The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-13
Stories About Animals.


A singular encounter between dog
and donkey occurred recently IN
Blackpool, England, The dog rushed
AT the donkey as he was standing in
field, and fastened on his nose. The
donkey shook him off bit him about
the head and shoulders, and tossed him
wildly about The dog again seized
the donkey, and the combatants could
not be separated, After the fight had
lasted half an hour, the owner decided
to have the dog shot, rs it had by that
time fastened with a firm hold on the
donkey's nose A gun was procured,
but so savage was the fight that it was
difficult to shoot one animal without
killing the other also. AT last aim was
taken, bullet was put into the dogs
head, and il dropped TO the ground.
When the smoke cleared away the dog
was dead, but the infuriated donkey
had returned to the charge, kicking,
biting aud tramping on the dog. 1t
was with great difficulty the donkey
was at last driven of.
Mr.. Farler, the Colonial Secretary of
the Honduras, says the London Ieie-
gyoph, while exploring the interior of
the colony, was overtaken by drove i.
of peccaries, and was compelled to
scramble up tree, dropping his rifle
in the performance. The whole pack
gathered around his perch, grunting
and sharpening their tusks. "Now the
peccaw is not only ferocous but
patient, and rather than let an object
| of its anger escape will wait about for
| DAYS, so thai the Secretary had before
| him only two courscs-either to remain
where we was until he dropped down
| among the swine from sheer eXhals-
ton and hunger, or else to commit sui
| eide ut once by coming down to be
eaten there and then. While he was in
this dilemma, however, what should
come along-and looking out for sup
per, too--but a jaguar. Never was
beast of prey so opportune, for the
| jaguar has q particular fondness for
wild pork and the peccaries know it,
for no sooner did they see the great
| ruddy head thrust out through the
bushes than they bolted heterskeltcr,
forgetting, in their anxiety to save
their own bacon, the meal they them
selves were leaving up the tree. The
iaouar was off after the swine with
admirable promptitude, and the Secre-
tary, finding the coast clear, came
down. rejecting, as he walked toward
the camp, upon the admirable arrang-
ments of nature, which, having made
peccares to eat Colonial Secretaries,
provided also iaguarS to eat pcccaries
A remarkable story OF dog that
died of broken heart is told by Mr.
Martin, of Atlanta, Ga. w II. lawi!l,
the father-in-law of DR.. Martin, who
died recently at ripe old age, was the
owner of very fine bulldog, by name
Ponto. For months before his death, y
saws DR.. Martin, this doc was his con-
slant companion. There was some
thing almost human IN the devotion OF
the dog to his master, and, as natural
consequence, the master was particular
" fond of his dog, The daily move
| mentS of the old gentleman for a long
time before his last sickness were as
regular rs those of Il clock, and POnto
| followed him as surely rs his very
shadow. When the old man died
Ponto took his place by the coffin, and
did not budge until it was taken from
the room. Then he got up and follow
ed it closely to the hcarse, and followed
the hearse to the grave Ponto came
back to the house changed dog.
Every night he lay upon his rug in the
porch, and moaned pitcously all night
long. Every day found him making
the rounds just as he used to do before
the old man died tempted him with
the choicest meat, but he refused to eat
offered him the warmest milk; he
would not drink He went about with
his head down, the very picture OF sor-
row. He dwindled away almost to q
skeleton. One day, about five weeks
after the old man died, Ponto came
dragging his weak and lean body down
the street. When he got to the fence
there he stopped and sank upon the
ground. ran to him, and, lifting him
in my arms, carried him into the yard,
for he was deadr'