Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-11-26
GOOD GOOSE STORIES.
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Tew Wild gwese arr se~n In Colorado
oi late years. though there arr thou
sands u them found usually un the
large reservations la the west and
northwest A. rule an Indian u ~
mot eat ruose ~ duck meat ~ long a.
be can Frt ''eottun-tni" &c prairie
dig. il i not the Kind - meat they
like. On Grren river len eastern tab
thousands - geese congrvfaie Ia the
tall and rrmuin during tho winter. The
Indians hardly ever shout ~ them. aud
they nurk tnEvthsr, sometimes ~ many
a. ten thousand ou n sandhnr, aud
keep up hidopus noise day and night
90 winter long
Wild Frcsc, under ccrtuin conditions
when caught tseeame quite domestic.
o. Nevker there are thrro owned q, the
Nssker hotel which have becn there
nearly Eve wears They were caught
when Young and fnr uv bile after l.ring
gruwh thsIr wings we've kept rlipped
AnrFu ari nu attention was paid them.
and thsy were left o. take care - them
selves hu' thsy have never attempted
to leave, though they ramiis ubbut the
town uuFestraiurd
The suppus tiau usualiy prevails that
wild geese build their nests iu she long
Erars and bushes friugiug the isnlated
streams end lakes wh,rr they usually
yHuEreTaff a. rear their yunnF Such
however. b. not thr case, far thsir nests
arr often found iu thr top - trres
Quite resort Cor Wild gecss b found
o. the heal ~ atcrs - the Nampa river.
and a year arp tuu ls1ys living near
Steamboat srriurs found a nest iu The
Top - rIttHuU HHsi tr-r The r.as.r
WIS sitting nu tbe nest and the twu
l-.Ft shot bee ~ and then enc
,lWiel up g. inspect the nest a.
contained quite q number - eggs. aud
thr newt thing discussed was how -
r.t ihsm o. ths Eruuul llr.t they
tUrH dropping tHrm. tbr hay ou the
ruuul hu.a.nr t.s bat hut after brrak
IHE two Chat plan vhs abandoned. aua
tlru the la.r up the tire thrurht ui
a novel plan that worked o. I,rricc
t.nn. %. t1.A ~ his lt,uts and .n.ks
auN placing 'Hr latter inside the tslatt
Co. form -HN lining. carefully plarsg
thr rFEs within then fastened she ls1pts
tn tHe vsIs'i'aud - bis trousers br
I.stssuinF his suspguicrs upan either
edo and passing thc ends tnruugh ths
tHFsrsfFars - the boats and arain
luti#niuF them e. thc vat,tl,and Thu,
arranged De- sugysssfuIly dsscyudcd the
tree
The srrH f seems arr next e. iuar
.'rurt.i.s nul will sand plenty 81
rfuEh usage iu the present case the
lHts urnr Goa horseback aud rats
Hr "ui al. Afternoon with the rrars
fFaprsd Iu q vrat ur saddle They
were PLACED tha' night In q pan until
iHr morning follow iuF. aud then II &c
CURVED "a uuu ~ tAs boys a. place them
under a hen. which was a.ur. seven
~ tHe egg hatehed and the Fusliur.
grow % o. fuil4rruwn gvcsr They
would 80 a. che river every day aud ~
'Tru o. The accustomed ru1st every
r.rhi. regularly auI wait around 10
fIr.r breakfast before going g. the river
ara.n iu the morning
Cone day a sportsman from p#uver
came 90 tbr place Tor few dBys. rrgrea
t.Hu be saw the geese be- the river and
.ssan shooting 81 them he showed
N.s Ffsuurss from the fact that be-
.HuId shupt one and wade into the
Us.r aud ret h, aud then go out and
iIrm she hank shant another one. aud
'Fr s~wzc OH the while never thought 81
NE.uE. bat kept swimming about hiu
fHHt.rally screaming
Another odd ease was learned ~ ~
Steamboat springs a few days uFo
N.ss Lula Eraw ford has three "a ma F.ss-
l.uls which were caught rs her sauu
after heinT Matched. They were placed
u a iink To- which very small bantam
lru bod taken a notion e. sit She ~
uurr adopted tHe Euslings aud srsmrd
o. b. a. proud - them a. II thry were
h'r own chioks When sseu by the
writer the FuslinFs were two.thiras
grown aud four times rs large a. the
hrD. though she Insisted un b.ing 3
mother 20 them still. and followed them
alHut all day. A. night she would gct
them into q convenient sppi ani ~ T.
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