| Show A dog etan bal antwi by fanner colonel liaa at his homo in fairfield a dog named point the telephone id in the upper liall and when ever ila bell aings point will rush upon a chair wag his tail and hark and howl often the ear piece of the telephone has been held to the loga ear and in response to coaxing words in bridgeport point will cry and make those peculiar noises styled dog talk in response to words of hia master late last the telephone rang point up stairs and barked as usual the call was from hartford announcing the result of a great railroad battle in the legislature and the defeat of the cause with which the ani nala master was an idelli fied the conversation was carried on for some minutes point seemed wrapped in attention until word came that the vote stood to against the petition at which juncture point nut hia tail between his legs uttered a howl and ran out into the back garden an ejaculation of dismay and disappointment had preceded aliis action of the animal and probably aye him his cure he lay down inder a cedar tree and no persuasion would induce him to reener the house he refused to eat or drink lay out all night and would not be consoled until his owner caroe home the next day and told him it waa all right A georgian who lately returned from hamilton marion county alabama relates the following mr owen hatch keeps a small grocery store iu that neighborhood mr hatch sells liquor as well as family groceries keeping a email eatock of liquor on hand be keeps roost of it in jugs one day last week a two gallon jug of corn liquor was left standing on the hoor behind the counter mr hatch stepped behind the counter and as surprised to bee a black snake coiled around the jug with ta head inside he watched for a moment and soon discovered that the snake wa drinking liquor it was not disturbed and after several minutes it slowly uncoiled itself and attempted to crawl away but was too drunk and stretched itself out on the bloor asleep until next day mr hatch examined ihu jug and found that the snake had drank more than a quart of liquor two days later the same elake returned and when under the counter mr hatch watched it uy coiling itself around the jug and giving its neck a twist around the stopper it was able to remove the cork and again thrust its head and began to drink liquor it waa allowed to drink ita fill again then it was killed A camden N J cat has a toad for a playfellow she timea hours at ft birno alio toad into the air and catching it like a ball when tired of the bort sho carr iea the toad to its corner and lays it down where she picked it up A cat crawled into the jimlo of a loaded cannon in the barracks at CapoU olony a short tine ago aheu the evening salute waa irad she was thrown u distance of feet but strange to say lived for two hours alter her involuntary an engineer on the whose run 14 between danville and a cal which be would not part with for love or money ordinarily it sits perched up in the cab window before its mauter but it strolls out to the pilot where it will ride for hours at a stretch winking knowingly knowin ily at the dos which bark at the tiu ti u m as it thunders by the crosa roada sometimes when abe train is a elation the adventurous animal climbs to the top of the bandbox band box and calmly boosts roosts there undeterred by the shriek of the whistle or the ilin the engine has had good luck ever bince the animal became an occupant of the cab and the train men look apoi it as a mascot |
