Clever Dogs.
    Shot was a very intelligent and well behaved retriever, belonging to a gentleman at Doneaster. By kindness and patience he had been tought to do many clever tricks. On one occasion he earned a nice sum of money by performing at a bazaar for the benefit of the poor people in the infirmary.
    A terrier named Gaily also belonging to the same gentleman was once saved from drowning in Windermere Lake by Shot, and the two were ever after close friends. A little while ago Gaily died; his friend Shot sadly missed him, and refused his food, and at last died from exhaustion. It is a touching fact that a few nights before his death he was found lying beside Gaily’s grave. His master said that he had all the good qualities of a good man, and none of his bad ones.
    Mr. Wool tells of a dog that was sent daily to a butcher, with a note desiring him to supply it with a certain quantity of food. Noticing that it always received its meat in return for the writen paper, the artful animal one day thought it would obtain an extra meal, and picking up a piece of paper in the street, off he went with it to the usual purveyor. No doubt it was much surprised to find that one piece of paper was not as good as another.
    At a charitable institution in Paris, a certain number of applicants were provided with a dinner daily, on ringing a bell, the dinner being handed through a small opening, without the person who served the meal seeing the recipient. A watchful dog resolved to avail himself of the opportunity of obtaining a meal. One day, when the people had all gone, he seized the bell rope with his teeth, and rang a lusty peal. A good dinner was soon put through the opening, and it was speedily devoured. This trick was at last detected; but it excited so much admiration that the donors of the dinner gave the clever dog a regular allowance.
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