Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1916 — DOG BURIES STOLEN MUFF [ARTICLE]

DOG BURIES STOLEN MUFF

While Owner Seeks It, Pointer Digs Hole for Fur Piece She Picked Up in Yard.

Wlnsted, Conn. —Bess, a black and white pointer, owned by Col. F. M. Chapin of Pine Meadow, entered the yard of Wilbur Deining of that village where a black muff 15 inches square was out for an airing after being taken out from a cedar chest. The dbg carried the muff into Frtink Holmes’ yard and partly concealed it under the leaves when search was being made by members of the Deming family, Bess took the muff home and, after digging a hole in newly-plowed land, covered the muff with dirt. The searching,, party finally reached the Chapin premises and recovered the muff, which was undamaged.