MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 248, 5 December 1873, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

A remarkable-instance of canine sagacity is reported in the Ellenville (New York) ' Press '- ' About three weeks ago Mr. Enderby, of Napanoch, was engaged in transacting business in that village, and' left his horse attached to a chaise tied under a shed. Remaining with * the horse was a faithful coach dog, who took advantage of his master's absence to enjoy a hurried nap in the vehicle. In the mean-; time the' horse somehow became untied, and, started offiat/a furious gallop. This awakened the dog,'"who, at once seeing the state ;.of' :; affairs, attempted to seize the reins with his mouth, but was unable to do so owing to their being covered by a rug and overcoat, Fo/tunately, however, on reaching /Street Bridge, the rein§. fell imn thej vehicle on to the ground, whpn the dog,j witk singular , presence of mind, leaped nimbly after them,/ caught them in his . mputh, reined . the. horse to a standstill, and held the reins 'firmly until' he delivered them with a graceful wag of the : tail to a stranger, whom, undeir ordinary circumstances, he would not have "permitted on any account to approach his master's, property. ; "When Mr. Wilberforce was a candidate for Hull, his sister, an amiable and witty young lady, offered the compliment of a new gown to each of the wives of those treemen who voted tor her brother—on which she was saluted with a cry of " Miss Wilberforce for qger—when she pleasantly observed, '"! thank you, gentlemen; but f cannot agree with you—for really I do not wish to be; Miss Wilberforce—-for A wea^y* farmer of Fulton has this notice posted up in his fieldlf any s or woman's cows or oxen gits in these his or her tail will be cut off, as the case-may be. A man/eye um, and pay mi taxes, but confoozilation to a man who lets his critters run'loose, said eye." .

An Irishman, while on his passage to England "in search of harvest work,- was obsierved to walk up and down the d6ck at a brisk pace,©ccasipnally giving a lo,ok at 4 ■ the captain wherever he came in- sight as if-to,attract hia observation. On. being asked .by steward for his passagemoney, when, nearing the port of destination, Pat replied, " Arrah, htmey be aisy I now ; sure the master won't do such' a" dirty trick as charge'a poor shearer , who:l has walked the whole way ?" . /j An unfortunate landlord, going^round 5 to collect his rents,'feent'his servant "!for- i ward to prepare his tenants for the visit. On reaching the' first House, and seeing "his servant, taking a survey, apparently in ' vam endeavoring to gaiir admittance', he said. "What is'"thte*''matter, 'John? Isthe door bolted T'A '* I<don't- know master," was the reply, " but the tenant' - evidently has." r . of^ one day,, met a.tippling membeFofhis flock staggering along the road. He "walked up to him, and, with a look of startling earnestness, exclaimed, ,& Ah, Willie, Willie,; you are on the .bro'ad road to hell.'' ".Maybe, sir, maybe," replied he, and,' .wishing to change the subject, he added: 'I am just on'my road to your manse! .The following is one the .a.ffes that. ever journals, and that is . Our littJe Sallie rticl'lo lieaVfiri-fiA : v Baby iUMM " jT 1 O&f' lo >r fc >\ 3 ... T^' 7 '". no cerebroy°, : \ ' ' 'pf>Z"home paper says: f^T a £^' dn who pretends todespise the. ||Ur cookery, the woman who holds it oeneath her to study, it—let the first ;be held for either a fool or an impostor,-.the. last for one undeserving of a good husband and a happy home. : For a 1 man to say that he does not care he eats is to say that he does not mind how he, lives. It is a deliberate preference of the brute to human life—of .dyspepsia to Healths-of a ■tortured body- to a clear brain and wholesome blood. It is a kind of slow suicide, which few would really decide on if they could foresee all the evil results."