Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-28
ANIMALS AND LIQUOR
Some Cases Where Beasts
Have Contracted Big
Thrists for In
toXicants.

The drink prolaom." IN relation to
the lower forms of animal life. says
the New York American presents
certain aspects that have their ana
loeucs in human life. sometimes tray
ic, always saddcnng. Occasionally
mdicrously amusing
Certain species of the tlnlcst In.
sccts are Unfortunately fond of intoXi-
cants. These, however. do not bo-
come "habituals. for the first Of
Tense" Is Invariably the last. The III
lustrious bee is easily tempted from
flowers To the more pcrious scduc.
tons of sugarcd spirits. and the much
nalisncd wasp gets rs drunk as Il
lord on every available occasion.
md in his liquor is u quarrclsome in.
scot Cassie of Il very dangerous kind.
An excise officer attached to n dis
'illcry accidentally discovered n
means of getting rid of the bugs
moths ana other insects that pcster-
ed HIM He put temptation in their
way and thcy FELL from grace" One
night he wnA brewing n jornm of tod.
iy. II compound of whiskcy, hot wa
ter sugar ana lemon: at least TINT
was the famous christopher North's
recipe. with the solemn warming:
Put the whlskey in the punch howl.
hen the sugar then the lemons. then
remember that too much water
spoils it,. He accidentally snoiled
some on the table. III n tricc The in
scots swarmed OH It. wallowed I'm II
got dead drunk and so persisted,
How jenny" n female Barbary
monkey, fell from the grace of tenn
pcrancc was very puzzling. SHE had
been obtained when little more than
baby ly a relative of mine, who
was strict abstniner. and SHE was
his constant companion In the house.
the garden, in his rural rambles
even on his angling expeditions. But
fall she did, md in her lodges 10 pro.
cure liquor displayed abnormal Gun.
1ing. She came to know every pnb-
y lie house FOR miles around, and wan
Tered far and wide. invariably bv n
tihd of drunken instinct peculiar to q
nan, finding her way home even
when thoroughly intoxicated. lncon-
'ldcrate people used to give this I'M
HAPPY monkey liquor. ana nothing
anne amiss. from fire water" to
seer. She died comparatively Young.
Some dogs take TO drink" the
addcst case of irrcconcilablc dcgen-
'racy being that OF Il Scottish deer
hound named Juno. Juno was n fav-
orite of her master always accompa.
nying him TO hotel about 10 d. m.
FOR supper. 1t was probably here
mat she graduated as topper. She
certainly became one. and whiskev
she could swallow as easily MS n man
'ould nm oyster. In time her drink
'ns fcats t@camc the subject of bets
She also had the curious "hominc
instinct" One fine spring morning
ne was trudging home and osr,;.d
Juno several hundred yards ahead OF
ne evidently very drunk hut steer
ng IN the right direction. followed
'iowiy. When she got to The garden
gate she managed to pay open the
Ea'c. and she staggered on 10 the
avn and rolled down under n husI
Next day she was very III. and I adj
mihIstercd nip" with n few drops
Of another kind OF poison in 1t. She
,wagged her tail feebly. looked me
kindly In the face-and died.
Among domestic animals the horse
IS most liable TO succumb to the cray
ing for alcoholic liquor. When
horse shows symptoms OF taking
cold. ii Is quite usual with some PEG
pie to give him good stiff drink of
whisky in his feed Tho average
horse swallows the alcoholic mixture
with great relish. but during the fol
lowing day he Will exhibit symptoms
IF fatigue. fever. headache. in fact
all the signs of the alcoholic reaction
was acquainted with handsome
bay hunter, who. having received
doses of whisky three days in sue.
eession. refused after that to eat or
work until at least n pint of lIquor
had been poured ont for him. As his
owner was very fond OF riding him.
ne humored this depraved taste. When
the horse was intoxicated he rode
Splendidly, but his progress on the
downward path was rapid At the
ma of two years the animal died, IL
hopeless case OF alcoholism.