The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-15
HERES'S A MENAGERIR.
Interesting Animals Of All
Sorts and Sizes.
a CONNECTICUT DOG STORY.
A Coon Plays the Old Trick Of the
Monkey and the Chestnuts.

. nrasou Fly Becomes n Fet-ExcitlnE
nesr Hunt In = swamp-CunninE and Fee
~o,,tv or . Copperhe nd-A Fisher's Fight
=, PANTHER Creek with an Otter-Muies
Never Forget Had Treatment
Avsos1A. Conn. May 14.-The best dog story
- Tho day Is that OF an animal owned by n
e,stol woman who has been troubled greatly
=, orocers' clerks and milkmen who ran
s.ross her lawn. She had spoken several
emes OF having o sign Keep of tho grass"
seated In O conspicuous place rs warning.
IN. Saturday night she referred to the mattor
Ss,oro her Intelligent dog. lie left the house
AND did not return until Sunday morning.
.hsn his loud barking nwoke the whole
Smlly. Tho dog was seen in the yard. stand
iro over n board and waggng his tail. Tho
No.rd was turned over and on it Ind been
s.jnted. Keep OF tho grnss." BY the marks
~ teeth on It there was no disputinE tho fact
A. Tho animal had stolen the sign from somo
neIyhbor aud brought 1t home.
A couple OF big turtles have astonished the
eeopls OF this State in the past week. Capt.
Tony smith had to fight rcarly m hour to
land one weighing eighteen pounds In Com
munity Lake. Wallin gford. and Dudley 1laines
Of West Haven went down to the shore and
caught loggerhend that beat anything seen
here in great many years 1t was two feet
eleven inches In length. with head and tall
extended. and weighed 31's pounds.
Mrs Morton Andrews OF Tnrifrrille captured
4 tremendous hon hawk in peculiar manner
last week. Her canary bird was kept in a cage
naar tho window, and, the window being clear.
The hawk saw the bird. He mado dash for 1t.
smashed the glass and missed the cage. It
vaa 40 stunned that Mrs. Andrews had time to
recoyer from her fright and throw blanket
over the hawk and hold 1t until she could get o
cage to put him In.
william r. Nash OF Norwalk has cat that.
since April /. has caught and brought to the
back door OF the. house six adders. black
snakes and strired snakes n9 arc fas was
seen VT That was Witnessed by Judge Fyler; the
ripstou. The dock flew over the foxes and
dove down at them. picking out CHUNKS q pelt
whereve,they hapne9eehS 10
70 et travel " i" to nd cover They would snap at
the crows and Jump up in the air in their
too ot usicH for them. The foxes found hole
into which they crawled. and the crows retired
gu. sSh to wait for fhs ytk Kept
driven back aSa sy The oEsy h
in so long then that the crows BECAME tired OF
waiting and flow away to find fun in some
Waiter Camp OF New London wants to sell
his horse TO a circus man. 1t was frightened
as it stood unhitched in the street, and II
lraped in the air. turned e complete someI'
The wagon to which it was attached was
broken.
owns dog that pulls on the rope during Il
run to fire. 1t happened to be out when an
sumper had gone. it started to follow. VIII
liam CAROLS horse, stood near the walk.
hitched BY q rope to WHICH q weight was
IN his mouth, lifted tho weight, and contin.
ued on to the IRE. the horse following without
tneonie let the dog 20 on. and Mr.. Carroll had
to run several blocks before he could recover
his horse.