The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-14
STONES ABOUT OWLS.
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they aAy ali sorta OF moan thlngA
about owls II n mAn hnsn't much W.
spapt for your grly mnttep DR. Mtellls
geAoe In general, hp VIII say You APs
Al stupid M an owl, On tho Olhar
hand, n you arc brilliant and no Ikea
yOu ii would be Just llkp him 10 ANY
You vera nj wise m nh owl, And tharn
y0u App, TO como Fight down To thu
subject, nh owl IA not by my Mnnnnp
0f means the stupid bird many people
believe him 10 Dh
MI, John A, Lord, \ takidurmlst, says
the Portland tMaD idkpress, rulAtns 4
story about how no had Onnp KDnN Unt
10 look nd some trAps 10 had MI for
rabbits, When no reaehed hls trAps,
no found that n rnbhlt Ind boon caught,
but something hRd carried II on and
loft no trace OF I'm Identity Mhlnl NJ
Tint nlght MI, Lord took TWO or three
tpaps and baIled them about WhnN TIN
aallp Ind been stolen tho night before,
A rabbit soon ROt ensnApph, md Mh
Lord proceeded I'D watch u from n
nearby cover, For 4 long tImu ovnpy'
thing was quiet, exempt for tho fright.
0npd tuga md Jumps Tho Imprisoned
rabbit mnln 10 MT rpnn suddenly
there WINS n WhIp OF WInRs, nnu, llhn \
fiaAh OF IlEhtnlnR, u ErnAt horned owl
pOunpnd Ollt Of tho gloom down on Nd
Tho s~llnggIIng victim, llp killed TIM
rabbit Instantly md bpgnn To pnl 10
I'm hin movements hp 4pt ono Foot IN
10 another tlnp Abh Found TINT hp N
turn WINS n prisoner, llp lhNshpi
around for nome time, when Mr. Lord
md Il friend won't 10 hIa IMlpnan, Thp
friend did not know thu DnpNllnrIlloa
OF Tho Rpenl horned owl No vol IA Mn
Lord did Or no never would have M,
tempted w llfl TIM bird by hls wall
foot, The owl wnan't fVplInH paptlur
lnply amlabIe md nnde ono Of lin H.
nous pnsAoH NJ Tho mnn, fastening lin
powerful olnWs IN the hoshy pnpt on
hIA Fight llnnn,
ThNvp was n very animated Hppnp Tor
u few moments, and about All TINT
GOULD DO aepn WIS n bunch OF man nnI
owl rolling about the ground, When
tho oOmbHtnnts were brought 10 thur
feet agnln by Mr. Lord, Tho owl pefnpod
10 BRONX Glenn, ana hlH ON WV remained
firmly Imbndded IN thp hrHll, The owl
Ind 10 bo killed md Tho Ipnnoha ID Tho
Ipg cut before the cruel oInWH could Dp
opened and withdrawn from tho Mnn'H
Ilnnd, IIe IaDpnnd something about
owls, however
Mr., Lord pelnlna how be onpp AAw
fully ID crows after n grnnt horned
owl, They made II w hot for him Tint
10 dropped 10 Tho ground whore they
begnn 10 dnpl nU0nt him. Tho owl
merely bnDpIed himself np Inlo n do
fenslvA position nnd lpt illnln plns their
gAmN lilo Kept ND AIlII TIM they bN
came boIdop, and finally one onInp npnpt
Lille u fhsh tlnl ntInHlpllblp Right"
shot 0ut nHh fastened on Nv Grow
There WIS ono dAufui SUN VII, nnh II
WINS MI over The owl tDnn dpIlburAto
Iy pulled Ilp dnAd crow npnrl DDd MO
n before lhe apvpepllng llOuh TINT WINS
Watching him, " IN Anfe 10 Hny llnt
they did not come noNp enough IN both
or him Aflop TINT,
Right here II might Ip well ~ STATE
u lille something nlUDl Tho MnDnm IN
which nh owl strikes lls prey, " yOn
ever noticed when owls pOulHp down
Oh their victims, they usually stretch
their logs OIL In front 0f them Ihoy
strike In with their sharp claws, throw
Inv their bodies forward and literally
Sitting down on the unfortunate nbJeot
upon which they have fastened, This
gives them n leverage md locks ile
sharp claws together In the npHlI of Tho
Victim NO firmly Tint II IN impossible
for them 10 ll No ngnID until They
have straightforward ont lhnlv Logs, They
0aD generally put their plnWA through
any flesh lllpy pDDn0p upon,