The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-03-29


/. ly did not like this article, and was
found occasionally with it in his teeth,
moving slyly toward the door. Being
! left at night on the premises, he found
the hated article, and thrust the small
end below the door, but the thick end
refused to go. A few nights afterwards
he had put thesmall end below the door,
and some one had pulled it out. Onthe
dog being asked where it was, he looked
very guilty and skunk away with his
tail between his legs. The same dog
gets his provisions brought to him in a
! tin cam and one day seeing q child car
rying can exceedingly like his he
quickly seized it by the handle and car
ried it to his quarters, the child holding
} on and screaming all the way. When
shown hisown he seemed ashamed of the
mistake, and allowed the frightened
child to go with the can he had mistall-
en- for his own. This dog is in the habit
ofbegging money from his biped ac-
qaintances, with which he marches to u
f bakers shop and buys bread, which he
comes home with and eats when hun
gry.-IiOme journal.
The CincunatG Gazette has the follow
ing:
"a well known gentleman and an old
citizen, who was quite fond of dogs, and
who usually kept several of them about
his house, had one in particular that
was much attached to him. Some
months since the gentleman died sud-
denly, and from that time his canine
friend evince unmistakable signs of grief
at his loss, and seemed utterly inconsOl-
able. He would not eat with any de-
gree of heartiness, and gradually pined
away until he became Il mere skeleton.
He often manifested symptoms of atlec-
ton for n robe de chamJre his mas ter
had been in the habit of wearing, and
when permitted to lie down upon that
article of dress, appeared as contonted
as he could be in his bereavement. The
: devoted dog grew thinner every day,
and about two months after his masters
decease, died.
y DOG AND SNAKE STORY.-The
Manchester Mirror relates that George
+. Berry, a boy thirteen years old, while
out berrying on Monday, was attacked
bya "siX foot snake of dark hue and
red stripe around his neck" which
wound twice around the boys body,
fastening both arms in his coils. The
lads dog, seeing his masters danger,
rushed to his aid, biting and tearing Il
strip off the snakes back. The boy got
relieved from the deadly grasp and took
to his heels, but the snake coiled around
the dog, and would have crushed him
if he had not fought like tiler,
SOME DOG.-A gentleman left Holy
, yoke on Friday afternoon for this city
a in buggy, taking fuvoritc dog with
I him. AS they progressed toward Will
, mansett the gentleman amused himself
. by plaguing the dog until he had got
q the animal into Il state Of complete wor-
ry. Presently the gentleman's hat blew
, off, and he went back after it, leaving
q his horse and buggy standing in the
: road; then the dog took advantage of
: his masters absence to jump into the
a buggy and start the animal, who trotted
gaily toward the river, followed by the
gentleman yelling "whoa," to no pur-
pose. His faithful dog now took posi-
=. tion upon the seat, where he could keep
q an eye on his master and another on the
steed, to see fair play in the race. They
Il approached the Connecticut river, into
which the waggish brute drove, and
# keeping his seat, tioated out behind the
v horse, who swan, after getting beyond
q his depth. They were seen, at this
= ljuncture, by persons on the south shore
: who put off in boat and got them
p safely to land-the dog in high glee al
= his successful experiment in driving
and then went back after their owner
who will, no doubt, leave that dog be
:. hind the next time he goes to ride. The
y best of this story is lis .-SpriHg,
f .feld Mass RepuJlican.
1t a FAST DoG.-II. \, Ewers, of thi,
y town, ,on Friday, started for Astalan, Wis
J. Consin, where he had purchased a farm
X lie owned small dog, which he gaV'
s to Henry Briggs before he left. Th
G dog followed Mr.. Ewers to the depot il
this town, and upon the cars leaving
IL followed on after, OVertaking them Il
It South Deerheld, before they left tina
It station. The distance run by the do
II was eight miles, and the time occupic,
twenty-five minutes, or over tWcnt.
e. miles an hour. Mr.. Ewcrs concludes
u, that such Il faithful friend was not likel
t. to be parted with lightly, and took tn
lc dog into the cars with him. GrccHfci
Gd:eHc.
INSTINCT or Administrations il
" tercsting facts have been noted in rel,
II ton to the demcanor of our animu
g prior to a great conVulsion. 1t was I,
y ward noon, beneath a clear and almo
"9 cloudlcs- sky, with the sea breeze freshl
" blowing, that the cities of ConccptiC
~ and Talcahuano, on the coast of Sout
H. America, were dcsolated in 1888. :
!" ten o'clock, two hours before their rui
nv the inhabitants remarked with surpris
ie as altogether unusual, large flights {
", sea-foWl passing from the coast towar
'' the interiors and the dogs at Talhual
h9 abandoned the town before the shoe
+" which lcvclcd its buildings was ieI
~ Not an animal, it is believed, was in Il
III place when the destruction came.
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