The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-04
NEW STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS.

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An owl was killed near Yankee Hill,
Butte county Cal. last week, attached
( to one leg of which, with piece OF an
nealed wire, was a gold dollar OF the
! coinage Of 1856. The bird was an aged
| one. apparently, and the coin looked as
| If it had been carried for many years.
| In Pike county, Miss, huge bear en-
| tered the house of Eli Crawford, and at
tempted to carry off the largest child.
| A faithful dog attacked it and compell-
ed it to drop its burden, but it then seiZ-
ed another of the children and had got
some distance before the same watchful
canine made the second rescue.
Andrew Jackson Hyatt, White
Plains. IN. W lawyer, has an ola dog
named Mack, about which a good story
is told. Mack is a native of Virginia.
and. like all Virginians, has strong
hold upon longevity. he first saw the
light of the Virginia sun in 1868, while
his maternal relative was following the
fortunes of McClellsn's army. About
two weeks ago Mack had a slight mis-
understanding with a country dog in
town on business. Mack's ears by some
unexplained accident became fastened
between the other dogs teeth. and in
getting it out the ear was somewhat
SCARED and disfigured. Mack felt aw-
fully ashamed of himself and did not at
tend cCurt-which he used to frequent
regularly-for three OF four days. About
this time a kind hearted shoemaker in
vited the dog into his shop and gave the
ear dressing of shoemaker's wax. He
wagged his tail in gratitude and went
his way. The next morning he went
out for promenade and had quarrel
with another country dog, this time
getting his foot instead of his ear in the
other dogs mouth. The dispute ended,
the sagacious animal limped away TO the
same shoemaker, and putting I'D his
wounded paw, whined for dressing of
wax, which was furnished, and Mack
went out apparently contented. On his
way home he met another lame dog
with a sore foot, and Immediately stop
ped him, introduced himself, and, after
a few dOgmatical gestures and signs, in
duced his lame friend to accompany him
to the shoemaker's to have his foot dres-
sed. The shoemaker fixed up the foot
of Mack's friend, and both dogs went
their way as thankful as dog language
could express it.
On the North road, about four miles
from this city. saws the Elmird AdUertis-
er, live highly respectable family nam
ed Stetson, consisting of A young man
and his wife and the aged and infirm
sire of the lady, The old gentleman is
crippled with rheumatism to such an
extent that he cannot leave his chair.
but is wheeled about the roem by his
daughter, The Stetsons are the owners
of a large powerful dog, half mastiff and
half Newfoundland, noted for his in
teIligence and sagacity throughout the
whole neighbOrhOod, while near neigh
Dor possesses a little shaggy Scotch ter
rier. Between this ill-sorted pair the
strongest friendship has grown up, the
dogs being almost inseparable. Mr..
Stetson has been digging a well, and has
reached a depth OF almost twenty feet,
but had not walled it up, when about a
week ago he and his wife fOund it nee
cessary to visit Elmira on business.
The wife drew her fathers chair up to
the window in the sunshine, and other
wise rendered him comfortable, and left
him watching the gambols of the frisky,
strangely matched friends.
Mr.. Stetson had not more than driven
out of sight when the little terrier fell
into the well, which contained about two
feet of water at the time. The old dog
was almost frantic and lost his canine
presence of mind in wonderfully undig
nified manner, He went 4 own into the
well at the yelping, padding terrier, and
then howl and ran to the window, and
scratching on the easement and other
wise exhibiting all the evidences of al
most frantic grief to attract the old
mans attention. Suddenly he paused a
moment and looked grave, as though en-
deavoring to collect his scattered senses.
Mrs, StetsOn, before leaving for town
had taken in the washing hanging on
the clothes-line, cOiling up the line and
laying it on a bench. The mastiff had
seen the wOrkmen draw up pals of wa
ter by means of the rope, and an idea
seemed to strike him. Selling one end
of the rope in his teeth he ran to the
well with it and commenced slowly
drawing it up to him and lowering it
into the well. Slowly and carefully the
sagacious old animal drew up the cord,
when up over the side of the crumbling
walls came the muddy, dripping form of
the almost exhausted terrier clinging to
the rope with his teeth. When Mr.,
Stetson and his wife came home the old
man attempted to tell the story, but it
seemed so incredible that they could
hardly believe it, but upon Mr.. Stetsons
going out to the well he found the mud
bedaubed rope lying where the old dog
had left it, and the prints where it had
cut into the earth sides of the well were
plainly descernable.