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Show Bovine Sagacitv. A gentleman of this city had a cow aud a New-1 fouudland dog, who were on good i terms enough, but there had never betn exhibited any special friendship between them. The boy that drovo the row to and from pasture every day wad til ways accompanied by the dog, so that the cow no doubt came to consider the dog as one of the laruily. One day when tbey were passing a butcher-Bhop a savage bulldog bull-dog ruhbod out unexpectedly, surprised sur-prised tho Newfoundland, aud before be could recover himiell had him by the throat, and was likely to finish htm. The boy fled in a fright. Not so the cow. tine was walking leisurely leis-urely ahead 'when she heard ttie attack, and turned round to Bee tbe cause. Immediately, aud without any hesitation or undue haste, she walked up to the dogs, deliberately shoved her horns under .the wicked bull dog, the enemy of her comrade, and flung the brute over the fence, and then quii-tly went on her way. Hartlord Cournnt. |