St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
True Stories about Dogs.

Il family iii t,loUcc>tcl-lIlC, Highland.
WAS very clever and doci!c. Every
evening he would fetch his t"wc| and
burrsE. and stand patiently To- he walsh
ed. comhed. and brushed by llS ms
rrcSS. Generally he WIS a"rn>t"nrd to
lake his meals with The family. hHi 1t
his mistress were going I" dlnc from
hnme.shc would say to lam. ''iIlmrr.
yon mus 90 and dine nj Dhr t"rl"rN
today. The do. would set oil ion TIA"
rectolv-a long. crooked, and puzzled
:oad and reach there in time i"' dia-
ncl. There he Vnuid va;i untii lr i!.,'!
taken his supper. and return h"!u, -
he came.
once u scotch shepherd was jrrd:''g
-hc-p "it the Grammar hills. ILL., faith
tn dog and his little ho> ;iilcr wears
bid were with hm .rhr iitrl; fellow
could mot climb the steep l'il-. -" HI
iaihcr left him On the plains "atH'iir%
flowers and berries. hill h, went "r
on the Jagged rock 10 u,rGl"na hi
locks. Suddrmi. It heavy i"@ c.'nr'
up The shepherd ha>rrnci t. s'rh
his boy. bat the mist WIS 81 lhirh ii"
could not lind him. la vain H. '.'il'd
and vhislled ncithrI rh;. child mon dog
mad" ANY ar,w"i. ll'. p""i man had
rot lost also. and al last. attc'' wander
ing about for hours. he found himself
near his own home. HE nci@hh"!-.
listened I" his story. AMI eagerly ven
"iih him IN search at tiir rhlid. ~
after day they secured the c"linlr, )"
every direction. hut the p"m little t'i-
low could not be found. Then t.ic dis
u.lr!cd father began II ;,~h questions
about the dog. Where wa hc Ilad
ne been ~ h"mr at al! uhilr. t''c' we've
oil their hopeless search l,-. IA; iIid
IAN i'll the house two or three i,""> =
lay. Just To get hi- regular allowance "f
AXE. and aitcr taking l't,l'' hit" Il"
ran AWAY with it il hI~ month. his
he had been doing for several day
nut the poor grief stricken mother hdA
nrrn in Too much trouhl,. to mention H.
y soon Il, the shepherd heard hi hr
waited ton the d". tn CONF. lhr ftirh
tul FELLOW had hardly strengths 10 walk
Dut lie would not eat more than liittt.
piece OF cake. and again. went OF bear
lug il in his mouth. IT,, father follow
ed him. At last lac came l." i fill Of
water. II short distance from nhi.r.. ih,
bov was LOST. and fran this place, lr
began To =" down hill that wa sn
steep and full of rocks that the ,,troi.
man could not ",i down u!.ho,tt
great difficulty Once duHH hr
dog turned and went into - cl.s.
hidden in the huslIr~. With Il heating
heart the father FASTENED t" the pct
and, looking in. h. san hi, little SON
there eating heartily OF The cIh;.. hIl,.
the dog stood by harkin" i"r joy Iio0
the little fellow got there mu one knew
hut he WAS found alive ami Welt tin.
dog who had never icit him uiuilt and
day. except to run home to g,.t him :,
cake, had saved him from -tarl I'M"
We may brIirvr that the noble animal
was well fed and mil>cd ;iilt night
and that grateful PRAYER, W,tc srir 10
heaven from that -hrpl.rId'S catidgj.
\ blacksmith III Wr>lchr-irr. u,.n.
Two dogs Wa~ i terrier. i"n "r
tive wears old the other hlli >hrphrjh
Ihd half commons "Ur- about twelve "f
fifteen years old. and consequently N''lA
ict"l" "i Nhi'h MS story l. i"'d: M
me WINTER htl tween III" h"nlN lea
breakfast AMI dinner. ana supper. THESE
Two dogs may AWAY h' ten prIchct
mp just far enough ir"r Mi. Nnarp
forge t" escape the SPARKS. Tut sim
near chnlSll 20 hrcl' Nallh. >'jI ne
tween tn" hours "l breakfast Ahh ulH-
hcr, hcr;lllSc as soon d~ the il"Hr !"i d!i-
nrr comes winch thcN know even
better than the apprentices III The shop
they are both III Il iuil iln, each ann
ing to secure space hvhnd Il Nalm
kitchen stove. Nhicii l. only lang"
enamel, I'm. Al # Rho "a,
llcr hclng more active. almost always
gains the coveted place. lcaNu" tn"
poor old dog ON III The colt. Now
comes The curious part al the STORY .
he "ld dog. h"in% thus left ""l IN HE
""!d. one bitter ia\ pm! himself IA =
thinking attitude. and sci his wits l."
Work to devise >"lnc h"anS hl Wr"h
Ii" could get the terrier "llt 81 III" cove
tcd place. MI at once I'm id"a SEEMED
{" strike him. Taking adNmla@" 81
the good watch dog qualities Al thr
tcIlicr. he made Il tcimt toward Ia car
den. barking fuinu>iN. a. If some one
vas Intrudlng al that point. "iIcn. i.lc
4" ms nature. out popped the terrier.
""' To hiai,c = TENT. hiit io mthca p"li
men rush Tor the extreme chh at The
Garden. passing the old ~rh"urI lust
outside "i the Kitchen door. "h" n"
sooner SAM thcterlicr enter ia" ".idcu
then hr popped To-" NOT I'M" the gar
den, but behind the warm Kitchen
~t"'r. curling himself up. nn,t waited.
NIlh Il cunning twinkle. in hl~ eve. inr
his appearance and ~.lW the SITUATION.
Gem with the slr.vJ old dr". with -,
IittI,. >urr,,. -. Il lao I.,d Hi ,,,t,