The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-30

time, both as guard Oh HouoI aHu " duc1A
any possible disturbance. General Sherman
says the arrival of troops has no special sig
nifcance; such movement Of troops was not |
unusual
A Dogs Friendship for a Child.
Mr.. Elihu Burritt gives in his book
called "a Walk from London to Land $
End and Back touching illustration
of the affection of dog in Truro. We
can only give an abridgement from this
Interesting narrative.
II was sitting at the breakfast table
Of friend, who was druggist when he
was called into the shop by a neighbor
who had come for some medical advice
and aid in very remarkable and at
fecting case. He described it briefly
and simply, but it would fill volume
of beautiful meaning. His family dog
had incidentally made the acquaintance
of neighbor's child on the other side
Of the street.
| While lying on the door-stone, he
had noticed this little thing, some
times at the chamber window, and
sometimes on the pavement in little
, carriage.
: During one of his walks on that
side Of the street he met the baby, and
looked over the rim Of the little basket
! carriage, as a loving dog can look,
straight into the pair of baby eyes,and
) said good morning. as well as u
could.
:. Little by little, day by day. week
: by week, this companionshlp went on,
, growing with thegrowth and strength
! enng with the strength Of the little
. one. The dog, doubtless because his
master had no young child OF his own.
> came at last to transfer frequently ms
watch and ward to the door-stone on
Z the other side Of the street, to follow
d as guard of honor the baby $ carriage
It on its daily airings.
'r .sWith what delight he gave himself
UP to all the peltings, and little rude
II rompings, and rongh-and-tumblln u
e those Saby-hands One day, as the
g dog lay in watch by the door-stone, the
e child peering out of the window above
,e lost its balance, and fell upon thu
A pavement below 1t never breathet
G. again. 1t was taken up dead. Th'
at red drops OF the young life had be
spattered the feet and face Of the dol
at rs he sprang to the rescue. His hear
- died out within him, in one long whin
- ing moan Of grief. From that nc
:, ment he refused to eat. He refuses
- to be comforted by his masters voice
:. and by his masters home. Day D
r. day. and night by night, he lay upo
=. the spot where the child fell.
.This. was the neighbor's errant
He told it in few simple words. Il
had come to my friend, the druggis
for a prescription for his dog-som
oh thing to bring back his appetite
Pools en- Election.
le- New FORK Letter Nov IS.
Tor or all the utterly disconsolate nut
in the world. those fellows in this eli
IN. whose money is tied up in the poo
- sold on the election results are Il
~ most miserable. Those who bet I
the Republican side will not give u
while those on the Democratic sit
- who imagine they are winners are u
- able to get winnings. Il is estimate
~ that there is an aggregate of $3.50
900 held in the pool-boxcs- OF Will
I'M John Morrisey holds 81 100000. i
hio, feelings of those who have made
b yestments in the pools may be ima
iens ined when report was bulietined .
!. extensively circulated last safnrd
vii evening that one of the pooi-sellt
Pa had absconded that day vi
ala over a half-million dollars of p
uh- money. All day Sunday inquiT
were made among the booksellers a.
val the truth of the story, and not Ut
key Sundays papers definitely contradl
ton ed the rumor did the exeitem'
,ng- finally snbside.
i. The attempt TO Introduce steam
mail meter on the canals has not len an
road donea yet. Experiment is now pe'
!, 20 made AT Utica. y. i. The boat -
feet long. Is feet beam. and Il
'1ea deep. Attached to the main SHAFT
ioss the centre of the boat, are two Ia
IT,. shafts, IA feet long. incasesl In Dea
and Is inches in diameter. which sna
connect with shafts which turn oil
res ing-wheeis. two feet four inches 10
war ameseT. double-fia Hanged and very nea
ailds run on an iron rail laid along the ia
- : and prouei the boat by friction.
. half mile of track has been laiu Wh
the trials are being made ana the e
als thus far have been successful
Invention. il is claimed. does away
Their all wash in the canal a tug Will
b. from 3 100 to =. 500.
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