Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-07-27

dog. simply because he had no opportuui-
ty afforded him Of seeing them.
l once, while living in the far West,
rode = horse from my camp across a prai
rie TO an encampment Of squattcrs, \ dis
tance Of more than twenty miles. A riv-
er Of some width was crossed on the route.
the horse being ferried over in large
boat. The animal had never travelled the
road previously. nor had it ever run upon
the prairie, and yet during the night it
contrivcd to break its tcther line, and in
the dark to find its way back to our camp;
and. what is more strange. the horse ac-
tually swan the stream it had, during the
day, becH ferried over in boat. By what
means, it may be asked. did the horse
contrive to find its way over . grassy
waste. never trodden BY it previously. to
q given point so far distant! There was
no path or trail. and in the dark the horse
could not. except by smelling. have re-
traced its own footprints.
Many similar anecdotes are on record,
to which the following authenticated cases
may be addfd- A horse was turned out
u some marshes adjoining the Thames
The distance in straight line FROM his
owners house was only few miles. but
he had to be sent long way around to
cross the bridge. In less than twenty
four hours he made his appearance at the
stable-door. dripping wet. having swan
the river and taken straight line home
During the life Of the celebrated sports
man. the late Sir Richard Sutton, a draft
Of young hounds was sent up to London
by wagon, from the kennel near Lincoln,
and there put on board \ vessel to 20
abroad. While the ship was dropping
down the Thames one Of them jumped
overheard and swan ashore. Some weeks
after it made its appearance at the ken
mel. half starved, and covered with bites
bestowed upon it by its more fortunate fell
lows. regret to have to add that it was
killed Immediately, 50 many valuable
mounds having recently been destroyed in
that pack by madness that the huntsman
was afraid to take it in.
Some years since. dog-f was run to
ground on Hatfield Heath, near Ashfort,
Kent. When dug out he was found to
have some remarkable white spots on him.
and the Earl of Thanet had him sent to
his seat in Wcstmoreland. .-Appleby Cas-
tle-a distance Of 300 miles, aud turned
down. A fortnight afterwarl the same
fox was killed near Hatfield Heath, his
native place.
"Not long ago." says one writer. 81
saw COW bought at farm auction. Abcu,
6 o'clock in the evening she wac sent of
home with the purchaser and was placed
in the yard. distance Of fifteen miles
from her former home. At 6 o'clock the
next morning she wa. found back in her
old shed. quietly chewing the cud. and
waiting to be MIXED as usual.
II once purchased brood of duck.
lings, about month old. without the hen
that hatchcd them. I took them home
and placed them, as | thought, safely in
a pig-pound In the morning l found
they were all gone. aud discovered them
snugly huddled together at their old quar-
ters at the other end Of the village. in The
nest in which they were hatched. A Ia.
borer told me he had met them in the
street. homeward bound, at o'clock, 4
NJ, as he was going to work. They had
not been off the premises where they were
bred before"