Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-08
Stories of Brute Intelligence.

other door by climbing up some list
! nailed round it, then pressing up the
cllck-latch, pushing the door, with her.
| self hanging on it, away from the post
| 50 as to prevent the latch from falling
! back into its place, and then dropping
| down and walking back to the fire. l
knew Skye terrier who, being told to
carry fshing-rod, carefully expert
mented along its length, to find its CEN
ter of gravity. In carrying it he came
to a narrow path through a wood.
! There dropping the rod he took it by
the end and dragged it under him
lengthwise until the open road was
| gained, when he took the rod by the
center of gravity again and went on.
This could not be a copy of human ac-
| tons, but the result of original reason
| ing" Another writer gives the follow
/ ing on the authority of the hate Mr..
| Dawes, the astronomer: Being busy in
/ his garden and having Il large bunch of
keys in his hand, he gave it to re-
| triever to hold for him till he was at
/ liberty. Goinginto the house soon after,
| he forgot to reclaim the keys. The re-
membrance of what he had done with
| them only returned to him when he re-
! CURED them in the evening. He then
dog, and forgotten to take them again.
/ sively in his face, he said: My keys!
fetch me my keysp The dog looked
wistful and puzzled for moment and
then bounded off TO the garden, his
master following. He went straight to
the root of an apple tree, scratched up
| the keys and brought them. May we
not fairly put into words the dogs train
of reasoning thus: My master has given
me these keys to hold he has forgotten
/ them; | cannot carry them all day; but
| must put them in safety where | can
get them again A terrier-like dog
named Uglymug had u poodle for a COM
/ panion Whenever Uglymug saw signs
| of family meal, he inveigled the poo
/ die into u labyrinthine shrubbery under
/ pretense of seeking for rats, and when
! the latter was fairly intent on its game,
/ Uglymug would sneak back to enjoy by
! himself what he could get from the
/ family table.
Object Of interest-to swell the prin-
cipal.
Happy to meat YOU" said polite
| butcher.
To make mango-Read INN your
us saie Tor 'he PlohogIaPil " hl"he
Il will. 1t has q sound, mind.
e,11on. - O. To,,is u,ho III or hole
| q mans nose, was bound over to keep
| the piece.
A Syracuse man calls his wife "pOor
RUE, because She won "0fk lllote Vil''l
one way, and usually not that.
"Why is it, that when man wishes
/ to allude to Il newspaper IN terms OF
! whitening contempt, he calls it, "a sheet"
sn,-Lat .ho1, wa IL, with or, cl,;ldran
=" 10y tio,' lava schooI9p gaid a con-
t 49, VIZ Give Them tLeir dim
/ narG and send them back.
"A missouri 1U'toI UNI
editorial on me besv bIteu oi Log.
contemporary tooN MN " I'tSN I'M fol ~
/ voting so much space " MS l"illly
affairs.
"a domestic named Angelica jordan
/ has passed over her last name and Pc
come portion OF her ilrst name. enc {,
attempted 10 klhule Il llie WIN 'o''i o'''
4 correspondent wants TO know chow
bnn,on slim can be tanuedn He mast
h" o'r'''j hoan = Numerically good bow when
he went TO school not to have learned
that among the other branches.
..,;t,n uo.,,ons;,,Io for tho
e,,g,,,nstion that i'm this DEGENERATE age it
would be well to have church-wardens
and deacons each provided with bell
punch when they pass around the con-
tribution-boSes.