The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-09-25
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ALLEN JACKSON,S CROW
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New York sun.
A Staten Island boy named Az.
Jackson has a pet crow called I,"a
whose wild spirit positively refusaa
be tanned in some respects, but in a,s
eIs it is extremely docile. Sly W.
ago Jack was removed from tho ss.s
OF its mother and father, was feed =.
II week on worms, bread, shreds :,
meats and a variety OF other thi,.s
and then it showed signs OF fami,,.',
ty with its master In a manne,n
mistakable. The crows master has
a small but brilliant scarf pin ana n.
bird, as it perched on his finger o"s
day took Il fancy To the pin and pccsss
'rhe stone out with a celerity tl,,,
made the boy forget to choke the hl,s
30 keep the stone from being swalIov'
ed. An emctic administered by N,
family physician recovered the stous
and a little ring the boys little sis,a.
had lost inthccage while playing with
the crow.
The crow was turned loose in N.
yard. where 1t strutted about with .
clipped wing till The family p,,v A..
came along. Toe dog looked at ,JarI
and Jack looked at the dog. Neithe,
liked the others appearance a lit,ls
bit. and what followed made the d,v
seek shelter I'M hole under the mrch
where the crow couldn't get at II. Thu
crow has often tried to &c. at clos.
quarters with the pug since, but has
not succeeded because the dop can
beat it running.
Allen tied a tin can to the crow,
tail one day. 1t was a little can. Lut
it worried the crow a lot. The crow
waddles when it walks, it is so fat and
clumsy, and that made the can boh
back and forth from side 70 side with
\ bang. Tbe crow tried to whip the
tin can in three distinct r0ugh.and.
tumble fights, but each fight endedjn
the crow looking around and seeing
the "a still coming along. The string
that held the car fast was a shortone.
and it was tied tightly around three
of the birds tail feathers near the
end. The crow stopped walking all Of
a sudden after the third tussel with
the can and looked around at the can.
Then one by one it nipped of the three
feathers TO which the string was at.
tachcd and waddled away, leaving the
can. The boy has the can and feall-
ers yet to su%bStantiatc his story, but
he has no proof Of another of bis tales.
The crow nippcd of several more Of
his feathers in getting rid Of cans;
then one day Il string was tied about
its leg at the foot. That was a puzzle
to the crow. 1t nipped its foot light.
/. ~ with its bill, but there were nCrsG
in it's foot. and the bird gave up that
method with Il mournful squeak. II
solved the problem by unlying the
string.
Untying strings is now a iav0rite
pastine of the birds. Aliens father
brought a pile Of pamphlets honcone
afternoon tied with Il string. Not
only did the bird unite the string, but
} it picked out every n Of the little
wires that held the pamphlets tOgetl'
or. The paper vas badly demorali@d
in the process, but not so badly as The
crow would have been had Mr.. jackson
got his hands on its head and bdy
when lie saw the ruin the bird bad
wrought.
The bird is easily driven about with
Il string for reiLs, and Allen has made
Il harness that fits the crow well. Tue
crow draws Il little wagon about load'
cd with twenty ounces OF stone easily,
aud it grunts when the cart gets stuck
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