Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-18
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| relatives. a wild cat. IL is iHost us
reputable looking creature. dirty brown
! in color. and looks as if he might be a
| first cousin to 'lucivee.
| Next in order are three porcupines,
one of them being an albino which was
captured up i'm Oxford county. This
latter individual stands on window
sill near the door, and has sad-eyed
| look which would seem to Indicate that
he wished he hadn't come
| over at the rear of the room, in
| large glass case having three shelves
| is the balance of the animals, including
| a small bear shot by Mr.. Carleton. two
| beavers, q coon, a fisher and badger.
The latter animal Is very rare, and as
| far as IS known is the only one ever
| killed in Maine. 1t was killed in RAJ
| zorville. and presented by j. NJ. Swain
| of Fairfield. Other animals in the case
are fox. rabbits, skunks. red, gray
and flying squirrels, two sables. mink,
| two weasels. black woodchuck, two
muskrats and a star-nosed mole.
| Speaking Of skunks, one made an APP
Dlication for admission in the flesh, the
other day. While wandering around
outside the building he fell into the pit
| outside of one of the windows. and was
unabl to get out He was not at all
disturbed at his mishap, and looked
| longngly at his brethren in the case
| inside for a period of several hours
| He held reception to about everyone
| in the building until late in the day,
when one of the employees placed a
board in the pit so that he could get
cut and go home TO his family.
In the same case with the animals
are the birds, and there are lot OF
them. First OF all is the immortal en-
blem of our country, the baid-nead.
| Then there is a sea eagle, and hawks
| galore including the fish hawk, gos-
hawk, red-shouldered hawk. Cooper's
hawk. harp-shinned hawk and marsh
| hawk.
Towering above the other birds are
| two blue herons, one of which would
not have been there, had it not been
| for his fastiGiousness. He had weak
ners for trout and salmon, and in an
evil hour alighted on the shore OF one
of the cools at the Monmouth hatch
cry. When discovered he was taking
1 in small fry in way that threatened
| to depopulate the pool and breed dys-
persia in his interior department, and
| so he died-by request.
| Other birds are three looms in the
case and a family in one window. Then
| there is a pelican that was brought 10
| Bar Harbor. and escaped only TO meet
his death. a Canada goose, elder DUCKS.
wood ducks. mergansers. guillemonts'
! shell brakes. whistlers, scOters, black
cormorants and coots. There is fine
| specimen Of the murre. a bird which
| seldom reaches such low latitudeS as
this. 1t looks something like a young
loon. Three have been killed in Maine,
and The one in question was shot by
Daniel Whitehouse of this city.
| There is a fine collection of part
| ridges also specimens of capercailiZle
and black game. The meadow hen or
stake driver has place in the coliec-
ton. and around her are woodcock,
yellow legs. Wilson snipe. sand plpers'
snow buntings. meadow larks, wood
| peckers of several kinds, red wind
and crow blackbirds, Canadian wood
peckers. blue jays, great northern
shrike. robins, Canada jays and other
small birds without number.
| We must not forget the owls. There
| is i great horned owl. Arctic OWL long
cared owls. screech owl. barred owl
and saw whet owl, and all look very
wise. Then there is n crow, and III an
other part of the room Il COUSIN the
ra ven. but whether it is the raven I'M
mortaliZrd by Poe, we are not prepared
| to state.
The fish specimens are neatly mount
ed in frames with oval front glass.
There i an S-pounu salmon that Won
prize for Mr.. Carleton at Rangeiey
three wears ago. q big lake trout from
| Maranocook. some large white percn
and black bass. also trout and salmon
eggs in all stages of incubation.
Other objects of interest are tW"
monster turtles. one from Pheasant
pond. near Gardiner. and the other from
Great pond. Belgrade
There are several groups of birds UNI
der glass. including cartridges, wood
| cock, quail and herring gull, also Two
cases of jungle fowls. the latter peihe
owned by Gen. J. T. Richards. Two
turkey buzzards also have place IN
| the display.
| In large frame on the wali IS
snowshoe trout. . fish that IS tound
only in Square lake, in Aroostook couh-
ty. and near il in handsome frames.
| AN IS-pound lobster and a codfish, the
gift of the sea and shore commission.
In addition TO all this there are many
other objects worth seeing. The col
lection displayed in this room can no'
be done credit by mere enumeration OF
description-it should be seen. IL ~
something that is Of interest to al. ana
| especialIy TO the student in natural MS
tory. and il is pleasing 10 note That the
scholars OF many schools within; reach
of the Capital city take frequent ad-
vantage OF the opportunity thus at
forded.