Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     A very good anecdote is related of a Newfoundland dog owned by Mr. T. F. Strong of this city. Among other things the dog has been taught to take a basket and go to the market for meat. This duty he had performed for some time, when the butcher presented his bill for settlement, and to the astonishment of Mr. Strong it was double the account he had kept. The bill was paid, but the dog was suspected and watched, and one day was found that after doing the regular marketing he took the basket and did a little on his own hook, eating the proceeds on his way home, and on his arrival returning the basket to its proper place. To put a stop to this the butcher was instructed to give meat only when a piece of paper was found in the basket. The dog tried the marketing on his own hook for several days but failed to get anything, and finally, as through he had been turning the matter over in his mind, observing how it was done, he one day went and tore off a piece of newspaper, placed it in the basket, and obtained the hardearned dinner. If the whole of this is true, it shows a reflectiveness on the part of the dog not often seen among animals, and stamps him as one of the most sagacious of his kind.-[Fond du Lac [Wis.] Reporter.