Logan Republican | 1903-09-12 | Page 4 | Peacocks Better than Watchdogs

Peacocks Better Than Watchdogs. Dlrd fanciers aro predicting a voguo for the peacock. They say that people who can afford It havo 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 creaturo in a moro practical way. Some one discovered not long ago that there Is no watchdog equal to the peacock as a guardian against thieves and marauding maraud-ing tramps. Perched on the roof of an arbor or outbuilding of the estate, a peacock will announce In hrllj, discordant dis-cordant notes that can be heard a mllo away the presence of suspicious looking look-ing strangers within tho grounds.