Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-04
VOL. XIX.


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nearest pond and deliberately went into deep
water until the water engulfed him. Unable
10 endure his misery the poor brute had de-
lloerately committed suicide.
\ retriever dog, whose owner was work
ing IN the garden Of the Bath Institution.
lately killed favorite cat, a frequenter of
the same grounds. Having committed this
unprovoked murder, the dog deliberately
took the cat in his mouth, carried it some
distance, dug q deep hole behind some bush
e. and alter depositing the cat therein care
tully replaced the earth, and had he not
been observed there would have been no
evidence Of the crime.
Philip Gilbert IIamdston never told q
more beautiful story than the following
~ dog was bereayed Of his master. and be-
came Old and blind, passing the dark even
lng' Of his existence sadly in some corner,
which lie hardly ever quilted. One day
came step ike that Of his lost master, and
he. suddenly left his place The man who
had Just entered wore ribbed stockings; the
old dog had lost his scent. and referred at
once 10 the stocking that he remembered
rubbing his face against. Believing that
his master had returned after those weary
years Of absence. he gave way to the most
extrayagant delight. The man spoke. The
momentary illusion was dispelled the dog
went sadly back to his place. lay down
YEARLY and died. 80
y Eadnorshire lady, who was married in
March and came to reside in Yorkshire Eng
land, recently paid visit to her father,
who, before she was married, had kept two
or three shecp-dogs, OF which she was very
fond. Since then he has retired from bust
ness, and disposed Of all but one dog. This
one met the lady with demonstrations Of
great delight upon her arriving at her
fathers house, and that night the dog went
a distance Of seven miles to farmhouse
where enc Of the other dogs hac ss-s a-:.:.
(the latter was blind. but kept a. being an
old layorite.) In the morning when the
lady went 20 the door she not only saw the
dog which had given her such a glad recep-
ton the day previously. but also the old
blind one, which had evidently been brought
by the other dog to welcome her. When
the second night came the old blind one was
taken kick To its home by the same dog.
which aiterward returned, having travelled
a distance of twcnty-eight miles to give
pleasure to the old blind one
Ithein- in possession of the signs" known
only by the Brotherhood Of Good Templars.
and observing the essential qualification of
total abStention from all Intoxicating liquors
constitute a "brothcr,' Mr.. j. Leake's
Newfoundland, (asSuming of course that be
tocs not indulge in other than the usual
canine beverages according to the New
castle Daily Journal, would seem to have
a right to the full benefits Of membership of
thar brotherhood This dog, it Is stated by
the above Journal, having for some time past
attended rith his master at the Pride Of
the Tyne Lodge of Good Iemplars, at Halt
whistle, appears 70 have found out then
mysterious rap for entering the lodge-rcom
during their meetings. On last lodge night
he seems to have fingered by the way, and
his master entered tie lodge without him
and closed the door a short time after
the innerguard and part Of the members
heard tie weil-known knocks at the inner
door, when the guard arose and opened it,
and the black brute walked majestlcally in.
greatly 10 the surprise of the yigiiant guard
causing no small amusement to the whole
company.
Who carries the mail from Os-tra-gou-
no-h. away up on the Minnesota line. to the
7 nearest frontier settlement in Dakota Why.
Blss, a mougrel kind Of dog, an apparent
ultimate result of the minglng of every kind
Of dog found in the territory. Boss mas
ter "a year ago was drunken halt-breed.
who was paid s. trip in summer, and s.
in winter for taking the mails distance Of
some sixty miles. Bpss's master was hon
est, and never purloined a letter, but he had
a way Of drinking On the road and the mails
were often delayed. Last January the mail
carriersever reached his destination. but
was found frozen stiff in q znow-bank., three
| miles beyond Jobley> run. Boss was keep
/ ing guard ever hIs master and the mail.
/ Now Bls- runs the machine in bad weather.
All that has 90 be done Is to take and secure
. the letters round his neck in an oil-skin
wrap, and away goes Boss 10 the end of the
mail route on the biggest kind of lope
There Is no use of starving Boss, like people
Do pigeons 10 get him to work, thought he
does expect feed at the conclusion Of his
/ journey. No one as yet is intriguing for
! BJss's place. Sixty-tw0 miles as the crow
flies, carrying the mail through the snow, i
not position most oflice-seekers care for.
Some time ago. in Cannon street, city Of
ri3n, ! was witness to an extraordinary
scent Going along the street was an empty
. coal wagon, with tall, stout wagn0ner,
.
| heavy, powerful bulldog happening 10 pass,
lie made a cut at it with his whip, and struck
it sJnartly. The dog turned round instantly
and rushed at the man, as every one thought,
but he never offered 70 lav hold of him. and
| kept jumping at the whip, which the man
| held high out of reach. The man then be-
gan TO beat it with the whip, TIL the animal
snatche1 it from his hand and worried at it
furiously. Having regained hold of the
whip, be swung the dog round and round,
humping it heavily against the pavement
till the crowd cried Shame ~ The dog was
then choked off, and the whip returned TO its
owner. The dog, however, as soon "a loose,
Immediately returned to the charge, when
the driver, evidently not desirous of continu-
Ing the contest, threw the offending weapon
into the wagon. The dog now tried two or
three Intellectual jumps to follow 1t, but find
ing himself haiiicd, trotted of crestiallen,
amid the ieers of the crowd-"D Done at last,
old fellow The most wonderful thing was
that the animal could only see ths proxi-
mate cause, and not the real offender.
NJ. Dumont has dog, Pompier by name,
and his master Is devoted to smoking
Sometimes NJ Dumont gets out Of tobacco,
and P0mpier knowing where the tobacconist
Is, has five sous given him, when he straight
way goes to the tobacco shop, buys the weed,
and returns with It TO his master. Some
time ago Pompier had some money given him
for tobacco, but meeting a spaniel Just round
the corner, the two dogs had game Of tag,
and the money was lost. When Pompier
came home without any tobacco he got a
sound thTaShing. Next day he went out
again with more money ior tobacco. Round
the corner. sure enough, was the same
spaniel, trying to lure poor Pompier from
the path Of duty. Pompier did his best tc
resist temptation, but aiIs he was weak
and lie fell from grace a second time, ano
the money was LOST. Now, being French
dog, Of course some ideas Of suicide flashed
through his brain. but being a moral dog
and a reflective dog withal, ne looked care
fully at the situation. An hour aitcrwarC
pompier marched into Mr. Dumont's pres
ence with full ten sous worth of tobacco
] OF course his master took a walk IN the
Llxenburg gardens. There approached {
group of boys engaged in playing pitct
penny. Il say, sir cried one Of the gam
li.S, that Is Il nice dog yoI have On,
recognize him. ! shall tell the police al
about it. If you are not thief your do;
Is. Yesterday when We were playing here
that Gog made a jump for the pennies, COB
bled them all up, and was off again lik'
lightning" at i with regret, adds th
authority for this dog story, that an
fored to state in the most positive term
that Pompier was a thief. of course,
may be quite in order 20 insist that dogs ar
endowed to-day with a superior order OF IN
telligence. wish to extenuate Pompier
crime"
" suppose shere arc plenty Of saw mill
over in your State,'' said Chicago man t
a party from Michigan. the other night
=. Wal, shud say there wuz," replied tn
Michigander - Why, sir, Michigan
eettin' 50 dern fall Nv saw mills that yo
can hardly meet man over there wit