CANINE ATTACHMENT.

Stories almost innumerable have been enumerated illustrative of the sagacity of the dog and its attachment to its owner. A remarkable and well-authen ticated instance has just occurred in the neighborhood of Rotherham. A person in Rotherham obtained a young shepherd dog, which he retained for a long period. While in his possession it became much attached to the whole of the family, and especially to two of its master’s sons. After a time, circum stances transpired which led to the animal being sent to live permanently at the residence of a farmer at Thorpe, Salvin. After the lapse of a consider able time, one of the sons of the dog’s former master paid a visit to the farm. The dog on seeing him appeared to be overjoyed, and was most demonstrative in its indications of delight. During his stay it would not leave him; and when it became necessary for him to leave in the evening, the animal could scarcely be restrained, and had to be chained up in the room where the family were sitting. As the visitor was taking leave of his host, the poor animal howled in a most piteous manner, and manifested other unmistakable signs of grief. Immediately he had left the house, the dog all at once became quiet, and settling down on the floor, seemed to be asleep. The strange and sudden change which had come over the animal was remarked, and on the parties going to him, he was found to be quite dead The singular occur rence became well known in the neigh borhood, and it was regarded that tire dog had died literally heart-broken. When the same dog was only a puppy it was attacked and beaten by a bigger •dog. The defeated animal showed his •sagacity and at the same time his re vengeful feelings, by' waiting until eighteen months had elapsed, when it had fully grown, and then he lay in wait for his old adversary as near as possible to where the former combat took place, and gave his former enemy a “ drubbing ” that nearly cost him his life.

EXPERIMENTS IN POTATO ROWING.

A French agricultural . journal, the Basse-Cour , describes the result of some experiments in potato-growing recently 'conducted by scientific men in Ger many. The principal conclusions are two in number. The first is that the vigor of the potato plant is always in direct proportion to the weight of the tubercles used for sets. The second is that there is a great variety in the productive power, not only of different tubercles, but also in different eyes in the same potato. It is found that the eyes at the top of the potato produce a much more vigorous offspring than those in the lower part, and the conse quence is that those agriculturists who cut their potatoes in half before plant, ing them are not well advised in cuiting them vertically, but should always divide them horizontally, planting the upper half, and using the other as food for cattle. But the best plan of all is to plant the tubercle whole, cutting out, nevertheless, all the eyes except those in the top part. The experiments on which these principles are based were conducted in a garden soil by Professor Gantz, the amount of crop produced by several different settings of potatoes being accurately estimated in statistical tables. It appeared that from tubercles divided vertically only 5 tons were pro duced per acre, and from whole pota toes 7 )/z tons. The third sort were potatoes horizontally divided, which

were set down as having produced tons. In this particular, however, some of the other professors do not agree with Herr Gantz, but maintain that, other things being equal, the whole potatoes will always produce more than halves, however cut. On the fourth result, however, all agree, and that is that the whole potatoes from which the lower eyes have been cut out produce 11 x /z tons per acre, or more than double the retult shown by the sets first-men tioned.

A new lodge of Freemasons the Bedford—has been consecrated at Wai pukurau, Napier.

The German Government has ordered a general census and inspection of horses for military purposes to be taken in the course of next spring. Little Farm Necessaries. —Every farmer should have a small room, tight and warm, which he can lock, and where he can keep- his small tools. Then he wants a good solid work-bench, with an iron vice on one and a wooden one on the other. For iron work he wants a solid piece of iron for an anvil, a seven-pouud steel-face hammer, a riveting hammer, one large and one small cold-chisel, two or three punches from one fourth to three-eighths inch, a rimmer and countersink, to be used with bit stock; a screw plate that will cut a screw from one-fourth to three eights inch; then, with round iron of various sizes, and ready-made nuts, he can make any bolt he wishes. For car penter work he wants a square, a shav ing-horse, a draw-knife, a set of planes, augers from one-half to two inches, a fine handsaw, with crosscut and rip-saw, large crosscut for logs and a grindstone.

The Allurements of Tobacco.— The praises of the weed have been penned by Cowper, Byron, Lytton, Kingsley, Lamb, Thackeray, and others. “ Give me a cigar,” exclaims Byron, probably allured to its “naked beauties,” to use his own phrase, by foreign travel, for the English, like the Dutch and Germans, are a pipe-loving nation, leaving cigars to Americans and cigar ettes to the Spaniard and Frenchman. Even the fair sex are not altogether proof against the soothing allurements of tobacco. True, the fiercest cham pions of woman’s rights, so far, show little disposition to emulate their cigar ette-consuming sisterhood of Gulnares and Zuleikas—still, a “ bit of bacca ” is second only to tea itself in the opinion of many ancient dames. Lytton assures us that “ he who doth not smoke hath either known no great griefs or refuseth himself the softest consolation next to that which comes from Heaven.” The multitude of tobacco-vendors, the amount of revenue derived from its import, and its popularity with all classes, all tend to show how many echo the opinion of that fascinating novelist, and feel inclined to exclaim with Byron—

“ Sublime tobacco, which from east to west Cheers the tar’s labours or the Turkman’s

rest; Which on the Moslem’s ottoman divides His hours, and rival’s opium and his brides ; Magnificent in Stamboul, but less grand, Though not less loved, in Wapping or the Strand. ”

“ Smoking in Holland,” said a travel ler, “ is so common that it is impossible to tell one person from another in a room full of smokers.” “ How is any one who happens to be wanted picked out then ? ” asked a listener. “ Oh, in that case, a waiter goes round with a pair of bellows and blows the smoke from before each face till he recognizes the person called for. Fact, gentle men.”

Pretty dear (Mother). Nice little girl—Oh, do let me see you drink ! Captain Grogson Why, my dear ? Nice little girl—Because ma says you drink like a fish.

Extraordinary statements are fre quently contained in business adver tisements, which would hardly stand testing. The following clipping from a contemporary we give as a sample : “To be sold, six cows. No. 1, a beau tiful cow, calved eight days, with splen did calf at foot; a good milker. No. 2, a cow to calve in about fourteen days, and great promise. The other two cows are calved about twenty-one days, and will speak for themselves.” This is surely Balaam’s ass outdone.

THE EVENING ECHO, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1878.



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