The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04
AMIN AL DRUNKARDS.
Horses, Fowls, Cats and Bees as "Shoak.
ing Examples

Horses, fowls, cats and Bees as "ShOak.
ing Examples"
In the course of a county court &C.
ton tried early this year it transpired
that an alling cat consumed two bot
ties of whisky, says Answers. Now,
that horses enjoy strong drink is a
Well-knOwn fact, but that the domestic
cat is capable of imbibing will come
as p surprise to many, who imagined
thai the connection between the cat and
l6e decanter was but stock summer
JOKE FOR the humOrist when seaside
l"ogangs are at a premium. 1t was
| probably to great extent due to the
farge quantity of stout that Rory
O>lore drank, when recovering from
the effects OF an accident received at
Nempton, that he survived to carry OF
numerous prizes If prize winning
40.med a natural corollary to equine
'rlnking. British owners would have
reason to look forward to the forth
coming season with apprehension, for
ie" months ago there was discovered
IN Paris horse belonging to a dealer
IN wines that is a positive inebriate.
ne animal, after many bottles of wine
had disappeared. was found one day
hopelessiy intoxicated in its owners
cellars, into which it was in the habit
seemingly OF making its way al night
and helping itself The horse was not
altoeether to blame, for it had been
corrupted to certain extent by hav-
ing its oats mixed with wine when it
was rather overworked, with the result
'hat II acquired a habit which grew
upon 1t with disastrous results. Some
lew years ago an action was brought
at Oban by poultry keeper against n
locai dlstlliery company for injuries
done to his hens by the said company
haVlng allowed intoxicating material
10 now into the burn at which his
poultry drank, with the result that the
SAID toWls failed to do their duty in
laying eggs, and, being more or less
always under the influence of drink.
refused to eat and grow fat. During
the case one of the fowls was produced
IN court but it's conduct was such that
IL had TO be elected Alas! on making
an undlgnified exit, half a glass of
WHISKY was presented to it by a by
slander and gratefully accepted by the
somewhat rufiied bird. whereupon the
condition of the creature became con-
slderably worse. The chicken is not
lhe only bird that INDUCES. Parrots
are notorious for their drinking pro-
penslties, particularly the gray African
parrot, specimen of which the writer
mas seen hopelessly intoxicated and
talking the most absolute nonsense. A
piece Of "tipsy' cake was presented to
Hampshire donkey some time ago.
1he animal on being left to it's own
oeVlces lost all sense of shame and
proceeded to the larder of it's owner
and consumed plum pudding of con-
siderable size, two loaves of bread and
among other trifles a dish of timed
apflcots-an action quite foreign to the
usually Well-regulated race The effect
or very little spirit made fifty ants,
upon which Sir John Lubbock experi-
lhehted couple of years ago, very
drunk and almost incapable, SO much
SO that twenty-five sober ants, whose
attention was drawn to the deprayity
OF their comrades, had the greatest
difficulty in carrying the sinners home.
though they eventually succeeded in
dolnk So The locust, however. appears
10 nave a capacity for spirit unparal-
leled in the animal kingdom. Some
months since an entomologist on
steamer off Gibraltar, wishing to Sc
cure specimen that had alighted on
the deck and not having a killing bot
Tie with him, poured raw brandy upon
the insect but with no result. He
then partially immersed it in more
spirit in a saucer and waited for the
end. which did not come. The locust
taking a long, refreshing drink. alb
sorbed all the spirit and did not die
until several days elapsed. Bees and
wasps are easily made tipsy by mix
ture of beer and sugar. The express
sion ito drink like a fish" is nothing
short of libel perpetrated upon the
hnny tribe for it has been found that
per cent of alcohol will kill a gold
hsh IN one hour and thirty minutes,
while 20 per cent will act on its sys-
tenn like prussic acid.