Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1891 — AN INTELLIGENT PUG DOG. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AN INTELLIGENT PUG DOG.

One of the Few That Are of Keally Any Use. A really intelligent pug dog is indeed a rarity, but a pug owned in Chicago by E. R. Walsh, of the Union News Company, is a remarkable canine. He answers to the name of Toby and he can do almost anything but talk. He sleeps at the foot of his master’s bed, and in the morning he jumps up, runs to the kitchen, whe r e he fetches

eufficient kindling to start the fire, and then arouses the servant girl by scratching at the door of her room. Later on he arouses the family and goes out after the morning paper, which he brings in and lays at his master’s plate. If a message i a to be sent to Mr. Walsh it is tied to Toby’s collar and he is told to go to the office. It is in the Union Depot on the West Sidd', and he never fails to get there with the note. He can tell time, and barks at the hours regularly. He can puff at a pipe or a cigar, but cannot be induced to touch a cigarette. Mr. "Walsh has been offered as high as $4,500 for Toby, but he would not part with him at anv price.

TOBY WALSH.