Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1880 — Stories About Animals. [ARTICLE]

Stories About Animals.

A Cincicnati mule belonging to the U. 8. mail line company deliberately walked into the river while in harness and held his head under water until he drowned. From a bank in the sand a NcwFoundland dog belonging to a Boston man takes pennies and goes to a baker's daily and buys warm rolls for his breakfast. The neighbors give him pennies, which he hurries in a place scooped out under the stoop. A dog in Haverlll, Maas., met the newsboy every morning at the gate and took his master’s paper. When the subscription was stopped and the boy attempted to pass the house, the dog threw the boy down and seizin g a copy took it into the home. Fourteen catfish were caught by Fred. Walker, of Salt Lake, and he left them in the kitchen apparently dead. Four days afterwards they were as stiff and c)id as icicles. In the middle of the night the family were alarmed by strange noises in the kitchen and the large fish were found flopping around fearfully.