The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-16

/ rlnaily Miss Polly was completely stripped
| OF her gay feathers. her brains taken ~,
her eyes gouGed out, her ears cut short. her
beak pulled inside out-and there she is, the
woetullest looking specimen Of a bird in all
the land
The man then spriukled -four Of arsenic
on the skin-a deadly pOison-and left 10 to
dry In. In a little while be began to turn
the skin inside out, stuffed it with cotton,
and Polly began to assume semblanoe once
more to life.
II takes ten days to stuff and mount Miss
ROXY. We had not better wait that long.
there are many intricate, dainty and skill
| Iul processes required. When IL comes to
! mounting the specimen all the art in the
mans nature Is brought TO play. IL the
pose tie unnatural or stiff the bird will
! never look pTesentable. The feathers
must be dressed down; the legs
must be vanished: wire rods must take the
place Of Polly's spine; maybe, for hight
| eued effect, cracker will be placed in her
| toes or she will pose downward, swinging
from perch.
When all is In readiness, she must be
| frozen" as the taVideTmist sayg-that is,
/ the skin must be allowed to harden aud set
| To retain she shape properly groat lengths
of cotton thread are wound around and
| around the bird, completely euvelopiue 10 in
shining white swatbes
Poor Polly she can do everything but
/ chatter
SOME STANDARD PR1CEs.
If your dog dies it will cost you from SI5
to $50 TO have him properly stuffed and
mounted. THIS Will include nice plush
rug upon which to place him. IL your pet
tabby dies the price is S25 20 S35. If you
land fat trout and wish 20 have him pre-
served the price will be about $40 II you
| want deer's hesd mounted the taxider-
mist's charge will be from $40 to SO. II
| you wish 70 have horse embaimed il may
cost you as high as $1,000 II you would
like to dabble in taxidermy as Il pestime
| ten lessons will cost $50.
Il can tell' went on the taxidermist,
looking up from bis work, just about how
the shooting season is going Sportsuen
| are my best customers They seldom order
things aud not call For this class Of trade
l stuff and mount eagles, fish, deer and
! sometimes snakes. A fellow catches Dig
fish. In order that ne may not be accused
| Of lying he quietly comes to me and has the
game prepared Then he cells the bows
about it OF the club. They wager that he is
drawing the loug bow. lie goes 80 his
sachel and takes out MIR. Fish, as natural az
life No getting around that, is ttere2
"Do | have TO study the habits Of aulmals
10 their native wilds, That is part Of the
! business. During the shooting season / take
! an outing for the express purpose Il study
| aud fields for thirty years, yet find now
things to Interest and instruct year by year
| strive for what may be termed natural
effects. ! want 10 500 birds and animals in
characteristic poses. To do this / must put
the noisy city far behind me. | must
! live with the beavers In Canada, the white
| fish Of Lake Superior and the Augora
goats Of the Rocky mountains. / must
| know that the Characteristic attitude OF the
cathlrd is one in which the little dusty
! mimic keeps up an iutessaut motion OF its
! fnnlike tail. must know that tho oLarnc-
teristic pose Of the pelican is the persouilca-
! tion Of slill life | must know how the
wild foxes dig their holes, how tie king
| fisher lives In trees or In tho snnd accord
| / z to tho species; how the wood pewee is
| sun only on dead branches; how the oriOle
/ whistles IN the trge tops, and how the soil
tary blttern keeps it's mournful watch in the
gray MARSH"
In word, you must be naturalist
YES, lover Of nature
"Once In awhile" gees on the man, PANS
| ing in his work a ii leaning back in his
| chair, "a society woman calls here with a
dead dog or a dead bird and males unique
request"
lie paused Ia his narrative, smiled softly
to himself, then continued
'It is tnAt sire darling pet be given q
decent dog or cat burial
Then you have dogs blrying groundn
said tn amazement.
There are many rich people in Gotham
who are rs devotedly attached 80 thuir nets
as they would be - their own flesh and
blood To have Tsbby die is 20 suffer q
great, an irr8lrevHble loss To such peo-
pie there is q shock about the idea OF mum
mifying Tabby. Their 5asthetio
nature rebels against IL. They
hate to think Of great staring eyes,
slT, artificial ears, aud the hody stuffed
| with excelsior or wool They would rather
have their pct rest In some quiet country
spot on the sunny, southern exposure OF a
pleasant hillside, where they can 20 10 the
gentle springtime and plant sweet flowers
on the grave.
"And so they come 70 us, ard With tears
in their eyes give directions that the dear
departed--iu the hand basket-shaIl be
given decent burial. We receive the order
with the seriousness Of "a magistrate or a
minister. For SIS We can sas % IL that
their pet is laid away in a spot whore tho
woodbine tWineth, and whore, in the be-
ginning OF the year, the robins viii mate
and build their nests in the loW-lying apple
bough near by.
I'm my private cemetery have several
| hundred graves IL is out on farm on
Long Island. Here repose the remains Of
beloved birds, cats, dogs, rats, snakes and
! owls with perhaps an occasional sheep or
| wolf. As soon ns the obsequie3 are over /
send word to the family, tho widow, the
! old maid, as the case may be, telling her
! exactly where the grave OF her pet lies, 80
that she can 20 there at any time abe
! pleeses and weep TO her hearts content
II would like to attend the next funeral"
! THAT is impossible Burial is private
and friends are asked to kindly omit flow
ers"
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