The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-11-28

[ to be turned llNO q Hello, was Vlslte
there by its fair owner and RECALLED wit
carrots and other delicacies; Travelel
for his part, never falling to fetch on
or two windfall apples from the garden
laying them on the grass before tn
pony, and hailing its enjoyment of ther
with the liveliest demonstration of de
light.
That such relations should exist be
tween the horse and the dog seems nat
ural enough; but that horse should b
hail-fellow with hen appears too alb
/ surd TO be true; yet we have Gilber
| Whites word for it that horse, lack
ing more suitable companions, struck VI
a great friendship with hen, and dis
played immense qualification when sh'
rubbed against his legs and clucked s
greeting, while he moved about Will
the greatest caution lest he might tram
pie on his " little, little friend"
Colonel Montagu tells of pointel
which, after being well beaten for kill
ing Chinese goose, was further pun
ished by having the murdered bird tieC
to his neck-a penance that entailed his
being constantly attended by the de
funct's relict Whether he satisfied hel
that be repented the cruel deed is more
than we know; but, after a little while
the pointer and the goose were on the
best of terms, living under the same
roof, feeding out of one trough, occupy
ing the same straw bed; and, when the
dog went on duty in the field, the goose
filled the air with her lamentations for
his absence.
A New Zealand paper says: "There
is a dog at Taupo and also young pig,
and these two afford a curious example
of animal sagacity and confidence in the
bona JfdeS of each other. These two an
mails live at the native pGh on the oppo-
site side of Tapuaeharuru, and the dog
discovered some happy hunting-grounds
on the other side, and informed
the pig. The pig, being only two
months old, informed the dog that he
could not swim across the river, which
at that spot debOuches from
the lake, but that in time he hoped to
share the adventures of his canine
friend. The dog settled the difficulty.
He went into the river, standing up to
his neck in water, and crouched down I;
the pig got on his back, clasping his
neck with his forelegs. The dog then
swan across carrying his chum over.
Regularly every morning the two would
go across and forage around Tapuae-
haruTu, returning to the pGh at night !;
and, if the dog was ready to go home
before the pig, he would wait till his
friend came down to be ferried over.
The truth of this story is vouched for
by several who have watched the move
ments of the pair for some weeks past. !"
When Cowper cautiously introduced
Puss-a hare that had never seen a
spaniel-to Marquis spaniel that had
never seen a hare-he discovered no to-
ken of fear in the one, nor sign of hos
tility in the other, and the new acquain-
tances were soon in all respects socia-
bic and friendly-a proof, the poet
thought, that there was no natural an
tipathy between dog and hare. Upon
Just as good grounds the same might be
inferred regarding dog and fox. We
have read of tame fox hunting with a
pack of barriers; and Mr.. Moffat, of
Bearsley, Northumberland, owned one
that was excessively fond of canine So
ciety. In consequence of detection fol-
lowing a raid on the poultry yard, Mas
ter Reynard was chained up in grass
area. Whenever he caught sight of g
dog coming his way, he began tanning
his tail, and, laying back his ears, would
strain desperately at the full length of
his tether, that he might smell at the
mouth of the dog, and use all his arts
to induce him to have a romp, even
though he had never set eyes on that
especial dog before.
In 1922 some white rats were trapped
in Colonel Berkeley's stables. Mr..
Samuel Moss, of Cheltenham, took a
fancy to youngster, and determined to
make pet of him. He was soon tanned,
and christened Scugg. Then he was
formally introduced to a rat killing ter
rier, a ceremony so well understood by
Flora that she not only refrained from
assaulting the new conner, but actually
constituted herself his protectress,
mounting guard over Scugg whenever
a stranger came into the room, growl-
ing, snarling, and showing her teeth,
until convinced he had no evil intention
toward her prOtege. These two strange
ly assorted friends Tapped from the
same saucer, played together in the
garden, and, when Flora INDUCED in a
snooze, Scugg ensconced himself snug
" between her legs. He would mount
the dinner-table and carry off sugar,
pastry, or cheese, while Flora waited
below to share in the plumber.
One day a man brought Mr..
Moss another white rat, while the
terrier and Scugg were racing about the
room. The stranger was shaken cut of
the trap, and presently two white rats
were scampering across the floor pur-
sued by Flora. The chase did not last
long, one of them quickly falling vic
tim to the terriers teeth, much to the
alarm, as his eyes
could not distinguish one rat from the
other. Looking around, however, his
mind was relieved, for there in his cor
ner was Scugg, with Flora standing
sentry before him-a position she held
until the man and the dead rat were out
of the room. When his master took a
WIZ a hOW n0o AOOI0
for Scugg; but the poor fellow died
within month of his removal, and it is
not improbable that the separation from
his canine friend was the primary cause
Of the rats untimely decease.
St. Pierre pronounced the mutual at
tachment displayed between a lion at
Versailles and a dog to be one of the
most touching exhibitions Nature could
offer to the speculations of the philoso-
pher. Such exhibitions are by no means
rare. Captive lords of the forest and
Jungle have often admitted dogs to their
society and lived on affectionate terms
with them. Not long ago, an ailing
lioness in the Dublin Geological Gardens
was so tormented by the rats nibbling
her toes that little terrier was intro
duced into the cage. His entrance elic-
tied sulky growl from the invalid; but
seeing the visitor toss rat in the air
and catch it with killing snap as it
came down, she at once came to the
sensible conclusion that the dogs ac-
auaintance was worth cultivating.
Coaxing the terrier to her side, she
folded her nav round him and took him