EXTRAORDINARY INTELLIGENCE OF A DOG.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4341, 29 November 1882, Page 3

EXTRAORDINARY INTELLIGENCE OF A DOG.

A story of extraordinary intelligence on the part of a dog (says an English p»per) is vouched for by Mr W. H Pearson, of Darlington :—" There hangs in my parlor .a photograph of a largo Newfoundland dog. which belonged to Mrs Richardson, of Lowell. She took him to have his photograph taken. When they Rot him fixed, with ihat big tube pointing at him, ho didn't like the look of it, and got up and shook himself. He repeated tbis every time they got things arranged. They could not get him to ■it. Finally, Mrs Bichardsoa said, 'You are a bad dog; go home!' He sneaked out as :' i hamed, with his head down, and is tail. between bis legs. He kept out of sight all day, and the next morning was missing. About noon he came trotting in, wagging his tail, and with every indication of a happy, dog. He had a package tied round his neck, which Mrs Richardson on taking it off', found to be a photograph of himself. She went down to the photographer for an explanation, where she learned that the dog had that morning returned there, stationed himself before the tube, and gave the artist to understand that be wanted his picture taken. He sat perfectly still, and the artist took it.