A REMARKABLE DOG.

Dunstan Times, Issue 852, 16 August 1878, Page 3

A REMARKABLE DOG.

An old man tolls the following story to an American editor raised a dog mice which was just considerably the prettiest animal I over saw or read of. Never knew what breed he was. Kind o’ peculiar, seemed to have all the best fp’ints in tho whole species. He was as imitative as a Chinaman. Picked up things faster’n than a child. He took to the children right away, liked them as well as though 'they hj id hcen his own brothers and sister's, and they come to consider him as one of the family. He Famed all that was possible from the limited facilities afforded on the ■ farm. Before ha was a year old ho' could vide horses, tend the baby, pick up chips, and do a thousand other useful and amusing things. Once I took llasslev to town with mo, and as it was election day 1 allowed myself to get more liquor aboard than I could convenient!'.’ carry About 3 o’clock in the afternoon T started homo, taking the railroad track. I hadn’t gene far before t he whisky made me stupid, and I laid right down on the track, and went dead drunk. Rasslcr tried every way to get me eff to the side of the road, but 1 was heavy and senseless, and he couldn't bulge me, A train was coming, and in ton minutes more I would have been rim over. Now, gentlemen, what do you think that dog done ? Excuse me, but I can't repress the rising tear, when I think how that faithful animal saved my life. He grabbed my red bandanna handkerchief from ray pocket, ran towards the train and signalled it, and by George stopped it, and saved mo—yes, sir. But in bis death he exhibited a greater degree of gratitiuie ami intelligence titan he’d ever done before. The boys had learned him to smoke, and he’d steal off to some place, and smoke, in spite of all 1 could do. Well, one night he went to sleep in the cellar with a pipe in his mouth, and tho fire fell out on the straw, and soon the place was in a blaze, I’assler waked up in time to arouse the family, and get them all out. but wo couldn't save anything. While wo are stand in’ around, "lookin’ at the burnin* house, all of a sudden Rassler gave a bark and rushed through the flames. In five minutes after he appeared in the library window, on the second floor, with something in his mouth. The flames had ent off his retreat. He sprang from tho window, and fell lifeless at our feet. And now, gentlemen, what do you think that dog had in his mouth that Le had given bis life to save ? ft was the insurance po'icy on my house."