Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1876 — The Newfoundland Dog’s Revenge. [ARTICLE]

The Newfoundland Dog’s Revenge.

This incident occurred at a fashionable watering-place on the east coast of Ireland, some twenty years ago, and exhibits the remarkable sagacity displayed by a dog in carrying out the dictates of the animal passion for revenge. The jetty which stretched along the small harbor was at that time used as a promenade by the glftg among tße sojoufners on the coast, where, after the heat of the long summer days, they regaled themselves with the fresh evening breezes wafted in from the sea. Among the frequenters of this fashionable resort was a gentleman of some Position, who was the owner of a fine Newfoundland dog, which inherited the time honored possession* of that no. ble breed —very great, power and facility in swimming—and at the period of the evening when the jetty was most crowded with promenaders, his master delighted to put this animal through a series of aquatic performances for the entertainment of the assembled spectators. Amusement being at a premium on the coast, these nightly performances grew into something like an “ institution,” and the brave “ Captain”—for such was his name —speedily became a universal favorite on the jetty. It happened, however, that among the new- arrival? on the coastthere came a certain Major in Her Majesty’s army, accompanied by two bull-dogs of unusual size and strength and of very great value; but value in a bull-dog being inversely proportionate to its beauty, the appearance of the Major and his dogs excited no very enthusiastic pleasure among the aesthetic strollers on the a. On the first night on which the _ >r presented himself nothing unusual occurred; and Captain dived and swam as before. But on the second evening the brave old favorite was walking quietly behind his master down the jetty, when, as they were passing by the Major ana his dogs, one of these ugly brutes flew at Captain and caught him by the neck in such a way as to render his great size perfectly useless for his defense. A violent struggle ensued, but the hull-dog came off" the victor, for he stuck to his foe like a leech, and could only be forced to release his hold by the insertion of a bar of iron between his teeth. The indignation

of the hy-standers against the Major was, of course, very great; and its fervor was not a little .increased when they saw the poor Captain wending his way homeward bleeding and bearing all the marks of defeat. Some two or three evenings after this occurrence, when Captain again made his appearance on the jetty, he looked quite crestfallen, bore his tail between ids legs, and stuck closely to the heels of his master. That evening passed quietly the next, and the next, and so on for about a week —Captain still bearing the aspect of mourning. But one evening about eight or ten days after the above encounter, as the Major was marching in his usual pompous manner along she jetty accompanied by his dogs, something attracted his attention in the water, and, walking to the very edge of the jetty, he stood for a moment looking down into the sea. Scarcely had the two bull-dogs taken up their stand beside their master when Captain, seizing the opportunity for which he had so long looked, rushed at his former conqueror, and, catching him by the back of the neck, Jumped off the jetty with his foe in his mouth, down some twenty feet or more, into the sea. Once in the water the power of his enemy was' c/ippled, while Captain was altogether in his own element, and easily overcoming all efforts at resistance, he succeeded m resolutely keeping the bull-dog’s head under water. The excitement on the shore was of coarse intense. The Major shouted and called out: "Mydog! my beautiful dog!. Will no one save him?” But no one seemed at all inclined to interfere, or to risk their lives for the ugly dog. At length the Major called out: "I’ll give £SO to any one who will save my dog,;” and soon afterward a boat pulled up to the rescue. Even tnen, however, it was only by striking Captain on the head with the oara that he could be forced to release his victim, which was taken into the boat quite senseless from exhaustion and suffocation, and was With difficulty brought to itself again. Captain, on the other hand, swam in triumph to the shore, amid the plaudits of the spectators, who shared, in sympathy at least, his well-earned honors of revenge. — Chamberi' Journal. The Pennsylvania Lead Company is smelting from eighteen to twenty car loads ot ore per week. This is one of the largest, most complete, and most successful works in the country, turning out about $2,000,000 of lead and American Manufacturer. * A number of Eastern capitalists have purchased 7,000 acres of land in Dakota Territory, a few miles from the Minnesota border, for the purpose of raising wheat, and expect to sow 1,700 acres this year. -