Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1879 — The Dog That Stole Kittens. [ARTICLE]

The Dog That Stole Kittens.

Detroit Free Press. About a week ago a citizen on Adams avenue east, who owns a handsome Scotch terrier dog—the mother of three handsome puppies—took the young canines away and sold them, to the great grief of the mother. At that time a cat owned by a neighbor was carefully raising a litter of four kittens under the floor of a barn owned by the master of the terrier. Last Tuesday it was noticed that the terrier was very deeply interested in the kittens, and earnestly watched the movements of the feline mother. Wednesday morning the cat left her famDy, and during her absence the terrier carried her. kittens, one by one, with the greatest care, to the baske't once occupied by her pupEies. With the utmost tenderness she uddled herself into the basket with he kittens about her and awaited the (turn of the mother. When she did come she was wild to find her nest robbed, and was not long in tracing them to the terrier’s basket Then there was a fight, which was ended by the interference of the owner of the dog, who restored the kittens to their mother and soundly punished the dog for the thelt. All day yesterday the cat remained by her kittens, while the terrier busied herself hunting around for food, which she carried to the cat’s nest, and which, of course, the kittens could not masticate. This difficulty was overcome by interested observers, who placed milk at their service, and while the kittens supped the terrier stood guard, successfully repulsing all efforts to interfere with their repast.