The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
ZOOS ON THE WARSHIPS.
rur INDIANA NEXT TO THE RIG
CEST PIGPEN IN THE WORLD.

Navv Yard last week. Tn6y were the Indiana,
..ho Massachusetts and the Brooklyn. The
srst ia next TO the largest plRpen In the world.
,hs second Is the largest chicken ooop and the
.hIrd ia the most eccentric deer park. Taken
leather they contain a good. sized m~enaEerie.
In point OF Numbers the Indiana's zoo stands
At the head. 1t consists OF one pig. one goat,
,our black cats. one tiger cat. two little kittens
md one dog on an average. The dog element
v,rtcs a good deal. STRAY dogs come on board
,or occasional visits, but they are tickle In their
tsncles and not to be depended upon. Tho
o,her members OF the Zoo have nothing tran
,Iept about them. The pig Is really the star
ho.rder and has 40 interesting history. Born
IN cuba In the spring OF 1898. he was captured
At Buantanamo by some sallors from the In
diana and In company with another piEEykin
WAS taken on board that ship.
pnrhaps the warlike SURROUNDINGS stirred
nm strife between the two little pigs. At any
raj. they had not been long at sea when they
cot into q scrimmage and one Of them pushed
,hs other overheard. The surviving piglet 10
HACK from the tip OF his impudent nose to the
md OF his curly tail. or course, being a. black
A, the ace Of spades. he was promptly chris
tsped Blanco after the tLptain-G General.
who at that time was fond ol referring to
Americans as Yankee piss. II is evident that
pos,ic Justice Is not dead. Blanco was 80
Young a piGgykin that his captors had to bring
him 10 on the bottle, and they are as proud Of
him as q nurse OF a baby. According to them
Blapco is the brightest pet in the NavH.
why said one OF the sailors. that pig
knows as much as half the men on the ship do.
you needn't think pigs are stupid. This ones
about the cutest thing you ever saw on four
feet. And lively2 Well. when the goat and
the pig make up their minds to 20 ashore l
tell you 1t takes more ~sentries than we can
muster on this ship to keep en- on board.
They don't wait to get shore leave. When they
get ready to go they work the scheme together.
First the pig makes q dive for the Gangway;
then the goat charges. and after they've got
the men all out OF breath they scoot down the
plank and roll over on the grass. just as II they
we're laughing at the way they managed II.
Mamie is the goat, some Of the men stole
her down at Hampton Roads last spring. but
the old woman that owned her came down to
the ship after her. so the men paid SO and kept
the goat. She went all through the war with
US, and she's as good q shipmate as you'll find.
She's got one fault. though. We don dare to
leave our shoes lying on the floor at night. be-
cause she goes around and eats the tongues out
CITIZEN. She's very particular about her food;
likes tobacco and shoe leather. but won't
touch that nice grass out there, She won't
Eat spuds. either, unless you peel 'em for her.
She's very particular. But she's mighty clever.
Knows the signals as well as any man or board
Toes. When 1t sounds general quarters she
limbs down to the armor de,k as fast as she
ian go, and when it sounds for general mus
ter you'll see her going aft along with the men.
She takes her stand beside the Captain until
the rolls called and then she goes forward
again as II she had run the whole thing
I'VE have four black cats-Don Carlos. Pc
dro, and a couple of others-also one tiger cat
with two kittens. but we don't know. where
the kittens are, for the mother has hid them"
While the sailor was describing the menaG-
erie an otncer came up and said that Blanco
would. be about right for roasting at Christ
wouldn't care to eat a pet. sven q pet pig.
oh. they'll eat him all riRht!' laughed the
The ssilor said nothing. brt there vas a auecr
look In his face; Ii expression counts for any
thing. the Indiana men will not eat q ship
mate. even though no be q Spanish pig BY the
The, men on the Brooklyn have no pig, but
they don't get lonely for lack Of pets. Their
100 includes one goat. one deer. one Spanish
s- one Yankee cat and family. and one dog
twas on Thanksgiving Day thar the repor or
and the goat In particular was a sight to be-
bold. He wore, q carefully fitted blanket OF
dark blue bound with red and bearing IN each
Boy" At the four corners Of this stirling gar
5 HsHf b Tsts I rFssn at s0 snotRer. Pinf s at 91 Tsi HoF1
at the other two. Thus legged out Billy Boy
could not fail to charm. But even without his
The crew had been painting various portions
Gtthe ship and Billy Boy had rubbed up against
all sme sas iT Titb P Psds w h could sna Ga 6ISs N He 3 WAS WAS
that was a credit to a member of the United
Billy Boy is a regularly enlisted member Of
The crew and IL now Oh his third cruise. altar
more than six years Of honorable service. Billy
Boy literally bears his honors thick upon him.
which Is made, of silver plates. The largest
one Is engraved with his name and that OF the
s SsCs5k' d iOs that b l TSs RIbilly Boys 9EoI Ar: sh ne The as'
l9 1853" The next plate reads: "Re-enliSted
Z \ he 3RS1 BsoOElSn, 4 March %, 1857 fss7. I pis e
sSi srSS ), " 4ss at Newport News. Va"
The man who was showing these records
happe1ed to be smoking a cigarette. II. was
i / Shli ti EOs oi ss aa ne He + ia fGof 4 Ign ia on snS Ssnd
TThlle he read the inscri otions on the collar,
Finally sna Billy Boz, slyly twlste d his head around
snsSsd i with evident delight; Then he
E boHsas his eyes aPpealingly and aomebody
went NS4ff the o wsy Of aiP8 fhe Gry alE ens' and SiEffs sset nuf r.
sAone in Billy Boys eyes, Then. one OF the
SNSh niS plpo y ulb mOutu anu C1ulo
heSrer. Billy Boy met him half way and,
looking as, II he were In q goats seventh
Reayen. licked the fire and ashes out oil the
SoSi IA as hi Il h. had never tasted anything SO
,h H eats lighted cigars. too, when he gets
Drinks ike a fish. Not waterl No, sIrl But
Peer and whiskey. He gets as drunk as a
%lu and Staggers all over the deck. He's q
ftissH for Sr1 his bit W.t BG{' a. and d0 We wouldn't part with
hailled In q. corner which. was .tolerably
sam 9 pretty little g~azelle shivered pItheti-
Sany she, too. wore q blanket. but IL was not
Ky IKE Billy Boys. 1t was made OF dark
RIHo"n yeiyeteen and was without ornament.
tLme gazeIle, whose name Is Eva, was taken on
SSSatd at Santa Cruz before the war. She
SM IN her leg, though. while the ships were
IL aaulDS ana was on shore In the hospital at
r ~ utns OF the battle with Cervera's squad
H. Maybe she was particularly dumpish
as' week on account OF the sudden cold wealth
TO- UL she didn't seem happy, 1t might be
On on much 10 expect OF a gazelle to be happy
"n warship anyway.
rrW,hatevcr Eva lacked In satisfaction was
asne made IN Tor by the e;ldent content of
hIm' ora the Spanish cat. The mon called
tbs a SerYera because they captured him from
A. wreck Of the lteina Mercedes about q week
wa ss the night. AT that inns the poor thing
An uot Ch,Y three-nuartors starved. but was
m NANCY that he scarcely had a good patch Of
shin. l ms wretched body. But the whole
asSts crew took him In hand and now he is
ma 'ceK and healthy an animal as you could
Whs, ihere is a good deal Of discussion as TO
rn mG' nartlcular remedy cured him. Every
t"AA il iHH T1 had a. z..-n . Ne er NhA