The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14
FARMS ABOUF A GROW.
IL Was an Astonishtns Grow, n You Can
believe the Yarns.

believe the Yarns.
SCRANTON. Aug 13.-We used to have q tame
crow named Robel that could talk better than
any parrot over saw" said Lopez Noun
tain man. "One year. whenever mother was
going to have q quilting bee she sent Rob
around the noighborhood to invite all the wo-
men to como to it. and the crow soon got SO
that he liked to so on errands OF that kind. He
mover made any mistakes. and he would sail
from house to house and shout in tho window
or door: MANS going to have quilting bee
this afternoon" and the housewives all knew
the crow so we'll that that was all the invita-
ton they needed. II Reb found tho windows
and doors closed at any OF the farm houses he
would tap on window with his bin till some
one opened it, and then he would give out
the message and fly oil to the next house.
In the fall. after mother had given several
quilting bees. all the women for n mile around
came to our house ono afternoon. Mother
wasn't expecting anybody. aud whom she be-
gaa to ask why SO many Of them had called ut
the same time they all said that the crow had
invited them that morning. Reb hadn't been
told ito do anything of the kind. and Of course
mother had made no preparations FOR quilt
ing boz. The women laughed over tho way the
crow had fooled them, and when mother called
Reb in and took him to task for lying he yelled:
Set EN- to work. Nam: it's a good day for o
beef and mother got things ready in q hurry
and had q quilting after all From then on the
crow was a liar on the SUI beet OF quilting bees.
He sailed through the neichborhood twice q
week with his quilting bee invitations. but all
the women got that they wouldn't believe
him: and when Reb found that no one came to
tho house he stopped going around.
Father had tame bear named Lige that
he kept chained in the back yard. Tho bear
NJ s1,ot
ble down peck Of them at meal II he could
get them. The crow found that out and every
time he saw mother getting ready to fry
batch Of cakes no would saunter out and say
to the bear: Lge. MANS frying a lot OF
cakes. Mebbe you want me to fetch you one:'
and the bear would hop up and down. lick his
chops. yank at his chain. and beg the crow to
bring him q cookie. All right, Igor Rob
would say to the bear. and flying into the
house. he would stick his bill into fried cake
when mother wasn't looking. sail out with
it. and give it to the bear. In his
haste TO get a cake one day the bear
haTt the eTow to, it tie ,o SGeidentsIy
soon turned and sang out: That's the last
fried cake yop'll get from me. Llge.' When
and laid it on the ground. where the bear
could a, most reach it at the end of his chain.
but MT quite Lige tSHsGed and "a, strained to
You wish You couldf more than dozen
though n sudden thought had struck him.
and. reaching tor the cake with his hind foot
and eobbled il. 'TIat ,beats me. Llge. tbs
crow sang out. and when he got another
chance to steal a iied cake he pvt It wheEro
There was cross bull on the place that
was always trying to hook the cows. and after
burdpck aud chestnut hurrs on his back and
mpgg on ;h,m to ma k t n, rriek the
an u tree or fence stake and mock him till the
bull would cgnter e. another Tart Of the field.
bunch OF burrS. an sometimes he kept the bull
dancing around for an hour at stretsk. try;
on one on ' side i''O Of Which. there was .
n9 hnl was ss 1t the hard
One summer Reb discovered q hornets nest
IN the hedg"row. AMI iqst rs tho bull came
hornets shot out n the, bull. the hu went
tssbrins ana y, GsGwgs nrsH Is ans lane ana ina
the crow aixhtod on MS back and shouted;
around the lot as though another nest OF
hornets had been turned loose on him. The
tic cattle We're going 10 and from tho pasture
would run raSt the nest ike WHO cattle.
'Reb got tn the hahit one summer OF looking
after the sitting hens. II he found that they
had eggs under them ha would let them alone,
but II he found n hen trying to sit without any
eggs he would lump on her back and yell Get
OF ihs nest'l hi he broke her Of sitting, One
oil the hens got killed day or so after She had
hatched out II brood Of chickens, and the crow
took charge of the m0turrless chicks. CLICKED
and scratched for them. lowered them like o
hen. and looked after tncm till they We're big
on ouEh to take care Of Yourselves
Toward tho lnttcr end oi his life the crow
Developed into tho mnaNest kind Of a petty
thicf. Tho wife OF Il nrighhorinS farmer lid
her lshing in tho shade OF the house When
the weather was hot, and one Monday morn
ing leD stole her hlulug bag and carried il 10
tho wopIF. ~ n little while he iew back,
pnrrhGd hiIns ON tree and sang out to he
woman: 'Iirt YOU cupr find the tngP and q
lot of other etuti thai yeA"I the woman till she
The noXE Monday lioh stole another hluing bag
from herapd sailed away over the hillanl VIII, n
he returned he leased her again by yelling:
'Guese whore II is Tho nischeyous bird
stole two more OF the angry womans bluing
bngs. and on the 9th Monday. when FEB
alightud on the bench and started ~ seize her
Lluiug lag in his iii, she rushed from an
outhousc and douscd til, crow with pail Of
boiling wAter. H-b tUmbled from the bench.
and tho "Nragcl woman wrung his neck.
fetched his tvatherieSs carcass IN to our
house. and told US why sho had Killed him."
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