The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

food brought to them on a silver plat
ter. and il the food is not to their like
ing, they set up kick like star
boarder at . boarding house. Their
condition in the show, in its changed
condition from that of their na.ivs
haunts, 10 like taking q hobo of the
trucks Of freight train and taking
him to the dining car of the limited,
and letting him eat to finish. PEG.
pie talk about animals escaping from
captivity, and going back to the jun
giles. and humane societies shed tears
over the poor, sad-eyed captives, sigh
ing for their homes. but you turn
them loose 1t South Bend, and run
your circus train to New Albany
without them. and they would follow
the train and overtake it before the
evening performance the next day, and
you would find them trying to freak
into their cages again. and they would
have to be fed.
When pa and I went into the barn
where the cages were. to take an &C.
count of stock, and get acquainted
with our animals, they acted just like
the circus men did, when they saw
pas clothes. The animals were about
half asleep when we went in, but q
big lion bent one eye on pa, and
then he rose up and shook himself,
and gave a roar and a cough that
sounded like he had the worst case of
pneumonia, and he snorted . couple
of times, ~ though he was say.
ing to the other animals: Here's
something that will kill you dead. and
l want you all to have a piece of 1t,
raw" and he brayed some more. and
all the animals joined in the chorus,
the big tiger lying dewn on his slom-
ach and waving his tail, and snarlins
and showing his teeth like q cat that
has located . mouse hole, and the
tiger seemed to say: 20. l saw it FIRST
and it's mine"
The hyena set up laugh like a man
who is not tickled, but feels that it
is up to him to laugh at q funny
story that he can't see the point OF at
banquet where Chauncey Depew tells
one Of his crippled jokes. and pa was
getting nervous. A big grizzly bear
was walking delegate in his cage. and
he looked at pa as much az to say:
Hello, Teddy, was not at homo wheA
you called in Colorado, but you get
in this cage. and will make you think
the Spanish war was q Sunday -school
picnic beside what you will get from
your uncle Ephraim," and bob cat
jumped up into the top of his cage
and snarled and showed his teeth, and
seemed to say: Bring on your whole
pack of dogs and l will eat them
alive"
Pa threw out his chest in front OF
a monkey cage. and monkey snatched
his watch, and then all the animals be-
gan to laugh at pa just like a lot of had
boys In school when visitors make call.
Pa went around to visit all the ami.
mails, omcially, while I got interested
in q female kangaroo. with q couple
Of babies. not more than three weeks
old, and I noticed the mother kan
CARGO made the old man kangaroo. her
husband, stand around. and he acted
Just like some men have seen who
were afraid to say their souls were
their own in the presence Of their
wives.
The female kangaroo is surely Q
wonder, and seems to be built ON
plans and specifications different from
any other animal, cause she has got
fur-lined pouch on her stomach, Just
like vest, that she carries her young
in. When the babies are frightened
they make q hurry-up move towards
ma, the pouch opens, and they jump
in out Of sight, like gopher going
into its hole. and the mother looks
around as innocent as can be, as much
don't know. honestly, where those
kids have gone, but they were around
here not more than a minute ago."
And when the fright is over the two
heads peep out of the top OF the
pouch, and the old man grunts, as
much as to say: 20, come on out. there
is no danger, and let your ma have
a little rest, cause she is nervous"
and then the babies come out and run
around the cage, and sit up on their
hind feet, and look wise. That kan.
CARGO pouch Is q success, and won.
der why nature did not provide
pouches for all animals to carry their
young in. I think Pullman must have
got his ideas for the upper and lower
berths of a sleeping car by seeing .
kangaroo pouch. I am going to study
the kangaroo. and make friends with
the old man kangaroo, cause he looks
as though he had troubles of his own.
Pa showed up without any coat.
while I was kangaroo;ng. and there
was rip in his pants, and asked him
what was the trouble, and he said he
got too near the cage Of q leopard.
that seemed to be asleep, and tho
traitor reached out his paw and gath
cred in the tail Of pas coat. and just
snatched it of his back as though it |
was made of paper.
Pa is q little discouraged about his