The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-09
Two Ferret-. a Puppy and a Nagpie.

Two Ferrets- n PUPPY ana a AaEp1e.
There was a fight this morning in a bird
and animal store on Washington avenue
that turned out one OF the funniest i'm
pr0mptu entertainments Imaginable, says
the Minneapolis Journal a tall man.
with whiskers and very large pockets in
his overcoat- walked into the bird store
and pulled two yellow ferrets out of them.
He,wanted 70 sell the ferrets 10 the White
chapel gentleman that conducts the place,
declaring that thsy were perfectly trained
and the best pair Of workers in the coun-
try There is such a. din in the shop from
the Threats Of l,ouoaOr more canaFies, bull
Inches chafnnches. linnets. larks, love
birds, looms. magpies. and parrots that il
Is hard TO carry on an intelligent con-
Ncrsau ons but the lOud-moufhed and
checklist bird in the lot is q black and
white maybe that says the most dis
graceful things IN. a veciferous way 1t
Is said that ne once belonged to the
captain OF a tramp steamer plying between
London and Philadelphia. whose wife in
sisted on going 10 sea with him Anyhow,
the magpie is possessed Of an extraOrdi-
nary vocabulary and a malignant disDO-
sltiOu.
You're a THEIR shrieked the maybe.
and the tall man with the ferrets jumped
as though one Of them had bitten him.
Did ! get yOu-didagetja, went on the
magpie. dancing up and down in his
cage as though thoroughly pleased with
Don't take no notice Of i'm" said the
dealer, ees allus got s 'ammer bout in
the morning"
The tall man put his ferrets on the
ground TO show them of better, when the
door opened and in walked a fellow with
a halt-groWn bull terrier pup that looked
as though he had seen grief, young as
ne was. The male, ferret went for the
pups hind legs straight as die and
npped him severely. The pup turned on
the ferret with a suarl, but the ferret bit
MN on the nose, and then there was fun.
The loon in the back end of the store
had been taking a bath in a big dish of
water, but he crawled out, stuck his
long neck through the bars of his cage
and laughed idioticaly About twenty
parrots and a whole crowd of paroquets
made all sorts of remarks, some of them
yipplng ana yelling like the dog, and
others squealing like the ferret. The mag
pie was simply beside himself.
What the-what the-what the-well-
ll-well-what am / saying, what am I
bird shrilly
Take the ferret orr cried the owner
of the dog; you hain't got no business
with ferrets running round loose nohov 9"
1t was not such an easy matter to take
the ferret on, though because ferret
and dog were all tangled up and rolling
round the floor promiscuously. At that
moment the other ferret decided to take
hand in the game, and his sharp Jaws
closed on the pups of hind leg with
snap. That made the pup crazy. He got
Doth his torepaws on the ferret and tried
hard TO pull it loose from that nose hold
but the rabbit chaser was riVited. The
female ferret kept taking bites at the
pups rear eXtremities Such a Worrying
growing, snarling, swapping exhibition
was never offered as a free show before
and all the talking birds appreciated il.
Chew MIN up-chew him up-what the
what the-what am 1 saying ?" continued
the magpie.
Then somebody threw big pail of wa
ter on the combatants, the fererts let go.
the bull-pup sneaked, and the magpie
wound up the performance with What
the-What the-well-well-well."