Year: 1868

Al sagacious dog at Holyoke went
every morning to market for his master.
On his way home crowd Of hungry
dogs came snuffng about him, intent
upon getting a taste Of bis delicious
steSEs and marroFy joints, and snAL
and bite at him because be would not.
Weld to theiF, demands. He could not
fight them al, thus eneumbereds and
would not put down his meat least is
should be stolen. rt-i rrre


After being thus harrassed for many
days, he made up his mind to put
stop to such annoyances, for, to the
great amusement Of crowd Of men
and boys, he sat down his basket in
safe place, and punished his torment
ors so efectuaIly that not a dog in town
dared to molest him sgaiD.


Another dog in the same town seems
to have had less regard for his masters
rights. He used to ride out with him,
sitting bob upright upon the seat BY
his side, and when desired would bold
the horse as well as his master.


One day Mr., Luess dropped bus whip
by accident, and upOn discovering his
loss, put the reius, as usual, into Ponto's
teeth, and ran back to recover It. just
as he stopped to pick it up, Ponto, in
spirit of mischief, started the horse in
to a run. Mr.. Lucas called out "WhOal
whoaP and ran with allspesd to over
take them but Ponto chesred on his
steed by barking go ahead" !" and
soon left bis master far behind TO walk
home at his leisure. Il amused Mr..
Lucas, in the hight Of his vexation, 10
see how perfectly delighted the dog
was with the success of the trick he
was playing upon him. .


aOur Watch" said Miss seldeD,
twas 50 shreWd, that when my brother
or the hired man get up early Of q
cold winters morning, he would crawl
into their warm bed, and after smOoth-
ing the clothes up nicely around his
ears, enjoy a good nap. More than
once found him there, stretched out
and covered up in way to look as
much ike the right occupant as posi-
bic, and had not the heart to disturb
his repose, in order to air the beds.


Zone morning it struck me that his
snoring did not sound quite genuine,
so went out, shut the door as usual,
and then peeped in again; there I saw
the deceitful Watch, head Up, peeping
back at me, as much delighted at the
success of his ruseas any dog could be.P


Sentimental sWimmiDg.


don't wonder women are not
enamoured Of bathing, for the cos
tunes worn are rarely becoming 10
female beauty. Out Of the window l
catch glimpse Of blue-eyed girl I
tried TO teach to swim this morning,
though | presume took more Of a
lesson than l gave She is in that
charmingIy uncertain condition be-
tween girlhoOd and womanhOod, and
in her blue troWsers and tunic, her
little white feet treading symmetry into
the sand, and her arch and smiling
face looking out from beneath straw
hat she certainly looked more beWitch-
ing than she does this moment 1
carried her to where l was obliged to
hold her up, and then supporting her
gently, l told her to strike out She
did so womaufully. She seemed so
pretty playing the part of the boy, that
/ yielded TO the temptation TO let her
slip knowing she would be frightened
and cling to me Ike ivy, IWas right
She sank under the swell of the sea,
snd caught her in my arms as ifI
had done heroic instead Of q merely
sentimental thing. The little creature
was terribly alarmed, and I had 10
hold her tightly for the remainder Of
the bath. She afterwards told several
persons that 1 had saved her life, and
as I had no dseire to receive credit
I did not deserve, I informed her
privately Of my strategy. She pouted,
and looked prettier than ever, aud
assured me that she would never 90
into the water with me again. Per
hsps she won't But being a maa Of
incOrrigible vanity, and a grandfather
besides, / believe she viii. What girl
of sixteen is afraid of smsn of seventy,
more or lessl We old fellows some
times forget our sge.--Lettsr from
Loag BrGReb'