The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-08

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Kept together Th" liens are more tractahl
when they arc nlunu. The average lion live
fourteen wears ip "aptivity. hut rertormin:
| lions sonnet ines die younger Tigers are NOR
manageable than lions when onco they ar
trlitrd. hut they are hare to train and max
less spirited performers
Another Tame Crow--It Interrupted Cam
Meetings and Celebrations.
SCRANTON. May &. =" Speaking OF tam
crows n country schoolmuster said. re
minds mo o. smart ono named Nose III.
Uncle lsaacs folks had down in Lycomins
county right after tho war. Nose was an OK
ccllcnt talkcr. and he could sing Yankee
| Doodle old Zip Coon and several more old
| fashioned pieces in ms nicc an alto voice a:
you would care to hear. Sally Crircn. daugh-
ter Of one of unclo's neighbors had q beau.
tlul soprano voice that harmonizcd spicn.
didly with the crows alto. aud one
summer. after Nose could sing n mum.
| her Of songs. Sally came over to I'M
cles house played on the mclodeon. and
| taught tho crow to sing Mary OF tho Wild
Moor and The Blue Juniata with her. Nose
would perch himself on the mclodeon while he
and Sallic were singing. and we would all sit
around the room and applaud them. Tho crow
got into trouble a number of times for singing
and talking when he had no business to. He
nav Il ioi -piiit- W -oI-lppi iiItcliHSS
and whenever there WAS n sunday school pic
mic. venduc. camp meeting, or a Fourth Of
July celebration within three miles OF uncle
place Nose would be sure to attend it,
There was a camp meeting in Jonathan
Hubbard's maple grove. about three qua rters
Of mile from Uncle Isaacs house. one
September. and when Nose saw tho wagons
driving toward the woods ho sailed over to
the grove and hung around there oil day. A
little after shutdown he flew homo. alightcd on
the dooryard fence. and went to singing Happy
Day. changing of onto Send tho Power be-
fore he came in to get his supper. Nose had
learned tho hymns at the camp meeting that
day. and the next morning he stecred for the
grove tho moment he had swallowed his break
fast Two Of Uncle Isaac's daughters attend-
ed the meeting in the afternoon and while the
congregation were singing they noticed tho
crow iittn. in the foliage. As soon rs the
singing had ceased. Nose began to MARBLE
Yankee Doodle with n lot OF variations right
over the preachers stand. He was half hid
den in the leaves OF Il maple tree. and he made
SO much noise that everybody looked up. The
upturncd faces didn't emharrass Nose parti-
clc but his conduct did cmbarrass my cousins.
and he continued TO sing until one Of the
managers Of the grove got pole and poked
Nose out Of the tree. That night committee
called on Uncle Isaac and told him that no
must ke, his noisy bird at home while tho
he didn't deprive Nose Of his freedom.
Nose sailed over to tho grove every day.
hut ne didn't get himself into trouble again
until the following sunday. when thoro was an
immense congregation present. Doe Brown.
th2 iIral physician, Wore his hair in curls
h"en II the habit the Previous spring Of riding
MIM ,r,.. down the road on Doc, ; sElky. Doc
irp
co"id see tho mud flying from his sulky's
Wheels n Gqnricr2f mill. away, Ono day
cred with mud. 1t took him II good
while e clean himself. and tho ncxt
tI@io Dec drove along Nose called him
"ey9r lila Win lin '"s sain uni The % COW
had an idea that Doe threw tho mud on him
"Ii friend, Doc didn't pretend to nr rious.
l'E' That ann3ay he had u front scat in the big
congregation. Nose spicd Inn. from the limo
,'l Il 'f"c and Just rs tho preacher WEs about |
70 "nn"uncr his text. M35r sang uut: Hello. !
Dar brown! You mere Ect,'r ~ homo and |
know Doc by sight. ana hunircd- Of
nnrks were instantly crane! to -" " nor, H.,
b! ',lnl. The minister hesi,tat"l, and Nose
kcti telling D." TO g" ana, get his hair cat.
nntll some mon got mad y%n'! drove, the crow
ont 81 the grove GA; IN tho Mold they thrcw
sucks and s:OhcS n him. and Nose didn't dare
I? return TO ihr. gree hat day, Al n,;ht
lnc. Isaac slu: hirh NJ, ana d,lnt let nun
oQt Mnt!l thp Hlmp iuc"tiu}. runo 10 an ord.
"Thcrc WIS a farm ,r's ~lfn in ,!r H,ighnor.
iiood w" rr!ded h"rt,yii on, making :. nenr
l|r CAKE with designs lrAin"f Sugar iiro and
Sl, iEod il M so 'hnI IT lopsri very tempting
dag h1ol pirnir ohr stool gard over il to
500 mat NJ or touched n kniIn to il and
49,, "" =, 1a, tine so"t womAn would man,
home MhriG nhr' was Watching Uvnr ons
81 .nr L"aatI'ni cakes Ut SUNDAY schoo,
on TN 'tpl' with >rli. scratched ali the "rIta
rnMrS III ne rHhe Wl III, claws. cracked tho
h r%H'' swoh WI| I'LL; md san@ out; on
gayc scream, and struck at the crow With
i i. IHrnn,ol. ana Mnsn lodged the suMshadr,
sec ifyyu'l cut it.. 49, Tho generous house,
vito nctua " sat down on a log ana cried when
she saw that her cake had boon ruined.
"p or three years after the war M0Sn
went tour miles TO Fourth If July c"'rI.rr.
ton Ihoy had an orator from pninlclphIa.
and while gn wa r"ugnS forth sentence alrer
limb directly atoyc him auG looked down in
si,"n"S ~ =, aStng orator st2rnsl amid rnat
sooner had h" touched the glass To- Ia, lips |
than Nose stru"k NJ shouting the lattl" nv .
boif @ta2%d Tn EE spsn :, "ry lnn' gyr 'y.
anti N"so had finished tlIr Lf,i yrr.r. WYNN
DE- 't,rm,W M M irns ara hou"d at TIA" top
~ his lungs ihi"" ."ir"rs uuI a TIGER Tor |
ne crow Ia" audience Cag" three times |
lhfor "hcors for tho. black spug,tcr prd tho |
uo!S" was SO dc4i"ning that Nose sailed out |
Of ~" groyo aud took y boo linz for hDnI.
Nose took great interest in farm vrn,lues, !
md after hc had attended several he gut in |
he habit OF aUctiouing of articles in tho !,
house and, yard 10 my young women cousins. |
'ir started everything At eight, and he seldom |
ut htpNc ten wnen j" kuprfrd it down. on" |
,r,lmmer, day Moe had = road yrndue tuyrr |
Hho girls Were doing the, huu-ohnll wash |
ng under tree; ANA Nose algh,nd ON |
light. at eight. at eight Nine nine. min"
ltgr' Al ten. at ten. -. at ten once
vice. thro-", o-o,c- sold TO Hannah at ten"
oldest Sl
S,"-ersSion Of the tuo I" please tho crow
Thon M"-" il"w I" a pile Of milk pans and
vent nrrr ihr sam" gi@maroIr, finally selling |
h"m mt ten T., lipgrrt, the ncNt daughter IN /
go l"al,o sold ~" charm, tho .g,.uds,unc.
ne fawuurk, ne wr.trGrir the clothes hlskrt.
nd u lot oi other articles Tor the same ligure
Cyrus Mumford, neighbOring farmer
'wned n flock of peafowls. and the crow got |
the habit Of sailing downto Mpmfords and |