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Show HOW 1ID HE GET THERE? A Live 'Possum Captureil In Warehouse In ion. There has been added to the collection collec-tion of curiosities in the menagerie at the United States penitentiary a live possum, aud how the. toothsome morsel of food among the colored race strayed away from his southern home is one of the mysteries of tho hour. Tho little fellow was discovered iu Pickard's warehouse a few days ago, and it was found necessary to wound him before ne would condescend to being captured. It is believed that he spirited himself away in a consignment of southern fruit forwarded the Pickards', aud deadheaded dead-headed his way to Zion. A roomv cage has been built for the latest arrival, and although everything is done for his comfort and hospitality iu his new home he does not seem a bit contented, but longs to be back among the cane brakes aud the pitch trees. Moreover, he is very dainty in his choice of food, and insists on hard boiled eggs and the flesh of sparrows, which aro furnished him in abundance. |