The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-03-04
NUMBER "A.
A Story Of a Dog and a Jackdaw.

On the morning of the day following
Christmas, four years ago, the porter of
the store of Messrs Root, Anthony & Co.,
No. 60 Liberty street, on opening the
front door found everything in confu-
sion; the floor was Uttered with tools,
oil bottles, steel and iron wedges, and
black muslin by the piece. Further ex-
animation justified the first suspicion
that burglars had been at work. Keys
had been fitted to the outside locks, on
the eve of holiday, so that the robbers
had an entire day Sunday and two nights
in which to work. Once inside the
building they were met with the unex-
pected difficulty of deciding which of
the five safes before them contained the
prize. Fortunately the burglars began
operations on a safe which probably new
er contained cent of money, being evil
IDENTIFY attracted by its grim appearance
and the fact that it was hidden away In
dark corner of the store. A vast
amount of labor was wasted upon this
old safe, and the rage and disappoint-.
ment of the robbers when they found
out their mistake, were vented upon the
harmless books and papers which it con-
tained. They then began work on an
other safe, which contained in those
times of revenue stamps, what was equiv
alent to $17 900 in greenbacks.
Adjoining the store of Root, Anthony
& Co., lives in his bachelor rooms, the
well known restaurant keeper, Mr.. Suth-
erland, who at the time had pet jack
daw that was more than usually amusing
by his antics. He was ready to catch
pennies, pick up brilliant trifes, or in
dulge in mischief of any kind. From
some cause, either sudden gleam OF in
telligence or his chronic desire to meddle
in every ones business, early in the
morning the jackdaw, with loud cries
and screams. darted out the window into
the back yard of Root, Anthony q Go.
The easiest way for Mr.. Sutherland to
obtain his pet was through the store in
which the burglars were still at work,
and as he had thought he had heard
noises on the premises, which he pre-
sumed were made by the porter, he
stepped into the street and tried the
store door. At the same time he saw a
man a few yards off move uneasily away.
After vigorously shaking the door, and
hearing no response, he returned to his
own premises and sent man to climb
over the wall into the rear of the adjoin-
ing premises and capture the jackdaw
that SO provokingly kept beyond reach.
The burglars, now satisfied that they
were discovered, precipitately fled, lock-
ing the door after them, and thus the
$17 900 of revenue stamps were saved to
their owners.
On last Christmas morning Mr.. Suth-
IN 10 hU
the most extraordinary conduct OF his
pet dog Vic, little fox terrier, great
favorite and unusually intelligent. This
little creature, after business hours, has
the run of the entire interior of the
building. On the morning alluded to
Mr.. Sutherland was awakened by Vic,
who officiously poked his cold nose into
his masters face, for which presumed i'm
pertinence he was brushed on the floor.
The dog, however, instantly returned to
the charge, and very earnestly began
opening his masters eyes with his toe
nails. This brought Mr.. Sutherland to
his feet and senses, and also to the con-
sciousness that he was partly suffocated
by hot smoke that filled the room. In
stantly comprehending his danger he
gave the alarm, when examination show
ed that the fire was under the floor OF
the printing Office of the adjoining build
ing, occupied by Messrs. Root, Anthony
& Co., which fire was soon extinguished
by the local patrol, and with, compare
lively speaking, nominal loss.
The first time the premises were pro,
tected from large robbery by the unac.
countable conduct of jackdaw; the
second time from destructive fire by the
intelligence of the little pet Vic. The
poor bird has gone to the happy hunting
grounds, but Vic lives, as active, mis-
chievous, useful, and cOmically hand
some as ever, waiting for gold medal
from the Humane Society.-N Y. Eren
ina Post.