The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07

proach. Only one man in the regi-
ment could do anything with him, and
that was the drum major.
But the idea seemed strange to en-
roll under the British colors an animal
that distinguishes itself by its ability to
run away whenever it is in danger. The
Seventeenth Lancers were better in
spired when they did justice to the
military aptitude of the bear. When
the regiment was In India Prince
Adolph of Teck, who was then lieu
tenant in the army, killed a female
bear in the Himalaya Mountains and
captured her cub. He made present
of the cub to the regiment, and the ami
NAL soon became great pet. 1t was q
she cub, and the boys called her Lizzie.
She was stolen by band of Hindu Jug
glers, and some time afterward, when
the jugglers exhibited their trained
bears in one of the villages near Luc-
know, the soldiers recognized their pet
among the accomplished performers.
OF course they recaptured Lizzie, who
was once more enrolled under the col
ors of the Queen, and delighted the SOL
diers with her new requirements. She
lived upon bread and milk, but was
very fond of beer and took regularly a
pint of beer every day in the canteen.
Lizzie was model of gentleness and
docility.
When it became known in the army
that the Seventeenth Lancers had a
bear the Nineteenth Hussars determin-
ed to have another. And what bear !
They got big, black, Russian bear
that would make only mouthful of the
inoffensive little bear of whom the
Lancers were 80 proud. Unfortunate
ly the big, redoubtable animal did not
reserve for the enemies of England the
warlike qualities with which he was
animated. On the contrary, as a SUBJ
ject of the Gar, the bear served under
the British colors with marked repug-
nance, and acted as if he would like to
get chance to devour all the officers
and soldiers of the Nineteenth Hussars.
The Colonel aware of the bears dan.
gerously bad temper, had him court
martialled and sentenced to be shot.
The sentence was Immediately eXecut-
ed without any formalities.
To Guido the Lancers and the Hus-
sars the Third Infantry determined to
get tiger. When the Bluffs were in
India they captured little tigress DUR
ing the expedition to Shikar. During
the first month of her life in the bar
racks Kitty, as she was called, was as
playful and gentle as kitten. She
played with the soldiers and lived on
good terms with the dogs of the regi-
ment; but her ferocity increased with
her appreciation of her own strength.
When Kitty was full grown she used
to wander about growing through the
barracks, carrying away everything
within reach. One day she managed
to get into the provision store and
seize quantity of raw meat. From
that moment her natural instincts were
aroused. She became so dangerous it
was necessary to chain her. Kitty was
not shot like the unfortunate bear of
the Nineteenth Hussars, but when the
Third Infantry returned to the metro
polls it had left in India wicked brute
that made no distinction between an
Englishman and native, soldier or
a civilian, and only awaited an oppor-
tunity to chew up the first fellow that
came along
On the battlefield bear renders only
poor service, and tiger will devour
friends and foes alike. The Grenadier
Guard were better inspired than the
others when they adopted domestic
bird whose merits were highly appreciat-
ed by the ancients, but that fell some
what into obscurity after the attack
upon Rome by the Gauls. During the
last Canadian instruction a grena-
der on guard saw a goose hobbling up
to him with broken leg. A senti-
ment of pity took possession of the
heart of the soldier to such an extent
that it made him forget his duty, and
stead of pacing up and down, he dress
ed the goose's wound and set the brok-
en- leg. The leg soon got well, and the
goose lived with the soldiers and was
finally adopted by the regiment. After
some glorious exploits in India the
goose was brought back to London,
where the people were much amused
to see it trotting along at the head of its
battalion. But alas! One day all Lon
don was plunged in grief at the an
nuncement that the noble goose of the
Grenadier Guard had been run over
and killed by an omnibus.-N. Y. Sun.
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