SAGACITY OF A DOG

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1848, 23 May 1888, Page 3

SAGACITY OF A DOG

I Fr<m NeltoT cornea an exceedingly . reliable atoiy of c«nine sagacity. A Battler m Toilol Valley named Oar Ilb vrunt to bed one night leaving as la not an unoommon custom, a log of wood burning ithtr Inside or oa the top of a colonial oven m the kitchen Between one and two o'olook next morn'n'? one of the girls of the family, who atept upstairs, was aroused from her sleep by a pet dog liokiog her fsce, and having succeeded m awaken ng her, the animal left tho room, and, it is presumed, wont downs' air; again m the kitchen. She, however, fell asleep again, and tho dog, after waiting a lltt'e titm and finding that she was taking do notioe of what it evidently intended (aB appeared afterwards), went upatoira once mure and again adopted the same method of awakening the sleeper, and thia time was not satisfied to leave her until she was thoroughly aroused, when she noticad a strong tmoll nbof burning >vood. Getting out of bed and go ; ng downstairs she found that tho log had fallon from tha stove on to the floor, m which a large hob had been burned, while \\n fire was etill smouldering, only wailing for a alight draught to fan it into a fierce flame. Of course the household wore aroused and ihe incipient fire promptly suppressed. The faeti are vouched for by tin l< Ma ; l " The insurance company who had a risk of over £1000 on the prenvses sliou'd present that dog with a gold collar, ard embellish their n e xt year's almanac with his portiait. — " Star."