The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-20
He wouldn't XIII u Crow-Not After Know.
Ing the Life History OF One He Had Rnisrd.

He Wouldn't XIII u Crow-Not After Know.
Ing the Life History OF One He HID Rnised.
81 wouldn't kill n crow. not for any money"
said II man from the northern part OF Passaic
county. whore crows like to roost for the rem
son that they get so much heathful exercise
In the long flights they have to take to find
something to cut. "A crow may DO thief.
but SO is tho man who steals your chickens.
YOU know the man well. but you couldn't find
1t in your heart to kill him. That would lie
murder. From what know about crows
would feel Just as much u murderer IL killed
one rs l would IL l shot q man knew was
thinning out my hen coop. Whyr Because
crow comes about as near being human as
anything that is classed in the brute depart
ment of creation can come. and want to tell
you that that is a. good deal nearer than most
folks havo AN idea Of You laugh. OF course.
BY, you meyer knew my tame crow; Othello,
You've henrd all about crows in general
how they can distinguish q mile away the
difference between, a man with a, wooden
they, post sentinels to warn them of approach
Ing danger while they are lnoting your corn
other things that only reasonable ccinss could
had developed under the improving influences
when he was Still too young to tIy. having been
brought him homo. cared for him tendery. and
succeeded in raising him by hand. As he grew
got to sang h 3d Es%
subsequently developed made very appropri;
itsel, in tho facility with which he learned the
English language, ANY crow. taken young
many words but this crow acquired an amaz-
ing vocabulary. STILL he was never very talk-
sS Ss his hSW sEpss hsns sans
ton Of the Clicking sound a person makes to
The George referred to was myself. Peggy
was the young VITO Of man who worked for
pa seH my n' pss ec ON
ing terms with Peggy's husband. and that was
why he always inquired OF me aij rs to the state
around anywhere. And what do you suppose
was the reason othelo wasn't 9g sEeak ing
i hn ES Jealous Of tho hus,andl iss
as tre tb as tell ysaa IN Lord d.. WHIT WS
Peggy, 1 should say So! We discovered that
before the crow was, six months old. He
uncomfortable jealousy when Peggys hus-
band cnme around where she was. He'd strut
sna tease him. Pessy
iny her head on her husband's shoulder. and
PERHAPS kiSs him Or pretend to. and then
ing to town. " fly s had horsS t%t VAS sV safe axe
y
hard to 80 stop s oheo had been broodns Il: %
hsssy en so s IN
~: gazing at her: Her Ter, hasbs md had gone to
! saw a look Of desperation come over Othello's
and and; pumped down IN BY Pesey's side. "
followed the cry BY the impellinG click ali
clicking at him like mad and before any one
was going on a dead Gallop down the road. and
in liiIy had disapgI,snared IN cloud OF dust
nation Othelio or own desperate had simply
her; Peggy husband mounted another horse
the horse and wagon and Peggy. The runaway
aaa soPneSS sa% sqnsd e
was missing; The bad grow evidently knew
afternoon was on my way home from town
@ aydnk saa pegsy
when / was startled to hoar u hoarse and
Qunyering voice cxclaim:
sd up and ts ence ST. stsk othf thin
pretty near homo. and then he said:
- Hullo, George How's Peggy?'
I'm spite of his foolish indiscretion every.
body was glad to see Othel!o back again. But
no wasn't the same crow. He soon found out
him busy at, something In one OF the flower
beds. watched him He plucked a lot Of flow
stems he started over toward the little grave
yard on the hill. followed him. He went
straight to,poor Peggys grave laid the flowers
for while. and then went back home. Tho
next day Othello lay on the bottom Of his box.
dead as a stone.
Would kill crown Well. II should. I
would 60 and give myself up as murderer"