Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1888 — A Canine Arithmetician. [ARTICLE]

A Canine Arithmetician.

Washington Pos*. Among the dogs to be entered at the Washington Kennel Club’s annual bench show next week is Jiack; a littloj black-and-tan dog owned by R. A. McMuri7'._ The dog is an adept in flgTfesand can do anything arithmetic this side of fractions. “Jack,” said his master, “get up in that chair and put your paws on the, back and count three?” The dog did as he was told, barking three little short barks. “How much are two and three?” was asked, and he repeated five banks in a like manner. He performed several sums in subtraction, multiplication and wlth-DeverASihglemisteke.— Life Is burdensome, alike to the sufferer abd all around him, while dyspepsia and its attending evils hold sway. Complaints ot this nature can be speedily cured by taking Prickly Ash Bitters regularly. Thousands once thus afflicted now bear cheerful testimony aa to its merits.