The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-24

dog, and in the ensuing scume It's
leg was broken. Bunny" then justi-
led a useful existence. and rewarded
its preservers by affording them a
succulent stew.
Many Singing Birds Die.
Pets that are free to roam are less
to be pitied than those shut up or
kept in cages. Many poor little sing
ing birds must have died from want
of food and water and many a veneer
able parrot croaked his last bon
jour" Already parrot stories are
finding their way across the Channel,
and one trembles at the thought of
the varied tongues a really accom-
plished bird may acquire. II is rec
orded OF one that it could initiate
the whistle of a shell to such perfec-
tion that the men billeted in the
same house suffered much from the
trick, which. as a practical joke, was
eminently successful. In fact, the ex-
asperated soldiers were moved to de-
clare that even baby would be pre-
ferable as a fellow resident.
Cattle and pigs occupy a somewhat
different position from the animals
above mentioned: whether il is a
higher one may be left to the food
faddist to discuss. There is how
ever, this great difference: that
whereas in the one case the joy of
the encounter is all on the side of
the cat or rabbit, in the other the
soldier is the gratified party. Early
in the war an Indian regiment lost
touch with its supplies for few
days, owing to its being continually
on the move from one point to
another of the British line. The men
had consequently to live on what
they could procure from the peas
ants, which was little enough, so
their delight may be imagined
when a message came from battery
that the gunners had found and
rounded up some pigs in a deserted
farm near. Being Sikhs and fond of
pork, they acted upon the informa-
ton with alacrity. To save them from
a lingering death, the pigs were shot,
cut up with entrenching tools and
cooked in the cooking pots of the
same kindly gunners.
A Cow Prominent.
A hindu regiment had an adven-
ture in which a COW played a prom
inent part. The COW is sacred to the
Hindus, so the men were proportion
9tely disturbed and distressed by the
Diteous mooing of poor old cow
that was shut up not far from where |
they were entrenched, and two or
.hree of them set off to let her free. .
It was a perilous task, for they were /
lnder fire all the way. but, wonder /
'ul to relate. they not only succeeded .
n setting the cow free but returned
themselves to safety. The enemy,
rritated at having missed the sepoys
hot and killed the wretched cow.
which sacrilege so furiated the In
Iians that they were for scrambling
ut of their trenches and hurting
on the Germans then and
here. Their British officers had
much difficulty in holding them
ack.
No article on domestic animals
nd pets at the front would be COM
lete without some reference to Hafz
Iafiz is a perky chestnut Arab, and
e came from India as an officers
harger. On the whole he finds war
,ss strenuous than peace, for he
ees his sahib but rarely. He has
ampled many kinds of stables, but
is guardian sees to it that he is
and we'll fed. so he has
o complaints, and as for shells, they
ave him cold. Even when part of
is quarters was destroyed and
,llow charger wounded, Hafz re-
aimed unconcerned. but the mere
,und of a motor cycle. an object
it'll which he was familiar in India.
'ompts him to emulate his compa-
lots the dancing dervishes. His ;.
,at is sleek and glossy. and he is :,
eeping himself in good condition, !.
r he hopes to take part in joyous :.
TRY some day.