The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
ODD THINGS IN CALIFORNIA.
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Los ANGELES, Doc. l0.-A man In San Diego.
whose beautiful flower garden was about to be
ruined by snails. put half q pint Of beer in some
plates In his garden at night. The next morn
ing the beer had all disappeared and hundreds
Of snails were lying about in q disinterested
manner. When stirred up with q stick they
would raise their horns feebly, attempt to move
on and then fall back helpless. Evidently they
were drunk. They lay about In that way
nearly all day. but toward evening crawled of
Q little distance. They were on hand. with all
their cousins and their aunta, for another dose
Of beer that night and were as drunk as lords
the next morning. The owner Of the garden
now puts out the plates Of bear regularly every
evening, and so saves his garden from molesta-
ion But most all the snails In San Diego
have started on the pace that kills, and the local
Old eoaks and what they viii do when they get
the ID. rs.
Los Angeles has q dog with o false leg. He
10 O little. brown. curly-coated fellow. part Cor
don dsS.s setter thI:;1pp part water ,, spaniel Pa leland, and part several = .
verely injured In a fight with q dog twice his
size that his ma ster. who is a veterinary sur.
Pitiful and seemed at such q disad vantage
fimping about on his three legs that his master
stump. "XtoffiHrss first IL Il seemed rather an e embarrasss.
ment to the dog, but he soon learned how to use
1t and now patters and stumps along as rapidly
He has learned now to use the wooden leg in q
fight, too. and when he whacks the other dog
over the tender part of the nose with it the
enemy L. pretty sure to retire in pain.
Mrs. Hayes, who lives on Eleventh street in
San Francisco. has Q pigeon which wears the
championship belt Of ner whole establishment.
1t has whipped everything In sight, and | 8 now
waiting for new worlds to show up. When it
was three months old 1t began having a con.
ended BY the dogs disappearing minus n one
eye, with, holes in both ears. lips swollen, tail
S SS,Ts'n rS lsss' the snd pis %shi9 esos sis ' sSe cat to s shs
Was never 'Morsted: the cat also ran away. BY
r pigeon a. John [. Sullivan 'f Soon after aha found md
John /. watching quietly beside a mouse hole:
for It, seized it BY the skin Of the back. and
shook the life out of it. 1t was not long until
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bodies ssls y lyinMG about Sn, h.r The td rate i t,s did .. mot {, IA, at;
not long in taxing the hint, and the pilacs is
now as clear Of both rats and mice as II there
never had been any there And the pigeon
now goes foriornly about the house with its
Up in Lake county Billy Reed had several
nlveS OF DeeS. Inc Otner udy u Dk b"arm GANG
from the hives of his neighbor, J. 8. Dewey.
fight. Mr.. Reed heard q great buzzing and
saw the unusual commotion around his hives
soon wished he hadn't. and was quite willing to
watch, the conflict from a distance. When II
Sstfu ai f as h Ss E nahsssa 1 % a Close 0e sss q Siv 1Ss
but as many Of the attacking bees had already
sot, inside; the nsn ,Eht r, had hs gong s on t there j Just al e. :
the conflict one of determination on one side
or the. other, but, the attacking bees met witt
were left finally flew away. carrying with them
all Of Reeds honey they could pack. Nearly al
Of Reeds bees were killed and a great deal Of
his honey was taken.
San Francisco has q lawsuit over q strip >
land that is IN inches wide. 1t lies just wes'
Of the Calvary Church property, and Mrs. Goldt
Who Is building a house which Mrs. Alexandei
Aronson says that his house Is entirely on hi
own land. and that he will tear It all down be
fore he win pay 81, o for 2M inches Of land.
Southern California has o "Left-hauded'
Club. with q membership of nearly 1000 scat
tered through all the principal towns south o
Tehaehipi Pass. To be left-handed Is the onl,
CUB Is making prepsrations to. give a left
handed banquet early in the coming year.
rSCrR In oroville there is q four-legged turKe,
which deset As coaluonaation for lite modest,
and its common sense. 1t Is the only biped wit
a double supply of legs on tho ranch. But l
has never strutted around any for that reason
and has. meyer even taken advantage Of 1t
fellows in the matter Of its extra supply G
fighting weapons. 1t modestly, walks on tw
the extra legs folded up In its feathers until
gets tired. Then 1t let's down the extra one
and tucks up those 1t has been using.
An Indian on horseback near Porterville Las
week saw q big buck. He gave chase, an
after a long, hard ride lassoed the deer an
drove It to his home alive. 1t Is said ths
this is the first time for fifteen years that thI
Jrick has been done In California.