Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1910 — Pleased the Old Widower. [ARTICLE]

Pleased the Old Widower.

“I never saw such a pleased old wldower as that Griffon vulture was when a pair of young members of hla tribe were put into hla cage the other dayj" aald a keeper in the Central park menagerie. "The old fellow’s mate died several years ago and he had been leading a lonesome life since hto bereavement. His dally routine waa to eat and sit on the porch blinking at visitors. The new pair consisted of male and female. Their advent caused the old chap to take on a new interest He sidled up to the female and seemed to be telling her not to mind the other fellow, that he was-the boss of that household When the yotnger beau resented this the old chap gave him a trouncing sent him Into a comer. Since then when the three are on the perch you will find the widower sitting between the female and her former sweth&rt, the picture of contentment