The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-19
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THE FISHERMAN's PET CROW.
bird That Went TO Church. Though
Aal To SeExix:e Essss-

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Not to Service, Every sunday.
"You will find pet crows alongshore, ''
said fisherman, lust as YOU might
anywhere else. / knew a fisherman
once that had one he got out of it's nest
when it was little, and brought up in
his home. He never clipped its wings,
and it used TO go out and be gone, may
be for hours, perhaps for days, but il
knew where il could get warm and
where the best things to eat were. and
II always came back. If any of the fam
ly saw ii coming they would let il in !;
ii they didn't see il the crow would
sit on the railing by the door and cav
to be let in; and, if nobody heard the
cawing, it would peck at the door with
its beak. 1t used 10 sleep in the house,
and was on friendly terms with the
whole household. The name of the
crows owner was William; his friends
used 10 call him Bill When mealtime
came the crow would perch on the back
of Bills chair, and every now and then
Bill would reach up over his shoulder
something nice for the crow TO eat.
Every Sunday morning the crow
used 10 90 to church, and it never used
to go any other time. 1t knew the sex.
ton. The sexton was a fisherman, too.
like everybody along the beach, and he
was superintendent of the Sunday
school, and big man in the church gen
orally. The crow used to go over 10 the
church and sit on the doorstep Sunday
morning and wait for the sexton TO
come, and when he did come and open
the door, the crow would go in with
him. The church was heated by big
stove, and while the sexton was build
fng the fire the crow would sit ON the
back OF pew close by and look on.
Sometimes, wher the sexton was work
ing away over the stove the crow would
hitch along on the pew rail and cav 10
him; and sometimes the sexton would
turn around and smile at the crow and
maybe say something friendly, and then
the crow would perk its head over on
one side and cav and cav, and then the
sexton would smile again and go on
building the fire. He would put in
section of old tarred netting TO start
the fire with, something that every
fisherman uses il he has got it, and the
best thing in the world TO start a fire
with, and then he would build up the
fire and light il, and when il had got
well a-going and he had made every
thing snug he would leave the church
until il was pretty near time for the
service 10 begin; and when he went
the crow would go with him. / think
the crow would sometimes have stayed
in tho church. but of course that
wouldn't do, and when the sexton was
ready he would call the crow and the
crow would follow him out. and they
would separate where they had met.
on the steps of the church. The sexton
lived about half a mile away in one
direction. and the crow lived close by
in the other, and when the sexton had
gone the crow would go over To its home
and peck on the door, aud they would
let him in.
Everybody around knew this crow,
and nobody ever molested it. The crow
itself took chances. Sometimes II
iocked with other crows and then il
was In danger Of being shot; but nobody
ever shot at IL when it was alone. When
.hey saw IL fly by they said:
There goes Bill's crow" - N. Y.
Sun.