The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-10
INTELLIGENT BOZ.
A Scotch Collie That Can Do Every.
thing but Talk.

There has been in this city during the
really a wonderful animal. He is Il thor
oughbred Scotch collie. twenty months
old He is of about ordinary size for one
of his kind and age, light brown in color,
with white breast and nose, and weighs
thirty.fvc pounds. lie has Il very intclli-
gent look and great deal of grit. When
three weeks old he came into the posses
sion Of r. b. williams, of New York, who
soon after began training him IN Newark.
Boz was an apt pupil, but it required n
large amount of patience aud persistence
on the part of his master to complete his
education-so to speak. 1t is undoubtedly
within bounds to say that This is the best
educated dog known in this country. Mr.
Williams says that he has been offered
s., 900 for him, but will not part with him.
Boz was awarded the champion collar for
educated dogs by the Medford fancy
goods company Of New York-a silver
trophy of considerable intrinsic value,
and highly priced for its significance.
Within certain limits, yet covering a
wide range of subjects, Boz seems SO well
informed that he will at request do any
thing asked of him. He responds not
only at the command Of his owner, but
lust as well to that of any spectator
This in itself is something remarkable.
The appliances used to show Eoz's knowl-
edge are Il set of blocks, with leather
handles, each bearing u letter OF the
alphabet; Il set of similar blocks with the
numerals from to 0; n pack of playing
| cards, a number of coins, pieces of paper
books, pencils, pocket knives, etc. He will
pick up any how object m,nv mentioned d,Isnen,
ones may be placed before him
He can find any card of the pack, and
| nick out n good hand for euchre, poker
! casino, etc He can add, subtract, multi
| ply and divide, by means of the nun
bered blocks. When asked how many
times Il person claps his hands in his
| presence, he gives the same number Of
banks or picks mp the corresponding
does so, and when told to add anothe
TO it he gets the one showing the sum
He can give the product Of one figure b,
| another, even when one is fractional
He shows the number of days In n year
month, or week, also the number o
| working days III II week Wncn asked
how many days he would like to work h
picks up the cipher. Coins representa-;
3, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents being placed bcfor
him, he singles out any one asked foi
either according to value Or size.
When asked if lie were sent to Il stor
with fifty cents and spent half of it, wha
change would he bring back, he take
ND the quarter In answer 10 the Ques
ton what he would write IL note with, h
gets the pencil and for letter he take
the pen. lie will jump over chair Il
many times as requested, and on no &C
count will he do more. He distnguishe
colors correctly; also the quality of clotf
as silk, cotton. etc. lie spells by means 4
the alphabet blocks many words of tire
or four letters, as cat, corn, dog, etc, an
picks out cards, showing the words mill
beer, COW, yes, no, etc. Asked what he like
10 drink, his answer is milk and wher
milk comes from he signifies cow. Whe
asked what he would do if he were sic
and in a hospital, he lays down an
groans, and when Il doctor comes he old
out his paw and puts out his tongue
When requested to do a certain thing Il
barks vigorously il attempts are mad
to direct him wrong. Boz is continual
learning new things, many of his ow
. accord, and some of these utterly unlib
f ANYTHING he has ever been taught. 1t
interesting to reflect on The means this r
markable dog employs 10 perform the:
| feats. 1t would seem that he must have
better guide than mere instinct; indet
he shows not a little reason in mai
, Things he does, That he has most wo
derful memory admits Of no doubt Bt,
fdlo Courier