The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-18
WILD GEESE AL|GHT IN zOO IN THE BRONX Birds Rest in Park Pond on PiI-
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 in the Monkey House.
 Adventures.
ARCTIC DOGS LIKE WINTER
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 In the deary drizzle of rain yesterday forenoon, at the New York Geological park in the Bronx, while few water soaked lovers of wild animals padded around the inolosures, there was sud den whirr of great wings in the air, and then, one after another, flock of thir- teen wild geese settled down In one of the largest of the ponds and began to dredge industrously for roots In the muddy bottom.
 The semi-domesticated devil-divers, wood-ducks and chip-winged geese of the Zoo looked at the strangers with awe and terrified interest They were beau tiful, long -necked, strong g-museled birds' fresh from the uninhabited wilds of Can ada. and had probably flown all night on the wings of the wind in the upper air streams in a bee-line for warmer cl' mes.
 Before the few guards had got over their surprise the leader of the gray beclSed throng rose, with honk-honk. and led the way over the Southern Boule- vara toward the Jersey meadows. Form ing in a long V, lne "iiu 6SSSS '"RP~N on strong wings out of sight, and the rrison.rs in the Zoo looked after them lorgingly.
 Ice Made Dogs Happy. In the crisp air of day before yester- day the water trickling down across the cement floor of the wolf cages con gealed and the two handsome Esquimaux dogs, which were lately given to the park by the Ziegler Polar Relief expedltlon, came out of their stone house In one or the runs and sniffed the frigid ar grate- fully Then they trotted down toward the front fence, looking for something to eat On the way Tepletz. the bigger or the two. let fall his hairy footpad on Dit of ice and stopped instantly. He put his muzzle down to 1t and sniffed. Then he br!stled all over and raised ms snout Tn the air. emitting long drawn out howi O. 6ehsht.
 Bow -wow-owl-l-l-l!" The sound set the Zoo on edge. It was the hrst real ice that the northerner had seen in New York, and 1t was suggestion or home and the frozen ice fioes of Franz Josef land. He lay down and rolled over. His mate joined him and the two cut LID shines and turned somersaults fill ore of the mystified keepers began to think that they had been poisoned and ran to the office of the surgeon.
 The surgeon came down in rush, noticed the ice and the excitement or the dore-and turned away smiling. ''Be 1t ever so humble, there's no place like Lomel" he said And the dogs Kept on their antics But when yesterday morning dawned and the warm rain had melted the ice, the two dogs moped msspritedly in the drizzle and refused to be comforted.
 Bit of Gators Tail.
 When Old Tom, the giant, alligator who bosses the alligator pool In the snake house, got tired of the pranks of Young Slick, tbe naughtlas of the boy gators, the other day, and bit off yard of the young fellows tail. he thought that he was punishing him good and hard for his obstreperousness. But he had forgot ten that the snake house was not the Florida swamp.
 Young Slick took his punishment with a grin. He was bright enough to see that now he was a freak and would at tract all the sympathy and attention of the crowd. He took up his perch on the shore where every one who entered the house would notice his stump of tail at once and pity him. Heretofore Old Tom. because ha was the biggest gator in the puddle, attracted all gazes Now Old Tom
  vain. Every one looks at and talks to Young Slick, and when feeding time comes he is the one who gets most of the meat.
 And he enjoys it. while Old Tom looks or lellously with one eye shut.
 Just wat said guard yesterday. "Old Tom will fix him. He will bite off another piece of his tail, and this time it will be taken off just back of his ears.'
 Baboon Spanked Baby. The baby long armed baboon had the collie yesterday morning. His mother calmly fondled him in her arms and trot- ted him on ner knee, but still the baby yelled
 Poor little dear, he has the bellyache!' said a matronly looking old lady from the outside who peered sympathetically through the bars Now l would know what to do to stop it'-
 But just then Mamma Long Arm lost her patience. She suddenly seized baby by the scruff of the neck and turned him over her knee. She administered Il few sound and smarting slaps. Baby stopped his yelling as if he had been given dose of paragoric.
 Well I never." said the old lady. If them heather animals ain't almost hu- man"
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