Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-07
STRANGE UNKNOWN nrRp.
An unc"uth Pet That Hns No Standing
in the Natural History Rook..

emmy roimmy Harvey, boy of 10, living in the
uutshrts OF Sono'na, has the strangest bird
pet OF any boy in the state II NAV be. OF
course, that some great ornithologIst NIGH
iind an unpronounccable name for tn. crea
T,,,, onr", ont men who have lived in the vi
einity for thirty years and done consider
able hunting say they never saw lis like
before, and most of them never want to
again, for the shock to their nervous sys.
TENS by the first sight of 1t was most Sc
we're. Nor can they be blamed. for tho ap-
| enough to make a man drink water ex-
| clusiyely for the rest of his life, Jiys the
| San Francisco Cali.
him with great amusement, The first man
| who, saw the bird came upon IT suddenly
road He gave a jump and a howl, and nd ram ram
away SO fast he looked like a whole regi-
ment OF soldiers. Almost anybody else
Tommy Harvey's bird looks like the. horrii
| memory of an attack OF dellrum tremens,
| and any drinking man would momentariIy
expect to see countless multitude lust
like 1t come suddenly out of space.
marsh not far from town, and was hav-
ing a, good time. as boys Will, Suddenly he
whistle. that made him jump. He started
to run and saw the strange bird directly
en- him as badly as 1t did some people who
hay. seen it since. but for several. mo-
mer inside of him where his heart ought to
he he Al 9Sys sa hay Uys bSWeirigi habit Of DO
~
ed to investigate the bird. 1t was not the
least bit afraid Of him. He used a long
stick at FIRST, for the bird to exercise its
beak on, until he saw that it could not bite
very hard, Gradually he got nearer and
nearer, and braver and braver, as he as
sured himself of the queer birds harm
lessness.
In short time Tommy mustered UP cour-
age enough to stroke the birds back This
m desh Te%my II was and Il hh"ps nso 3
was not long in making up his mind to take
the bird home. He had forgotten all about
the frogs, and they croaked and croaked in
unmolested glec.
When Tommy reached home with his
hIize hhai hen ne frst ] showed i TO his mother. But
at it, She simply gave u shrek and ned
from the house the moment Tommy set 1t
mind the Shrek and proceeded to make
itself at home. Tommy fed 1t to the best
there was in the house. and also ali there
II ate and ate, and Tommy's mother who
by ms time had recovered enough to
sneak around the side OF the house and
should have all II wanted.
There are a great many peculiar things
about the appearance of Tommy's bird, II
looks Ike 4 combination of ostrich, eagle
ami Owl. II Is very young, not more than
three weeks old, and Vet II Is at least
eighteen Inches high, or larger than a baby
Z soft. white frzz like a young duck. and
has feet that look to be about twice the
s,ze s,ie they ought 10 be. Passing down the
of brown color like zebra and its head
irs "a nishtmare. Projecting from a dark
while the eyes are small and wicked-look..
Ing; The birds wings are dark in color,
and most OF the time hang down at its
70 walk much. The G Size an Of " tS not SIr5 able
most deceiving in regard TO its WEIGHT
l. 10, Looks as heavy ns big turkey, but
pounds. ~ 'N'ee