Show CROW IS A chronometer rd marks me for a cuckoo clock by caw ng the hours george wreal e of sibley township near le S leur minn has a pet crow bob which has been with him four years and which he claims is the most intelligent and useful bird living there is in the croake home an old heirloom a beamut ful cuckoo clock brought from switzerland in pioneer days one of tle tl e kind that have a 1 atle door at the top in front out ot chich springs a little b rd every sixty minutes and calls the hours after the crow had been in the fam ily about two years he began to mock the clock cuckoo and this finally grew to be a passion with him so that he hardly ever failed to give a melodious caw when the clock cuckoo was call ng the hour some six months ago the clock tell and the striking or cuckoo part was completely broken so that the door never open and the bird never comes out this appears to be a great ale to bob for 1 e watched the clock for several days and seemed to be studying deeply at last however he came to a con elusion and greatly startled the fam ily by taking lp the autv the cuckoo had previously performed and count arg out the hours perfectly at the exact coment with a clear call of caw br every hour the clock to have struck one for 1 clock alve for 5 clod and so on around the circle he has kept his work up to the present time and calls every hour when he can see the face of the clock OS regularly and as perfectly as an or binary timepiece with its hammer and bell it a lamp be set at night where the 1 falls on the face of the cloch the crow though he w 11 doze be tween times on his perch will waken up and call every hour all night long minneapolis times |