The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-13

Inc burg OF Maryhills ocotlands 10
ovcrrun with rats They are actually
running about by thousands. One
shopkeeper killed 1856 in his shop In q
fortnight A dairy keeper says that the
rats have killed and eaton fourteen
Young pigs and forty fowls belonging to
him. leaving nothing behind but Q few
well-picked bones.
Jack was n dog belonging to T. E.
Lincoln, of Chicago. He discovered
,iro in the house ut night. broke his
chain. ran to the door where his master
and wife were sleeping. and aroused
hem just in time, as their rooms were
full Of smoke. 1t was the furious howl
ing of their dog that awoke them. and
thereby saved their lives. The dog was
also saved.
As I. L. Dancer gives tho Jersey
yelp" in the delivery Of daily papers to
the residents Of Bloomfield, N. j., dog
belonging to q customer meets him,
catches the paper as no throws 1t, and
then runs home with 1t. The dog knows
the yelp. and always starts when he
hears It. Sunday morning MI. Dancer
lenves no paper at this customers, but,
although he gives the same yelp, the
dog does not como TO meet him Is no
does on other days.
On the plains Of Nevada, . mile from
any house, a gentleman noticed q cat, o
huge one. 1t lay on its back, its feet
uppermost, and was apparently dead.
Around 1t, feeding unsuspectingly, was
q flock of small birds. Just as he was
thinking how much easier it would be
for tho animal to feign death and catch
q bird by deoeiving It than by slipping
up to 1t, hs was astonished to see the
cat suddenly roll owe and grab ono Of
the feathered tribe that was very near.
The other birds few away . hundred
yards or so and alighted. The cat only
made one or two m%outhfuls of the game
and then crept around to the windward
Of the birds. laid himself out again and
once more successfully played the dead
dodge.
The following story Of how the liver
colored pointer JEFF. belonging to DIR.
Mattaner, of Atlanta, Ca, got his din
ner, is told in the Constitution: Last
week JEFF was sent for ice. He started
with . towel. in n corner Of which tho
nickle was tied up. JEFF saw that nickle
put in, and Immediately temptation as
sailed him. He could buy ice on cred
it, but beef was always cash He Ia
bored with temptation until he reached
Hufs corner. nea the ice house, and
then he yielded. Down In the dirt he
crouched. and. after . tussel, got the
knot united. He buried the nickle,
carried tho towel in, received tho ice,
and came out, but not for the nickle.
Oh, mol The doctor must be left under
the impression that the nickle had gone
for ice. The ice was carried to the Of
fee and JEFF came back like q fash, se-
cured the cash. gailoped to the meat
stand and in few minutes was observed
homeward bound with his dinner"
A Vermont dog belonging II H. NJ.
Beebe, of Andover. is o wonder in
training. 1t il q thoroughbred Scotch
shepherd, and never makes q mistake
when sent after anything. MI. Beebe
has cattle. which are kept In different
stables, and he will open a stable door
when the cattle are all In the yard, and
say to the dog, LEO, drive them i'm
Tie dog will pick out such cattle rs be-
long in tho stable and drive them with
out any mistake. Leo II great on de-
yotional exercises. When told that It
is prayer time he takes his position In Q
corner of tho room, with his nose in .
may call him and offer him his dinner)
until he hears the final men. The
past summer Mr.. Beebe left his vest in
tho cornlield, where It remained . num-
Der OF da' Wanting Il one day, he
said TO u LEO, my vest is down
IN the coi..cld. 60 and get It" The
dog went directly to the field and soon
returned with the vest