The sun., 1903-11-01
STRAY OIL FROM PRINCETON
Franklin street wsyfarers Get Lock at .
Bubo virsinlanuS.

A large brown owl. fresh from the edu-
cationsl atmosphere that radiates from
Princeton, n. j., perched himself on the
signboard at i7s Franklin street yesterday
and gazed sadly at the hustle and bustle
below him
Inconsiderate people shouted TO him
rude boys threw things at him; fIsmen
sought to break In on his silent neditS Stion
by means Of ladder. but he merely gAzed
reproachfuly at his annoyers and held his
peace.
At the end of an hour. however. when
some one opened the window behind him
and sought 20 lay hands on him, his patience
the street through the third story window
Of Bendit Drew 4 Co.'S mirror works.
The bird was first noticed by some small
boys when he was above tf, door Of 1T.
Pipe de stuffed owl When did dey
put dat up"
A-Stuffed nLtt'n. Dat owls alive. He
blinked HE peppers
-Gwan! II he's alive why don't he say
to-hoo2"
why don't he soy t'hell Look at him
now
The owl had undoubtedly moved his
head.
Maybe II amt an owl" suggested one
of several men who had stopped to look.
The appearance OF William NJ Fuller.
clerk Of Special Sessions, stopped dis
c,ssion as to the nntlre Of the beast
Mr.. Fuller has made a lifelong study Of
the owl and the minute the Franklin street
bird caugat his glance lie seemed to reoog;
round oyes an inStant and the RIGHT lid
"Tkat," said Mr.. Fuller, in answer to
the speculations concerning the birds
species. Why that's an owl; q raptorial
This particular one is undoubtedly Bubo
irginidnus, or horned owl. so called on
account Of it's extremely large ear tufts
We'll, how do you ge EN- DOWN"
But Mr.. Fuller was already on his way.
He merely b'inked and the only effect the
noise had was to draw more people to the
scene. stones weic equally ineffective.
Then the frernen from Engine 81 put up a
ladder, but the ladder was Just too short.
TIE owl rUtiled his feathers alghtly and
looked wise
1t was soon after this that the flank at
tack from the second story window was
tried. and that TIE OWL unable to endure
more. flew across the street into tho mirror
TO believe that women were employed on
that floor.
The owl. which in the excitement Of his
entrance was taken for everything from
an airship to winged horse. was reflected
and re-refected into whole drovee Of air
ships and winged horses. When at last ne
subsidized into large flock. OF ordinary
horned owls, a truck driver who had rushed
up from the street seized the bird BY the
neck aud plunged him into q burlap bag.
He took his captive to nearby packing
house for safe keeping.
1t was discovered later that the owl had
escaped from Mayors butcher shop AT lA
Franklin street. friend of q friend of Fitch
Nelson, who has an oyster bar In Mayors,
caught the owl on farm in Mercer county,
y. j.. and gave it to Fitch,s friend. who
gave it to Fitch, who gave 1t to Mayer to
Keep in his cellar Friday night But yester-
day morning two little boys who were play
ing in the cellar began to wonder II an owl
could could fly fly When In T., i wasn't in a crate He
heard what had happened and went to
the packing house he was told that the
truckman had already taken the owl to
~. Amt Ant that m the iimit'' Nelson said after
ward, III ia only been bee there re-. ia S have :.
l wanted that owl to give to a friend But
luck with pets, anyhow. Why, used
to have the finest goat. but he went and
butAed into politics, and that was the last
of him.
III was two years ago, when Perry Bel.
mont was running for Congress-, and some
guys down In Hudson street dreseed him
up in political clothes--the goat. ! mean-
and turned him loose. Well, he made
such hit that the cops arrested him for
collecting a crowd .A ---.--