vcnt. If he tool walk
before breakfast, ST tagged after him.
IL lie went TO tho spring for pail Of
water. "a YVES at hts heels. Whom ho
sat at tho table, 81 came and perched on
tho back of bis chair. When ho started
for tho trout stream, 81 few after him,
nliChted On fence stakes. trees and
stumps, and kept right along with him.
While tho fisherman Wa whipping the
stream 81 amused himself by flying
from ono tree top 70 another, Keeping an
oyo on the angler all tho time. Flo
lic'Sed a wild crow during the day. and
toward ovcn-down ho followed tho fish
errnnn back TO tho house, After awhile
tho man declared that ST was 4 nuisance
TO him, and after that Mr. Graves put
the crow in coop and kept him thero
until tho fisherman had had time to
reach tho stream.
Mrs. Graves mas pair OF full-grown
yet unusually small bantans, a rooster
ard han. She calls tho hon Nell and
the rooster Ned, and sllo has tanned and
trained thom SO well that they do what
ever sho tolls thcm 10 DO. Whenever
tho littlo hen wants 70 lay, she trots
| right into the house, IL the door ia
/ open; and IL il isn't, she futtors up,
/ alights on tho window-sill and flaps
hor wings against the panes until some
1 ono lets hor in. Mrs. Graves has
taught Roll TO lay in liUtlc wire nest,
| lined with wool; and tho moment tho
( hen enters the room, Mrs. Graves places
/ the nest IN O corner and Nell steps into
/ IL very carefully and nestles down until
/ she looks as cosy IS possible. With her
/ head and tail sticking over the rim Of
( the nest, Nell makes such a coSnical ap-
peaianco that tho children fairly yell
with laughter. Bat Nell doesn't mind
( their noise, and after she has sat there
for few minutes, she steps out, walks
slowly toward the door and cackles
with as much apparent satisfaction as
hen Ave times her size. In the
nest she has dropped an egg not quito
rs large as that Of robin. Ned has
been strutting around near by whilo Nell
was on tho nest, and as soon as she be-
! gins to cackle, he marches up to the
nest, peeps into 1t and then straightens
up and crows as though he was as proud
and big bird as ever lived. Then he
Joins his faithful little vito and says
pleasant things 10 her, and presently Mrs
Graves calls him back, scratches his head
moment, and then holds her fora
finger extended on level about two
feet above the floor. At this, Ned flies
up, ahghts on the finger, flaps his
wings. Crows Justify, for little rooster,
and then jumps down and scampers
after Nell again, and the two cunning
chickens march over TO the barnyard
and ningle with the larger fowls
ocranVon Ooy has Iot OF tsbrne Wnlpo
rats that afford him and tho family q
good deal Of amusement The dog and
cats havo been tanght not 70 harm the
rats, and often, when tho dog is lying
on the floor, the rats run out Of their
cage and crawl all over him. Some
times they ride around on his back. and
whom he doesn't care 70 carry them any
further, no kicks mp his heels, shakes
them OF and and canters away. Tho
house cats appear TO like tho white
creatures, and whenevor rat gets hurt
in any way, the cats lick il and seem 70
feel sorry for it Onoe, the dog acct
dentally made one OF tho rats squeal
while playing With II, and the cats
pitched on him and drove him out oil
the honSo.