The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-18

The author Of Pigs Is, Pigs
proved through the medium OF his
faiiroad station agent that pixs Is
p'ss. no matter IL those atoremen-
Heped pigs Is guinea pigs or Just
pigs, but the station agent who
found his office was overrup by the
accumulation OF guinea pigs be-
cause Of their rapid breeding PRO-
pensities e no more to be pitied
tnen the Government of SAustrniia,
which several years ago mad. the
aiarming discovery that rabbits is
Way back in the year 1850. when
Australia was little more than
penal settlement for England.
where political Offenders, banishsi
Tor iife. We're compelled to dig gold
lfcr the imperial government. Just
- the Siberian exiles dig coal for
Sne Russian Government, guard
TOT one OF these penal settlements
brought over bne pair of English
rabbits and turned them loose In mis-
BACK yard as pets for his children.
The pair walked and loped arounf
the back yard in hopes OF finding
other rabbits.
Australia Is; peculiar land. Prfcr
20 the time Of the white man the
Island never had horse. sheep.
goat. COW. rabbit. sparrow, eagle or
any OF the other animals common
70 the rest of the world. They had
bears in Australia, but they were
dwarfed bears. which carried their
Young on their backs Instead OF
deer they had kangaroos, which
have a pouch in which they place
their young and carry them with
them as they lope around the bush.
Australia Is SO peculiar that the
cherries there grow with the stones
on the outside. 1t took an Austral-
Ian to devise the boomerang. and
to this day there are none who can
throw q boomerang with such sue
4 cess as an Australian.
Australia is the biggest island IN
the world. It Is too big, In fact to
be called IN island, and a vet too
small to be classed as a continent
IN addition to its size 1t Is peculiar
IN nearly every other way. Even the
Forests there do not grow thick as
IN the rest Of the world The. trees
are scattered with grass growing 5
around them. The deserts are part y
~ grassy and the fertile valleys are
not subjected to violent rains.
Australia was separated from the
rest of the world by wide oceans
and for that reason vegetation and
animal life developed independents
It is supposed that Europe and
America were connected long after
the Australian separation, as SINH
lar animals are found on both sides
of the Atlantic.
1t was in this strange land that
the pair of rabbits found themselves.
ne winter was so mild it could
hardly DO classed as winter. The
Gays were longer in December than
IN June. June was winter with
cool breeze blowing from the
\ south, but the wind was not cool
enough to affect the vegetation. \
Hunters were scarce. There were
no chicken hawks nor coyotes. the
deadly foes Of little rabbits.
such q delightful place to bring
mp q family of little rabbits" the,
pair agreed. Before another YEAR
had rolled around the pair Of rab-
DTS had produced four litters OF
ciEht rabbits each. BY the time the
third litter was reaching the wean-
ing stage the first litter had estab-
ished four separate homes and J,
gu were raising families. All the !.
pany rabbits grew up to be big
tsrer' and Mrs. Brer Rabbits, be-
cause there were no weasels, skunks.
chicken hawks, eagles or crows to
Z eat them. Furthermore. there were
no nc heavy rains % drown them in
sneir nests. as is often the case In