Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-02-11
TWO LUCKY ANIMALS.
A Dog and n Parrot Fall Heir t.
Much Money.

Much Money.
There are, from time to time, dogs ex-
hibited at our bench shows that are
worth from 81, 900 to 81 800 to their mas
tiers, but Rover Spooner is the first dog
on record that has ever found his mas
ter worth 81 800 to him.
Like takes to like, the proverb says,
and in this case it is true. Spooner was
q tramp when he fell in with Rover,
who was tramp, too, the difference
being that Spooner tramped from
choice while Rover carried the chain
and ball of dogdum, tin can on his tail,
and was in wretched condition general
ly; but since that meeting the dog has
never known want or unkindness, nor
the man loneliness.
John A. Spooner was for years a sea-
man, but having saved his pile he left
the water and took to a rowing life on
land. He was a tramp, but never a
pauper. During his wanderings in
southern Illinois he met miserable
pup, terrified almost out of his life by
the noise made by each movement of a
tin can which was tied to his tail. The
seamen are proverbially tender-hearted
where animals are concerned, and
Spooner, true to his class, was touched.
lie liberated the dog, dubbed him
"Royer" as the most appropriate of
names, and the two became as Robin
son Crusoe and his dog.
Spooner is now an old man; he is
over 20, and fears that, should his dog
outliye him, his fate will be hard one.
He, therefore, called upon Attorney L.
j.. Ellison and had n will drawn up by
which he leaves his full estate-$l, roo
in trust for Rover, and the Guarantee
Title and Trust company are chosen to
see that the heir is properly looked
after and his estate cared for.
Another good catch in the animal
world would be a parrot that has just
stepped into fortune of $4,000, the
money to be invested in mortgages
and the interest to be spent in supply
ing the bird with every possible ease
and comfort.
The parrot was originally the prop
erty of Mrs. Mcdonald, upon whose
death he was adopted by her sister, Mrs.
Mary ID. Bradford. He was originally
imported from Brazil in happy state
of ignorance, and his education, during
the 20 years that he has been in the
Bradford family, has been all on the
lines of refinement and truly Bostonian
elegance, for the parrot, who is not q
poll, has lived all his quarter of cen
tury in the Hub. For many years, and
until his death, DIR. Bradford and the
parrot were inseparable friends; they
conversed or sat in silence for hours, the
bird never having developed the scream.
ing loquacity of his sister, the usual
poll.
After the doctors death his widow
| took the bird into her especial care and
finally realizing that the natural Ion.
gevity of her charge made it extremely
probable that, in time, her death would
leave him to possibly harsh fate, she
made a special provision for him in her
will to hold good SO long as he shall
live, which will probably some rs or &c
years more.
Mr.. George H. Pierce is named as
trustee and will invest the money and
take charge of the bird. The parrot i;
bathed each day, well groomed, his
cage kept immaculate and has every del
icacy that could tempt the parrot pal
ate. At present the bird lives at the
Gladstone hotel, Roxbury, Mass, with
Mrs. Katherine Sherwood. He is &
great source of curiosity, but by the di
rect terms of the will, which has fxet
his fate in life, he is never to be put or
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