The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

Horses, Fowls, Cats and Bees as .shock
Ing Examples"

Ing ExampIes.-
In the course of a county court ac-
ton tried early this year it transDired
that an ailing cat consumed two bot
ties of whisky, says Answers. Now,
that horses enjoy strong drink is a
weil-known fact. but that the domestic
cat Is capable of imbibing will come
as a surprise to many. who imagined
that the Connection between the cat and
the deeanter was but stock summer
Joke for the humorist when seaside
iouslngs are at a premium. 1t was
PROBABLY TO great extent due to the
large quantity of stout that Rory
O'More drank. when recovering from
the effects of an accident received at
hempton, that he survived to carry of
numerous prizes. If prize-w winning
FORMED natural corollary to equine
drinking, British owners would have
reason to look forward to the forth
coming season with apprehension, for
Few months ago there was discovered
Ia Farls horse belonging to a dealer
III wines that is positive inebriate.
me animal, after many bottles OF wine
nad disappeared, was found one day
hoDelessly intoxicated in its owners
cellars, into which it was in the habit
seemingly of making its way at night
ana helping itself. The horse was not
altogether to blame, for it had been
corrupted TO a certain extent by hav-
ing It's oats mixed with wine when it
was rather overworked, with the result
tnat II acquired habit which grew
upon 1t with disastrous results. Some
rev years ago an action was brought
al ODan by a poultry keeper against
local distillery company for injuries
done to his hens by the said company
having allowed intoxicating material
10 now into the burn al which his
poultry drank, with the result that the
SAID fowls 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 its conduct was such that
II mad to be elected Alasi on making
an undignifed exit, half a glass of
whisky was presented to it by a by-
SANDER and gratefully accepted by the
somewhat ruff1ed bird. whereupon the
cohdltlon of the creature became CON
slueraply worse. The chicken is not
the only bird that INDUCES. Parrots
are notorious for their drinking pro
pensltles, particularly the gray African
parrot, a 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
Inc animal on being left to its own
devices lost all sense of shame and
proceeded to the larder of it's owner
and consumed a plum pudding of CON
siderable size, two loaves of bread. and
among other trifles a dish of timed
aprlcots-an action quite foreign to the
usually well-regulated race. The effect
OF very little spirit made fifty ants.
upon which Sir John Lubbock exneri-
mented couple of years ago. very
drunk and almost incapable. SO much
SO that twenty-five sober ants. whose
attention was drawn to the depravity
OF their comrades, had the greatest
dlfflculty in carrying the sinners home.
though they eventually succeeded in
doink so. The locust. however. appears
to have capacity for spirit unparal-
leled in the animal kingdom. Some
months since an entomologist on a
steamer off Gibraltar. wishing to Sc
cure specimen that had alighted ON
the deck and NOT having a killing hot
lie 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. all
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 TO drink like a fish, is nothing
short of libel perpetrated upon the
nnny tribe, for it has been found that
per cent of alcohol will kill a gold
fish in one hour and thirty minutes.
while 20 per cent will act on its sys-
tenn like prussic acid.