Logan Nation | 1903-07-18 | Page 6 | Peacocks Better than Watchdogs

Peacocks Better Than Watchdogs. Bird fanciers are predicting a vogue for the peacock. They say that people who can afford it have been lately buying hundreds of them for their country places. Ornament is one consideration, con-sideration, but there is another thing that recommends the brilliant creature in a more practical way. Some one discovered not long ago that there is no watchdog equal to lie peacock as a guardian against thieves and marauding maraud-ing tramps. Porehed on the roof of 9B .art1"1 rTjyVfld -S? the estate, a peacock will ..nnounce in shrill, discordant dis-cordant notes that can be heard a mile away the presence of suspicious looking look-ing strangers within the grounds.