A IiADNOBSHiEEIady, who was married in March, and. came to,reside in Yorkshire, recently paid a visit to 1 her father, who before she was married, had kept two or three sheep dogs, of which" she, was very fond. Since then he has retired from business,' and disposed of all buVone dog.! This one -met the. lady, 'witK-'.de-monstrations of great delight upon arrival at her father's house, and that night the dog wept a .distance of seven miles to a farmhouse where one .of :the; other dogs: had been sent (the latter 1 was blind,'but kept as being-anold favourite). In the morning, when "the lady-went to the door,_ she not only saw the dog which had given her such a glad reception the day previously, but also the old blind one, which had evidently been brought by the. other dog to welcome her. When the second night came, the. olds blind one wasitaken, back to its home by the same dog, which' afterwards returned, having travelled a distance-'of twenty'eight miles "to give pleasure to the old blind one,—Land and Water. . ,-.,•'.-. It is noticed,up in Floyd county, lo.wa, '' that the boys who were converted in the revivals of last winter are -already prospocting the orchards, and watching the farmers to see whero 1 they lay put the watermelon patches.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2174, 22 December 1875, Page 4
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