| Show MANTI EXCITED the mantl manti sentinel publishes the following which is authenticated by a well known resident of the capital of sanpete San pete who arrived lu iu this thie city today mr foster B R kenner of this place has owned for eighteen years a small dog and had become very much attached to it on accod account ut of its faithfulness mr kenner has been heard to say on many occasions that when the little fellow died he should have a decent b burial tv rial at least something better belter than dogs usually get in that way last week mr K bought a load of hay and when the tea teamster nister stopped his team to open a gate leading into mr K Is s premises the little dog went under the wagon and with his observations did nut not notice the starting starling of I 1 he be team aud and the unfeeling wagon ran over and killed him outright right mr K was very much morti mortified fled and grieved kovei the sad aut and ana i in mediately jet bet to work tu to carry out his charitable designs in regard 0 the doas burial and now comes in the exciting part of the tragedy mr K procured a suitable box and pricing pl icing his bis little favorite therein he got his bis bugg yand laking jt pick and shovel with the box he d drove rove to the foot hills east of town inu to bury his litt little companion under some spreading cedar tree when he had driven as far as he could be lett left his horse anti and buggy and taking his hia pick and shovel went iu in search of a proper place for the interment of the dog he saw a short distance up the mountain a large cedar tree this he thought would answer his purpose and on approaching it he 9 discovered a flat piece of ground under the boughs of the tree which answered his purpose exactly he at once commenced to dig anti and after sinking the grave about inches his pick struck what he be thought was a rock hut on go clearing the dirt fruin from around the obstruction he discovered much to his surprise what proved to be on close examination a copper camp kettle which he t rare afef full hulljr removed from its bed and on taking off the covering which appeared to be a pile of blankets he saw to use his own expression something that caused his heart to jump into his throat chere was the kettle almost fullup mexican doubloons doub loons he hd had unearthed a fortune ile he was too faint to count his money just th then en but after resting a short time he be began the labor of reckoning at the conclusion he found that he had one thousand two hundred doubloons doub dout loons and estimating a doubloon to be worth seventeen dollars lie he calculated that he was waa worth in gold hesayo he says his little dog has been faithful to him even in death anti and he intends to erect over his little grave a fine marble monument with this inscription sacred to the memory of fido aidoo the most moat faith faithful fal of his hia kind 4 |
