Show AN ALLIGATOR IN 11 QUOR Siran strange gre elpe fience ofa of a barkeeper la in tri lax to allease a aliel camden re ices tn lit a singular nn lia tural curiosity curlo sity it in the tha shape or i it reformed ul ligator bibulous propensities at one to bring ahli saurian liin toll to a drunk ci mitor mo grave rho reptile which li ii five years old and ami two real feet lit in length in 14 owned by john li brooker rooker a at second anil and federal streets recta at who liaa it as something ol a fondness fond nosi for forille live pots pets and devotes cloi otra it grout great deal led of tinte time and attention to three cit t two aloi a pair of frisky gray squirrels nn an en armous live frog arid thu the alligator when mr brooker first beca me owner some three years ago of the ugly pet it was fresh from tile Florl florida diA everglades tit abil was tin in tin sophisticated ij thaid looking affair w walh ith no nn higher thought than to eat ellei and bisk lit in ilia still but a yeats resident res ideno ein in it 11 cramped trough where hero lie he was waa linked tit at with fengers anti star tIPI by hideous bellg ella WA besl des an tweak of nose or serrated aled tail tended to in inalie all a t tho I 1 lie alligator holder and more active lie look nn apparent in watching for a clience cli ince to belze lit iii finger and grinned it n inch grin when regaled wit haltli b a alavo live toad or mouse by slow blow degrees sir mr brooker fue ceedee lit inducing fili pet 0 to o submit subi tilt to be handed and to be wk tuk ln en from I 1 Is trough mid find placed on tile lir bar theio TI iese experiments were conducted lit for ii 11 single cibort during daylight to id ro the reptile from lili his regular iu Iti artera arter 4 would tit tract till army of camden small boys bos yelling them helvetia ile 3 hoarse with delight anti and provoking the ire of brooker to such it legree that th tt lie ile would drop tile rep 1 I 1 a und eliaso ilia iho ur chini solid food in the shape of raw meat was ea eagerly gerly catell when otlien toi led by hailand hai ball dand one d y n of port wine wina spilled on oil tho ilia bar war vir carefully inspected ln petted liy by liia his I 1 attlio ho looked its as though lio lie woold mould havo licked it up had he been anything but buann till agnor tint ant alligator with it tongue tin adapt to huch usei tito the supposed hint WAS enn enough how everand lilt 1111 ingen ioui like a flit runnel funnel was vias cun con trucked truc s ted and till nn ounce or two to of if wine ino poured down the lie alligator ls thront throat tito the reptile smiled llod it ghast ly gap or f three and a hultin clies and winked his off eye in it approval A little brandy followed tint und the then a nil 11 kind kliyla of liquor were tried until 11 1 I 1 it wa win mounil loboa nather expensive experiment it wits was like pouring water down brathole u rat hole mald brooker IV ho is 11 short stout about ician ii of lectia I 1 c build and wo we had to let up tip niter after tile the first dy day flint got is aci rail full that lie hii coundit ett his hid breakfast tile the next day i and put up one OIK paw ni as though lie he lid had lilt alir be adache tito run fun was na kept up fur for some time until i it very funny gentleman happened lit in the saloon ono one duy day and filled lie ilia tors tora whisky full or of Jaina cill ganger that continued mr Brouker Brooker look ing fondly at his hl pel 1 who I ho blinked stupidly lilly tiel isel the poor fellow against whisky ile he reformed us as suddenly in ho be took to drink d rl wo we poured the liquor us its esmil down tho funnel but before half tho ilia tumbler tu lind had been ilia blui alligator was vias fin 1111 the taiti floor and iiii like liboa H snake I 1 tile the funy funny till out of tile house with a and the alli alligator alllen galor lor cried large 4 for nearly two e then tile the pour fel low inn hai bien been it 11 I 1 lit it III lie temperance so 0 o lely idly ull till by und rod drinks nu no thIng ilian blond 11 ii nilMa efto if to prove tile the story the alligator glai lied his s till tall about anil and grini grinsted ted wider than over I 1 phia iresa |