A SAGACIOUS DOG

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1788, 13 March 1888, Page 4

A SAGACIOUS DOG

We clip the following from the " Tara- 1 nakl Herald " :— lnstances of canine j ■agaclty have ofn-n been chronicled m the f Preen, but there have always betn ■oeptlcs bb to the gennlnerißß of them. One of these ecsptics— Me Newland, of the Frankley Road, haa been compellod to admit, through the action of a ollie tbat he owes, that the Intelligence of the dog is Bonietir.es wonderful. On Saturday, February 25, ha waa confined to bin bed with a Bovere illness, and being la the houeo all alone, and the nearest neighbor being over half a mile distant, ho was pat somewhat In a fix. ThU oolile do? which was about the home, n?p?atedly oamu into the room where be lav, d(epl»yi '■«, each timo a feeling of unrest, aa if he understood that tbere w*s something amiss with hio master. At aboin 9 o'chek one wight, the dog turned op at a nci^hbrr's hoaae, •bout three quarters tf a mile away, and wont on In snch a wsy as to attract th« attention of the oetcltr. He wae offered food, bat refused it, and made unmistakable signs that he wanted to w back, but m somtone'e c impany. The ■ottler decided to go with the dog. wh • made evident Bl^na of satisfaction at bio reßolv.i, and conducted htm io hia maeter'B bouse, whtru iheßeuler was abe to do many thiigs f»r the comfort ot Mi Rowland, w•" «- •'• v»y v » << '• «Wd.

In a paropblet issued by " Cummissioner " I Railton, of the Salva'ion Army, relative to the Advance of the organisation m 1887, it ia stated that the etrengih of the Army increased by more than one-third of the number enrolled at the beginning of the year, the additions being 476 cojps, and 1492 officers. It is also claimed thai the forward steps daring the 12 months have been much more Striking and important than those of any previous year m its history. On one week, night last November there were 16,746 persons assembled m tb' London barrac.KS, as against 11.000 recently mentioned by the Bishop of London as the weik night a f| en dance at the Anglican churches of the motro.

olio. " Now, Mary Ann," said tho teacher addressing tbe fotemost of the class m mytho^ logy, " who was it that supported the world on his shoulders ? " "It was Atlas, ma'am." •• And who supported Atlas ? " •' The bonk doesn't say, but I guess his wife supported him." The Marlborough Meat Preserving Co. have conoluded a contraafc with Mr G. A. Garling for the supply of from 1000 to 1500 rabbits daily. Mr Garling has already engaged 30 men for tho work, and is open to take a number more. He hopes to be able to deliver 2000 rabbits daily during the next four or five mouths,

Cannibalism is reported to be still practised m Northern Australia.

The number of female convicts m Eng. land bi3 fallen m ten years from 1177 to 706.

By the end of tbe yaar 1890 only 131 miles of turnpike-roads will be left m England.

The Bey. William Allen, of the Independent Church, Carlton, Melbourne, has been awarded the first prize for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition cantata.