The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-13

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winter. you better change your
mind right away. because they are
having as much fun as ever. and
not single one except the mon
key faced owl even biinked an eye.
The monkeys were in special
little room at the side Of the green
house, Squeezing and jumping
around. munching on pieces OF car
rot, and then shaking the wire door
until 1t almost ratified off Of it's
hinges.
The ocelate cat sat in it's cage
just opposite and Kissed and flap.
ped its tail around as mad as any
thing. maybe thinking OF the nice
fat juicy little guinea pigs whose
cage was just on top of his, yet
where he never could get single
mouthfu,. This old cat likes his
food alive. so every once in a
while for his Sunday dinner they
let him have rabbit or pigeon or
chicken in his own style.
The old Mr. Ground Hog was
asleep Ct forgot about him), wait
ing for the first of February when
hey is to look for his shadow. But
I'll tell you a secret. Last week he
either had the night mare or got
mixed up in his dates, because he
came out and looked all around to
see what was happening. Maybe
he had an linking of President VIII
sons peace note and wondered If
the war was over yet, But as sooE
as he discovered his mistake he
darted back in his hole as fast as
he could go. and hasn't stuck his
head out since then.
The allegators are in shallow &C.
ment tanks out In the green house.
and as soon as they heard us COM
ing they began kissing like steam
engines and they opened their
mouths as wide as barn doors.
They haven't eaten anything for
about two months. and wont all
winter. but they aren't sleeping and
are anything but dull.
Poor old Wichita, the big coyote
is prancing around his cage the
same as ever, but there is one diff
ference. His tail no longer dan
giles after him. One day he was
mapping too close to the next cage
and his beautiful long tassel got on
the other side of the division. so
when he woke up his tail was being
chewed off by the little coyotes
next door But Wichita doesn't
know they did it. He blames the
keeper. and every time the mar
comes to feed him. Wichita is ready
to fight.
But the black bears are having
the most fun this winter. Instead
Of living off of bread and milk as
they have to all summer the keep
err bakes corn-bread for them. He
has a special stove in the corner
of the big barn, and bakes up a
good hot sheet of the corn-bread the
way they like it best. but if it gets
burned on one end that doesn't
matter Every once in while the
bears get something the matter
with them SO the keeper puts their
medicine in their corn-bread, and
they never notice.
The big hole under ground where
the bears sleep is about eight feet
square and warm. but the bears
only stay there at night.
Men Catch Eagle.
The eagles do not need any win
ter protection. even the one by the
bear cage that lives all alone Had
you ever heard how he was caught?
They found him right here in Glen
Miller park. One day the keeper
saw this great huge bird out loose
by the animal cages. SO he got his
gun and shot at it. The bird flew
up. circled around and then drop
ped down behind honey suckle hill,
so the man ran around the hill but
when he got there. the bird had
gone He could not find him any
where hut few days later a man
teiephoned from little farther
east. thai there was an eagle out
in his back yard He said that he
had tried to go towards him, but
the eagle was ready to fight. So
four nen from the Glen went out
and took a rake and some heavJ
Irvine with Them. When they got
there tire bird had gone. but they