The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-23
CREEPING AND FLYING THINGS.

\ HUGE lobster was caught by Henry Dunbar in the bay of Penobsoot It was thirty-four inches long and weighed twenty-one pounds. The guests at the Penobscot House had the pleasure of discussing the lobster. which was served soon after the catch.
 Ar Americus, Ga, as the workmen commenced their labors on the roof of the furniture factory, which is three stories high, huge rattlesnalze was dis covered coiled on the highest point of the building. The snake was soon killed. Just how he got into his ele- vated position is not easily understood, but it is possible that he may have been concealed in one of the rolls of roof tin.
 A Cocoa Fla.) citizen witnessed an exciting race between big rat and snake of the varety called coachwhip. The man was sitting on his front vcran- da when his attention was attracted to q swiftly-moying object approaching the house. On closer inspection it proved to be Q monster rat pursued by Q coachwhip. They dashed under the house, where the rat cluded the snake among some empty orange boxes.
 AN odd result of rivalry between two tiger snakes is recorded by D. LeSOuef, assistant director of the Melbourne Zoo logical Gardens. One of the snakes was large, the other small. Not long ago both happened to fasten on the same mouse, one at each end. Neither would give way, and the larger snake not only swallowed the mouse but also the small CT snake. In about ten minutes nOth- ing was seen of the smaller snake but about two inches of it's tail, and that disappeared next day"
 TIE London Daily News says that at the freight station of lessen little wagtail has this year built her nest, choosing | chest in freight car. The bird deposited four eggs, and remained firmly fixed in that place till she had matched her young.S The car made from six to eight journeysa day, but the bird was in no way incOmmOded, and re- mained in full possession of her nest throughout all the hustle of the service. When e stoppage was made at the end of the journey she quietly fed her young.
 OF all roasting places imaginable the hands of clock would seem the last place bird would seek. But, neverthe- less. feathered warbler of some de- scription took up quarters for the night on the hour hand of the Lima, O., town clock, and was as cozy as ''bug in Q rug It was first noticed about 10:3O o'clock, and, as the hands would soon pass, an interested crowd looked on, anxious to know what the bird would i do. Well, that bird knew it's business, 1 and when the minute hand drove up in 1 front of it demurely hopped aboard, and' taking a seat on the extreme end, rode safely by. The danger over, it resumed the former position on the hour hand.
 A HORDE of noisy sparrows has chosen for a roost tree in the yard of citizen of Orange, N. J. For several evenings 1 he has been experimenting with spar row distufber, which is at least partial ] success. He has tied stout cords tC tonearly every limb of the tree and gath cred the ends at his window. WheG the sparrows settle down for the nighi he goes to the window and jerks tE= string. The sparrows become ''rattledS and fit away in the dark. Another citi zen of Orange has fine growth of ivy on the side of his house, and the spar rows have been inhabitiDg it through out the year until recently. He has driven them away by going into the at tic and sitting Scotch snuff and cayenne
 pepper down through the vine.