Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-09
CANINE INTELLIGENCE,
Tho Newfoundland Champions the Pups
 Cause and Ducks the Bulldog.

In Youngstown, not a great while ago, Henry Tod, son of famous old Governor Tod, owned a handsome Newfoundland dog. MT. Tod, at the time speak of, lived near his furnaces. Near by, clustered together on what is known as Briar Hill were a number of furnace hands dwellings.
 The most notable member of one of the households in this neighborhood was large bulldog, square of jaw and surly of disposi- tion. He used to sit on the doorstep and show his teeth to strangers, whether they happened to be human or canine.
 One day small nondescript pup, terrier of doubtful percentage, whose residence was not far from MT. Tod and his Newfoundland dog, chanced to be taking the air and any thing else he could get in the bailiwick of tie bulldog. The latter was particularly ill humored that morning, and no sooner did be cast his eyes on the small pup than he gave chase, caught tho poor little fellow and chewed him up pretty thoroughly before he let him go.
 Yelping at the top of his small voice, the nondescript pup hurried lamely home. MT. Tod's Newfoundland was on. the street as the abused dog passed. They had always been great friends Big dogs, Eve noticed, are very apt to make alliance with the smallest of their fellows, even as the same phsnom enon may be observed among men. We'll, the big dog observed the lacerated and touzled body of his small friend, and, if you believe that dogs can communicate with each other, O conversation between the two en- sued. Any way, from that day forth, the big Newfoundland and the nondescript pup were stancher friends than ever. It was dry weatker and they constantly ran mock races together and rolled about in the deep dust.
 A few days after the encounter in which the ill tempered bulldog abused the small terrier so shamefully, there came spell of stormy weather, The foodgates of heaven were opened, and the rain descended heavily for hours The gullies which intersect the slopes on Briar Hill were filled with water. | They were noisy streams, two Or three feet deep, in less than no time
 l The Newfoundland dog and small terrier were observed, at this seemingly inauspi- cious season, to set out together toward the houses, in one of which the bulldog lived. When they came close to the houses the ter | rier dropped into the wake of his large friend. The Newfoundland advanced, and gave a sharp bark as he caught sight of the bulldog sitting on the doorstep, and trying to keep out of the drenching downpour.
 The bulldog heard the challenge, for such it seemed to be, and walked slowly, with the stately determination In his manner peculiar | to his breed toward the Newfoundland. There were no preliminaries to the fierce fight which began at once The Newfound land rushed on his foe and rolled him over but the bulldog as he went down got pretty good hold of the Newfoundland's throat Strange to tell the Newfoundland didn' make any attempt to shake off his antago mist. In point of fact, to the spectators wbt saw the fight, it seemed as if the Newfound
 land was trying to escape by flight, for h. ran off as soon as the bulldog got his grip
 The bulldog hung on, and the Newfoundland
 ran until he was at the bank of one of tn
 deep gullies to which reference has beer
 made. The Newfoundland didn't stop at th bank, however-he Jumped into the stream which speedily rolled him and the clingin,
 bulldog over and over.
 This was fun for the water dog, but de ) pressing, if not deadly for his companion. / , minute later the Newfoundland emerge from the gully, but the bulldog no longe , hung from his neck. By the time the New
 foundland rejoined the small terrier, wh
 had been an interested and anxious observe , of the fight and its sequel, the bulldog als scrambled out of the torrent.
 But the bulldog was not asking for nor fight. He was half drowned, and a nor ) muddy, bedraggled, forlorn object never we
 seen.
 So the Newfoundland and the terrier tro ted off home, evidently in the best of humol 7 -Pittsburg Dispatch.