The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-01

: 80 ways were OUT ana
rlhe Stationed at the shore end of each
| WITH instructions not to let Billy aboard
ne began to be anxious and made seve-
ial attempts to board ship. but was
iepeieu. The forward gang plank
WaS hauled in and the ships net made
up MS mind TO resort to desperate mea-
sures. lie wsskeA down the dock
| ~ me remaining gang plank, drew off
s Snou' twenty feet. and with lowered
nsau saiIantly charged the sentry. up-
SnB E,.n and triumphantly reach
| ing the deck to the cheers Of Sho
men VINO Were Watching him. dele
satlon f!om the crew immediately went
-. ~, .he mast, and plead so earnestly with
remain. i''o"eo 10
,h SUI an the tales told by the crew of
une baltimore of their pets sagac,tv
Mp t MI a volume, nor have the men
f Tr sa,,ed Div, with him on the Gelena
,".'eH him 1t was on the Galena
mat goat from the Richmond vas
,n.,nuSnt TO pay him n friendly visit
pity however, seemed to fear that tho
ot"mEcr might usurp his place in the
uItecuons of his shipmatcs. for he omen
ed hostilities at once bv h,,ttin, ~ In,
oIi the t0recaStle along the ganrwsv
anu uown the accommodation Ia,Ianr
re mas been Photographed many times
tineor. o picture OF the crew of the Bal
c Is complete without Billy in tho
ioreGrornd. His latest photogr, nh
Mu.cn accompanies this article wns
ID Ken at fokohama in July last. BilIv's
na,,,, ,ouhEihg place is near the car
pchter bench. where he nibblcs shaw
iilGs ana steals delicate morsels from,
.nc Eluc-poI He is fond or fruit. and
receives much of ii from his messmatcs |
out ne refuses any that has been bitten. |
not long ago he ate the sailmnker,s
WaNeu thread with the needle a,,achcI |
OUT so lar has suffered no i'll effect.
i-hS' summer l made the acquaint-
Inn oi vi small tar-colored goat be-
ately called Our Willialn' Nv his n,,.''.
Iiiltes' He is q native OF Key West is
very wei behaved and mild hammered
un!ess leased and is great friends with
, ,n,miia' me kitten named after tho
writer. which belongs To ON. o; the c;iiIs-
er gallant officers. Minna is a native
OIL BROOKLYN, and having been born amid
the nautical surroundings of the navy
Naru is thoroughly at home on ship
board.
The Newark has more pets aboard
than any vessel in UItch. Sans ser
vice, u happy family" that would do
credit to an old-fashoned circus, dwell
ing together in peace between her ar
lnored sides.
There is the McGinty family of gum
ca DIGS black with red spots. and con-
s.stiEG of Mr.. and Mrs. McCinty, ma
ives of Montevideo. and three little
the Newark last May. There are five
that fill the ship with their
sweet songs all day, and ut night. too.
when the electric lights are ON. -Four
Or hVc parrots chatter in amity. and !
)ne of them. Jack, whistles After the \
Sail. Sweet Marie and many other
popular tunes. to the great delight OF
he crew. III
Hombye is little white dog a ma
live OF Spain. lie came aboard at Ca
liz in 1892 and is u very intelligent ani- I
NAL: sits UP, holds IL pipe in his mouth |
auEhs or cries, as requested. and shakes
hands. One day Hombrc went ashore
and was shot by policeman, but not |
fatally When the policeman saw his 1
collar engraved u. S. S. Newark he took
the wounded dog to n hspital. where
he was treated until next day, when he
was sent to the ship. But Hombrc was
in the sick bay long t!lic. and was
only saved by the skiliful t!ea,tment of
the ships doctor, who attended him as
lac did his human patients, regularly
every morning. Hombre is the pink Of
marine manners. always waiting for the
officers to enter the boat first no matter
how eager he may be for n run ashore.
Dick is a cat Who gambols on the deck
by moonlight, and whose chum Tom a
big Maltese, fell overheard one dark
night. and was drowned.
The brave Old kearsarge had mon
key and Il cat and later on a young
boar, presented by the American Consul
al Tangier 10 Captain Sigsbee. The
monkey and the cat fought continually,
until one day the monkey threw the I'M
fortunate pussy overheard. The ca;
was swep: astern, and the monkey ran
along rhe :ail chatterng like nend.
AS il was very bad weather at the
time 'the cat was left to her fate. About |
year before the kearsarge was wreck
ed one Of the officers was presented |
with an English bulldog. The dog |
and the boar struck UP an unaccount- |
able friendship. occupied the same |
quarters, dined together and fiolicked |
like couple of kittens. Alligators and |
seals aIe found occasionally on t'he |
men-oi-war, for almost any living timing
VIII be made a pet OF BY Jack. The |
Raielghs mascot is Il raccoon, probably
me only one in The navy. The Columbia |
mas no pets a present.
When The San Francisco returned
from BlueiClds IN July, 1884, Il brought
JACKIE. clever li:tlc South American
monkey, who lived III the foyecastle
Jacko learned 10 smoke cigarettes, and
was p!ent!iui!y supplied with them by
tiic marines. HIS fIvorite tpiLc was
very strong sweet coffee with dash of
rum in IL, and his chief amusement to
ne III wait 10: a passing sailor, sna tch
MS cap, scampcr 10 some lofty perch.
ana n.nS il out in the sea To re-
cover the caps would have seriously in
Ie. icred with the routine OF duty. SO
Jacko was sold to q Brooklyn saloon.
keeper for $l5.
Inc San Francisco also had a goat,
which was entered on the man-o'-war'.,
log as 'B!liy, born at ST. Thomas, West
ind!es. February %, 1894. Was buried at
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