Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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few cats have the nerve to tackle a rat 
as I have always found the reverse to be 
true. His statement that a pair of owls 
will catch more rats and mice around 
the barn than a dozen cats is one that 
I cannot dispute as my only experience 
with owls is the loss of several chickens 
'by them each Summer. I wonder if any 
of the readers have ever rid their farm 
of rats by the use of owls. It seems to 
me that Mr. Smith has much yet to learn 
and would profit by spending a few years 
on a large farm if he would but let ex¬ 
perience be his teacher. h. h. 
New York. 
This Dog Could Reason 
In response to the call for observations 
of animals that reason or communicate 
we have the following extract from the 
Pocahontas Times of Virginia—sent by 
Cyrus H. Cline of Bridgewater: 
Our friend ITarvey Cromer, of Cheat 
Bridge, tells us the following interesting 
story of a remarkable case of a dog’s 
power of reasoning: 
Mr. Cromer has two dogs. Jack is a 
grade shepherd and Nig a thoroughbred 
Scotch collie. As is characteristic of the 
collie. Nig is a one man dog, and Mr. 
Cromer is the man. Whenever he comes 
home, the dogs appear to be able to an¬ 
ticipate his coming and always meet 
him some distance from the house. Nig 
does not allow Jack or anyone to come 
close to his master. He goes wild with 
delight whenever his master appears. 
On Friday night two weeks ago Mr. 
Cromer came home about 11 o’clock. The 
dogs did not meet him. nor had the family 
seen them since the mail passed, about 
four in the afternoon. 
The next morning a systematic hunt 
was made for the dogs. The boy of the 
family looked up his traps for fear they 
had been caught. The bear pen was also 
visited. They went to the clubhouse and 
the neighbors looked at their traps and 
bear pens. They even went to Durbin 
to see if they had followed some traveler 
there. 
In the family council it was decided, 
when all searching had failed, that the 
dogs had gone deer hunting, and were 
chasing an old doe that lived in the ' 
wood nearby. 
But at supper Saturday njght Nig put ! 
in his appearance; he was glad to see 
the folk, gulped down his food, but dis¬ 
appeared in a few minutes. Calling did , 
not bring him back. 
On Sunday morning Nig was seen | 
coming up Cheat River. The dog greeted 
his master with joy, but it was noted 
that he appeared worried. He was fed 
and pretty soon he started away again. 
Mr. Cromer called him back and found 
he was carrying a biscuit in Iris mouth. 
It was naturally supposed that he had 
been given more food than he wanted 
and he was carrying the bread away to 
bury it. 
A few minutes later Nig had business 
down the river again, and the Cromers 
attempted to see where he was going by 
following down the railroad, on the op¬ 
posite side of the river. The dog traveled 
too fast and Mr. Cromer decided to track 
him up. lie followed the trail about half 
a mile, and lost it. He called and Nig 
came immediately, from over the rivet- 
bank. 
There Mr. Cromer found .Tack, his \ 
foot fast in a trap by the edge of the I 
river, which was rising rapidly. Near 
the dog were a few crumbs of bread. 
The trap was a single spring and Jack 
was caught by the foot and not badly 
hurt. He was taken from the trap, and 
all started for home. In a short distance 
Jack got sick and crawled under a bush. 
Mr. Cromer knew he would be all right in 
^ a little w-hile and was going to leave him 
~ to make his way home when he felt bet- 
ter. This did not suit Nig. who proceed¬ 
ed to camp by his sick fellow. 
Mr. Cromer then took Jack in his arms 
and carried him home. Nig seemed well 
pleased and did not display any jeal¬ 
ousy whatsoever then, although under 
usual circumstances he would have killed 
Jack rather than allow his master to 
fondle him. 
• In a few hours Jack was on his feet 
again, and Nig was just as jealous and 
mean to him as e\;er. 
Mr. Cromer thinks that Nig would 
have stayed by Jack until both were dead 
had they not been found. 
Drying Turkey Wings 
Regarding the drying of turkey wings, 
as I understand something about taxider¬ 
my, I will suggest the following: Cut 
wing off at elbow joint, skin the wing 
down to the next joint. You will notice 
that the long wing feathers are attached 
to the bone ; these can be cut away from ! 
the bone. Remove the two bones in the j 
wing. While skinning the wing use 
powdered chalk or common ground plas¬ 
ter to keep skin dry and absorb the blood. 
Do not use arsenic dry; mix it with a 
little soap and water, about as thick as I 
cream and apply with a brush or stick. 
Burned or powdered alum is very good 
and would advise it to be used, as it is 
much safer in the home. Turn skin 
back and fill up space with hemp. Cot¬ 
ton can be used but pins will not go 
through very easily. Sew up skin and 
press the wing. L. S. 
Massachusetts. 
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You May Need 
Jor Economical Transportation 
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dealers’ places of business and buy 
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modest incomes who have the false im¬ 
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