The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-04
KITE, A TAMlCR
TIL. Taic OF a BIRD that W Usefu, in Sew.
eral Ways on rarn.

1 Iue AstN " y 'Vt IN sew
erai Ways on Harm.
SCRANTON, Sept. 2.-"wl, I was liyine q,
tho foot of Pinxster Peak lad a tame crow
tint was worth considera, to mo-" said a
Joyalsock man. THE wat TO get tbe
crow was q little singular. 10 OF my boys was
6ying his kite early in the 10 mor. and when
IL had sailed high UP over ,icce Of woods ON
nv place tho string brokcd tho kite lodced
In the ton OF q hemlock tr Tie boy Lawlsd
about the loss OF his kitLnd I had to climb
the trcc and get It for himA crow flew of bsr
rest near the top Of the II while | was clinh.
ing up, and when I roacf the nest I found
one egg In II. After / hanlooscned the kite
and let it drop. / placed ,crow's egg in INV
mouth and kept 1t there HAD backed down
the tree, and tken l ran, the barn and put
the egg under n hon thnad been sitting for
n day or so. The old hen'ered no objections.
and several days beforee came off with her
chickens she Matched { the l~iveliest little
! crow l ever saw. We bsn to raise tho baby
crow in tho house: wh,he was big enough
to run around on the fol named him Kite.
He learned to say a oil many words By
the time lo was n year , and ono morning
that summer l heard hyc!ling down an un-
used chimney at q lot swallows that were
nesting in it. The swows were making a
great racket. and Kite ssinging out. Hold
your ~tongue!' as loud no could yell. The
and he used it on the SLOWS because thofr
noise annoyed him., first the swallows
paid no attention to throw. and Kite yelled,
n Stes r'G aIi f si,s swa NJ 1iyGp ySar s 9IpIs sSs
harder. Then Kite dil. down the chimney,
and tho swallows pod out in . stream and
crow when he flew upd percned himself on
the, top of the chimn ! called him away.
t and the sm swallows nnf"S n sq n}l NE sIon own Wien
edge Of tho chimney, q yelled. Clear out"
at them for half an y; and he made Il. SO
UNPLEASANT Tor hon ide OF q fortnight that
When Kite was Q years old n pair Of
eagles nestled in 9nacGessible cliff on the
lambs in u pasture. a on n. nice May morn.
ing one Of the e~agleyooped down. caughta
day-old lamb in its avs. and was about to
eagles back and vel: Put TIL, lamb DOWN.
Drop,the lamb. cqssou" and u lot OF other
s sSn. but q Ri,s sun I 1, liz ea en- S Get T 5a.k a . sn%pti
WAS afraid to shoot ftear Of killing tho crow.
Kite I yelled and elad at The eagle till h.
the eagles head, 1.-THE biz bird shook him
killed by the fall. d the crow flew hack.
Too bad! TOO b. when l. r.achedi tie
spot. When I piel up the lamb | heard
Kite say: IN En- It eagle some time. The
oS. WV" WIN VIVA ihioS ~ tIl0
it"sy from ,n9e one III" party sTeii Inc "I p%as stu st 70 a ,Das ne
p Dsttfis or ti On r t5sss % fSnsss W Hna Esnt S "a" s say:
an eagle soaring the sky he would fly to
wi,ers I was work. Ping olt, John. look out
ture and Watch o: the lambs; lie would
cav like everythius long as tho eagle was
In sight, and wherdisappeared he would sit
SKY sl'' Tis pr prS 81 emo of st the crow loW E kep, 'o oT the the
eagles. and ;! didrose another lamb.
In tho fall | hp SOW and litter Of young
Of the eagles pluld and caught n pig Just as
the crow had aliE,d on a post near the mud
eagle Struck the 40 lard that nlt'i i drove the
little fellow into mud. and while the bird
was trying to cIat out. Kite yelled. John.
shop near by. arwhen, l ran out the crow
was recking ut { eagles head mud the old
SOW was doing hbcst to push of the eagle.
about in the rdle. and Kite was yelling.
Got off! get . get of! at the top OF
head he's Wiz Vita h fn I! ,s'l9 The sn nid s sow was sv Shorts it,
though her life y at stake: the little pig was
Whoa / sos to a1 tiaoiss e e n the ine e %ds' ta sno
yisioHsly at thecw and the SOW with its biii.
neck! and Wild caught tho eagle by ono Of
ITS wings and fig il into the road saw that
t was gasping d dying: A pointed wire that
roofing, had pied the eagles lungs. and the
big bird died iIminute or two. Kite alighted
the eagle aaon as he saw that 1t was lite
less. Tapped hwings. aud sang out: John.
we got him thilme"
Kite could | the time OF day by the clock,
and when tho Rther was cloudy ! used to
send him to tlhouse from tho field to sec
what time it W Instead OF asking my wife
the crow woulook ut the clock without say
ing u word to i n then sail back to the
clear [ could u by the sun within ~ min
utos what Tint was. and the crow got so
he could ass almost as close as / could.
One sunshiny enoon told Kite to fly to the
house and bE mo the time. The crow
cooked his heto one side. glanced IN ut the
sun. and said'Its 5 minutes to IL. John!'
I told him it Water than that. and ho flow
to the house n back and said: It's = min
utcs to H. an'e was right.
THE crow / feeble the winter after he
was 5 years o., He. couldn't stand the cold.
and l kept him IL box half full of shavings
behind the sto. He lost his appetite soon
New Yea and one night. when l had
ready to gso bod. he called me to him
and said: 'JotKitell be dead in the morn
ingn l fusse'ver him, and told him he was
good for anotr- year.. but | couldn't make
and in the nigths crow crawled out Of his
box and nskrde to take him in bed with me.
Kites almostme! he whispered. and when
awoke he In cad on my breast"