The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-01
A Menagerie of Highly In
teresting Brutes.
GRATEFUL PIKE COUNTY SNAKE.
Ebenezer Barnes Fights q Bear
q Mile and Better.


MY friend DR.. Huston Of Coatesville had I
pair OF nlligators which no brought from
florida when thcy wero small" said u phla
delphian lilo had a largo tank made fol
them In his greenhouse. and thcy grew rap
Idly. They had abundance Of room to move
around In. and couldn't have had things much
more pleasant and convenient in their native
bnyous They livod together In the most
amicablc OF rotations for eight years. during
which timo ono OF thcm had grown IL
DO six feet long and tho otlior one
6vc. At last It was noticed TIM. tho
two alligntors We're developing disposition 10
quarrel with ono another, and ono day the
Doctors gardener heard great conmotion In
tho tank and no hurried thithcr to SEQ what
tho trouble wAa He found the alligators on
gagged In tcrrinc combat lie made an Mt.
tempt to separate thom. He beat them with
his rake handle and pun ched and jabbcd Thorn
with his rnke. but thoy paid no more attention
TO him than II he had been fly huzzlng about
them. ana tho furious struggle went on.
:" The water In the tank was dashed into foam
% tho Infatuated alligators plunged about In
Il. and was splaahed as high as tho glass roof
Of the greenhouse. Tho larger alligator was
evidently trying to seize the body. OF tho
She latter put forth evofy oiio!t to prSvent.
moved round and round his big foe. every now
taii, and neaisSitns no oppo;tunIty to got one
Of tho big alliS pY legs bstwsrn NE jaws
With the ood that oWed T rom s09n s Wons
thus INFLICTED on tho big alligator. its ,agilo
snyoS yet 'n sn d. tn.
It sss TT e ba sshns h @ a h
In fact his interference seemed only to spur
them on e moro desperate fighting; The all
.ater and tho tanE IN tSe mud
SESpnstantII|y asLing iurioysly WITH Thor tails
vulnerable, spet Each time his great Jaws
Tne nsy cSansea 1rR Rs
tactics. Instead OF plungng and whirling
Bs saSs s e IN sST to sv sSh III ts ss S
tho other as best he could. but watching for
.h s.pS s2ss S e H Tss Hssy
The gardener seeing that tie tight was to
gave So them H and
. passive but excited spectator OF the bloody
qep s sn s and dfs sTf th S
Jaws against i each "theE waEins the battle in
q ss R taraS TIC
the b ssHss tho hi, latter to catch
ssmge S. nI% aSss l. his side
tssoniss md closed upon him With 70 snap ' ike
the breaking Of Ire, tree IN two. ThH viss-ii
.as %e ' saS to
s iii. ie liz aaSfos
s SSse T Sss h s'ss aka aas 4 s SS
were knocked together at every shake.
s SSys Tax Rs ioppsa og he
a.Gf mn foe an 1p s ns hs sh ssStSr
eazei for a moment at his iate comTatant and
srsehsa himse fs tho sound 'fG IL w sns
badly, hurt. and. although hc recovered In
alligator he had been before the battle, md
mnIcd nnh pinned constantly. dying some
months later-Drobably victim Of remorse."
Mysterious Carving nm EGG Shell.
LrvoN1A N. y. April 2o.-N. J. Grtswold. a |
farmer OF this place. found in n hens nest a
few days ago an egg that is a great curiosity. |
The egg is OF tho ordinary size and shape, but
on ono side OF tho puro white shcll. from ono
end to the othor. Is the raised figure Of most |
curious-looking creature In deep gold yell
low. Tho creature resembles ono OF those |
ana at first Sight one would declare that G this exs
was the fantastic work III some Japanese nrt. |
iss T wsh figure M ms hG perfect head q SER
Il. Tho body wrtRcs ncross tho " ere .AN Viii,
many logs On cssh side. nmd ending in sharp.
sure more artscay thu" it .s Inv h srvT rs sS
on the oTgshsii ~ some, mysterious freak q
70 IN artist friend Of his In Rochester.
This hear Was :, Wonderful Acted L,L, .
First Nnseman. hut One BALL Was Too Iiot.
SCRANTON. April 90" Wo were running n
limo along the south sidc OF Shiny Mountain
several yours ago" the old surveyor said.
and wo had seated ourselves on SONS stones
to rest. when Levi callod my attention to IL
bear that was clnwin: for grubs In n rotten
stump n fow rods below US. Wc had no desire
to disturb tho boar. and wo decided to sit still
and study him az long rs Ito continued to paw
in tho stump Ills tail was toward us when
we took our sonts. but in Il lttlo
whilc he stopped digging. took n couple
OF turns around tho stump and thon
sat down on his hinduuartcrs on thu upper
side OF 1t. leaned his back against tho stump. |
folded his arms. and began to stare ut us. Wo
remained perfectly motlon!oss for perhaps
Ave minutes, whom. socing that tho boar WASN'T ,
bit skittish and that. on the contrary. no was
inclined to DO ncighborly. wo lillol our plpos
and wont to smoking. Tho wiad blow tho
:na ss.@sd IKE oda ad # s" a
Ell oS spn ssa an w1
roll stono down toward tho bear lust 10 500
d., and told Levi TO go ahead. ''""
ut was pretty steep between us and tho
bear, and Levi selected n round boulder that
probably weighed thirty pounds and started 1t
down tho Hill. 1t went straight for tho hear,
ettained velocity Of at least nltecn miles an
hour. It looked as though IT was going to hit
him skedaddle before It got To him, but he
bear tho boulder struck u root. bounded In the
air and wna making q curve that would have
when tho bear, suddenly arose on his tip
toes and caught tho flying stone In Ills
speed It was going staggered tho boar little
and turned him slightly toward tho left, hut It
exactly MS he had caught IT, the Lear looked
,TSsr nv right snuid.r at me as though, no
judgment IT,, on the catch Noticing ths
Tossed the stone. behind tho stump. faced
ss, n, made y motion ms though he was spit
ttudo on tho upper side OF the stump