| Show CI10W3 THAWLO OUT trforn Hat llfnl I In III lleou of lho Ulirhrn A very curious Inililc nt n the recent cold weather at Niagara halls ban ionic to light distancing all stories regarding the mercury freezing In thermometers and of the hen being frozen stilt on her neat put as she was about to lay her egg aays the New York Jo irual This one Is In regard to some crown The Niagara gorge this wlnt r has been infested In-fested with these birds In large number num-ber They usually go south but this winter they decided to hibernate In the gorge where they Dy nbout picking up whatever they can and nt night roostIng roost-Ing In the pine tree und evergreen Their uncanny cries are heard at all times and frequently they Indulge In noisy and Beret fights and not a few have been killed It Is I estimated that there are clone to a million of these black fellows up and down Ihe length of the gorge covering about three to four miles On he night ol the billiard bill-iard the cold In the gorge was intwie The wind swept down then with a fearful force The severity of the weather may br understood when It Is I known that the running water over the mighty cataract actually froze and when morning broke It was dlnroterod hat no water wits ItoHlnK over the Uina Island fall and aces to ibe Cave of the Wind could be had Down on the Ice bridge was wltnested a pwullar light gome of the old river men discerned dis-cerned a number of black objects and on closer Inspection with tho fieldglass I these objects teemed lo ia 1 birds Jack McCloy and John Barlow rondo a Irlp down on he bridge and picked up a number of crows for iiuh he birds had proven to be and eoucludvd 1 that they had frozen to death The crows appeared to IM lifeless and the men luoiiKlii up several froien crows ai proof of how cold It had linen that nlahi llarlnw left l his crown In a warm place in his kitchen for a short time > nd some tithe later was surprised to liiir a Ihel cawing and hollering nt wing Ho went out to the kitchen ant I there found that the crows had rcvhed and were as llvel as er Many other black beauties were found under the tiers where they had roostnl during the night and many no doubt dropped Into the doer and were wept down through the rapids tithe lower river |
