The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
CH|PMUNK ATHLETE
Making a Lunch Off of Timothy
Grass Heads.
A GOOD SAMARITAN HEN
A Cow Which Figures as a Curiosity.
Phil Gagnon Has a White Rabbit
Which Fights Cats and Can
Lick Dogs.

A~ go
said a business man of Missoula the
other evening, the tram waited for
some time at the summit. Looking
from the car window I had my Curl
osity aroused by little heaps Of what
seemed to be fne sawdust nat APP
peared in numerous places near the
track. ! had not determined what
they were. when my attention was at
tracted by the actions OF a little chip
munk that sat feeding near the ear.
He did not seem at all disturbed by
the presence of the train and the move
ments Of the trainmen did not discon-
cert him in the least. He sat there.
busily nibbling his dinner. and around
him grew M one of the little heaDs
that ] noticed earlier. 1t was evident
that Mr.. Chipmunk and his compan-
ions were responsible for these peculiar
little piles, but | Could not see what
the squirrel was eating. There were
no nuts there and he was not near
enough to any pine tree to be able to
get cones. But the discarded portions
of his food did not resemble anything
that would indicate to me what his
dinner consisted of and where he oh
tanned it. While / watched him and
s~peculated as to what ne was eating.
he finished the piece that he was eat
ing, and ] observed him closely to SEQ
hat he would do next. Up there at
the top of the range there have been
numerous wood camps and from the
stables there has been scattered tim
othy seed enough so that there are
clumps Of this grass growing all
around. Just above where the sauir-
rel was sitting rose one of these tufts
or timothy, The heads of the grass
were fully two and a half feet from
the ground, and / had not thought il
possible that the little animal could
reach them I'm any way. However.
when he had finished the piece that he
was eating he moved a bit, looked up
AT the grass and then sprang into the
air. He made a jump that vouII
make the fortune of an athlete and
reached the waving head of one Of tho
spears OF grass, He lung To it as ne
EEL back to the ground. pulling il
down with him. When he righted him
sell IN his former position he proceeded
To gnaw the head of the grass from
'he stem, which flew back when he
released II. and then he continued his
repast' The train left while he was in
the midst Of this. his second courss
ana l could not see what he did WHOM
that was gone"
speaking OF animal Intelligence q"
said a travelling man who bnd Ista,.
''aNAha " nv ldAl IIAI 4 1 I
10 inns story, Il had an eXperienra Tho ,
utheT day over in Washington that
made a deep impression upon me
ufINlhg along at a good stiff pace ,
a. d Whe cart, when | saw in !
ane road ahead Of me a Hook of hens
Ihev were scratching the dust az
IN" highway and a few were WaIIov-ip-
IN me loose, dry dust. As | drove un ,
-, ~ mem eNcept one ran out Of the =
way. she lay in sA=a track whore :
" ilEfl MD1I1 mass ANraF -. s4 " .
nor move, but there was no apnarant ;
nc poSitlph on her part 70 bulge an -
men. did not slacken pace. but bib
Ndtched win interest to see what IA p
i'n "ouid do. When we were but a =
'pot or Two from where she Law an u
lther hen which had left the frark ),
uSned toward the one that lay i'm the A.
llst and kicked her out of.tbe va :,
ne wheeI cleared both Of them and ~
ooked BACK to see If the Indifferent hen
~ 81, nhoNed she lay there. where the
.ther one bad left her. and WIS ~,
rglhS 10 get away any more than sba d
va as We drove up. Ny curiosity fs
vas aroused and ! went back To ex, p
mine the fowl. ] discovered that one W
I her legs was badly broken an5 G
nat she could not move. The inciSant n
me TO thinking. as I had neyar 81
caro- OF any member of the hen fam 81
y being credited with such a daprsa
I intelligence"
! ON Bateman has a COW that he con-
lders a curiosity. He thinks of exbih- M
ing her as she Tanner of the bovine q
Smus' some time = he missed the %
Nheh ne went To milk her i'm tho ol
ornlng. He searched for her i'm va m
M Tor DAYS he had small bows. no =
and other useful members ~
pciety on the lookout for her. I'm,
ne 'ouIu NOT be found, and her own
7 mourned her as one lost. Ha COW
luded that she had been stolen ana
rlNen away To be killed. However
{ Is now milklng her as of ynre ana
ne Is very much alive Ten DAYS after
= disappearance she was discovered
y a boy. stuck fast between two
She had forced her vav int,
he narrow passage between the STA
y anu shed ana had not been able IN
Tx OUT. She was squeezed i'm g,
shtly mat she could not lie down nor
luNe forward or backward. She rorl1 -,
ut get her head To the ground ~, kf
le was found, and had had no food or IN
ater Tor 10 days. The side of m ~
tSu was Knocked out 50 she could be
leased from her position. and sbn
as gwen a little nourishment. When
le had recovered from her stiffness III
he was all right. and has been MIXED II
'er since. =
Phil GaEnon has a decided novaItv j., ST
Ie animal line. Ii is a fighting rabbit "a
. possessed the rabbit for a long time =,
'IoIe ne knew that IL could fight. but -
NV ne likes To- see the creature tackle III
cat 50 well hat he steers the feIinas CO
, against his champion. The rabbit al
an n tame white rabbit and -
ANS around in the lots and alleys =
OF Phlls home. one day a man x
M Tor Phl in a hurry. saying that 10y
; Taoolt was loose n some dogs or
after IL. Phil FASTENED TO the as
enc and reached his pet just in time -
see II Kicking a small dog an over ~
ground. Since then he has seen II ''
ch4e many cats. and IL is always vie FC
flous. II leads the cats and dogs ca
by running away. and when the =,
lfsuing cat gets close enough the rah- :.
! lets go with his hind legs and lands "a
the solar pleNus OF its antagonist. IN
ne surnrisp u the CT - L. 4. 81