The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-10-29
EMBARRASSING.

II EM0AhhAoDiNO. faA
The editor Of the Matamoiss Flag, writes
feslingly Of the embarrassments attending an
amour with fame who cannot understand
a word he says Hear him: Aa}
"What bad fix poor devil Is in when
desperately in love with pretty Senerita,
believes she's in the same FIX with him
and doesn't know how to tell The ardor Of
his love, nor understand when he supposes
she's Yelling how dear he 10 10 her. This
carrying on a love affair with the eyes alone,
is very beautifully in theory, bur very un-
pleasant in the practice. IT'S horrible to
think Of"
sAxIMArs.--A great many anecdotes are
told, 10 the books, Of the sagaciiy of ami
mails, and in Jesse's recsnt work on dogs,
we find several that we have not met with
before. ofthe dogs ability to find bis way
home, he says:
"a few years ago some hounds were em-
barksd at Liverpool for Ireland, and were
safely delivered al a kennel far up in that
country. One Of them, not probably liking
his quarters. found his way back to The port
at which he had been landed from Liver
pool. On arriving at il, some troops were
being embarked in ship bound TO that
place. This was fortunate circumstance
for the old hound, as, during the buslle, he
was not noticed. He ssfely arrived al Liver
poel, and on his old master, or huntsman
rather, coming,dswn stairs one morning, he
recognized his former acquaintance waiting
10 greet him. A similar circumstance hap
pened TO some hounds sent by the late Lord
Lonsdale to Irsland Three Of them es.
capped from the kennel in that country, and
made their appearance again in Leicester
shire. The love of home, or most probably
affection for particular Individual, must be
strongly implanted in dogs 10 induce EN-
10 search over unexplored and unknoVn re-
gions for the being and homo they love.
He also tells a story Of an acute Colley,
as follows:
GA lady Of high rank has s8pott u collsy,
or Scotch sheep dog. When be Il ordered
to ring the bell, he does so{ but if he is
told to ring the ball When tie servart is in
the room whose duty il Is to attend, he re-
fuses, and then the following occurrence
taken place, His mistress says, "Ring the
bell, dog" The dog looks at the servant,
and then barks his bow, WOW, once or twice
The order 10 repeated lxn or threo times.
At last the dog lays hold Of the servants
coat in significant manner, just as il no
had said TO him, Don't you hear that am
10 ring the bell for you? Come 10 my lady.'
His mistress alwaysha her shoes warmed
before she puts them n;shat daring the
late hoi weather, Der maid was pntting them,
on witheut their having been previously
placed before The die. When the dog saw
this, he Immediately intsrfered, expressing
the greatest Indignation at the maids negli-
gence. He took the shoes from her, carried
Them to the fire, and, after they had been
warmed as usual, he brought them back to
his mistress with much apparent satisfaction,
evidently intending 10 say, if he could, "It
is all right now"
Another tale is given Of a sheep-deg:
"The owner of sheep dog having been
hanged some years ago for sheep-stealing,
the following fact was authorized by evidence
on his trial: When the man intended to steal
any sheep he did not do il himself, but de-
taching his dog to perform the basiness.-
With this view, under the pretencs Of look
ing lat the sheep with an inteliion tospursl
chase them, he went through the lock with
the dog at his heel, to whom he secretly
gave signal, SO as to let him know the in
divduals ne wanted, to the aumber often or
twenty out Of q flock Of some hundreds.
He then went away, and al The distance oil
several miles, sent back the dog BY himself
in the nigbt-time, who picked out the indivi-I
dual sheep that bad been pointed out to HIN,
separated them from the flock, and drove
tham haft,ra him by himSelf till he nverfookl