Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1892 — A Canine Economist. [ARTICLE]

A Canine Economist.

Bruce was a fanner’s dog—a large bulldog well along in years—and kept for the good he had done rather than for what was expected of him in the future. But the following incident, related by a son of Bruce’s owner, shows that he was not past usefulness: One morning in the early winter the farmer’s good wife awoke to hear the wind howling terribly, and to see the snow flying all about the house. It was but the work of a moment to run to the window, and we think all good housewives will sympathize with the poor woman when we say, of all the clothes she had left on "the line the day before, not an article was in sight! We will not attempt to picture her consternation, but we will say the old farmer himself was soon out in the snow. While zealously engaged in this snow searching, a whine from Bruce drew his attention. As this was something unusual, he hastened to where the dog was lying in tie snow, and there found the missi ig clothes. As they had been blown from the line—it was so bigl} that he could not reach them—the dog had collected them, not missing a single piece, and using them as a bed had prevented further flight.