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He never loiters by the way, 



Nor lays him down to rest, 

 Nor seeks a refuge from the shower 



That pelts his generous breast. 



And surely 'tis not less than joy 



That makes it throb so fast, 

 When he sees, extended on the snow, 



The wanderer found at last. 



'Tis surely he— he saw him move, 



And. at the joyful sight 

 He tossed his head with a prouder air, 



His fierce eye grew more bright ; 



Eager emotion swelled his breast 



To tell his generous tale — 

 And he raised his voice to its loudest tone 



To bid the wanderer hail. 



The pilgrim heard — he raised his head, 



And beheld the shaggy form — 

 With sudden fear he seized the gun 



That rested on his arm : 



" Ha ! art thou come to rend alive 



What dead thou mightst devour? 

 And dost tby savage fury grudge 



My one remaining hour? 



Fear gave him back his wasted strength, 



He took his aim too well — 

 The bullet bore the message home — 



The injured mastiff fell. 



His eye was dimmed, his voice was still, 



And he tossed his head no more — 

 But his heart, though it ceased to throb with joy, 



Was generous as before ! 



For round his willing neck he bore 



A store of needful food, 

 That might support the traveller's strength 



On the yet remaining road. 



Enough of parting life remained, 



His errand to fulfil — 

 One painful, dying effort more 



Might save the murderer still. 



So he heeded not his aching wound, 



But crawled to the traveller's side, 

 Marked with a look the way he came, 



Then shuddered, groaned, and died! 



TEACHING A CANARY TO PIPE. 



It may interest some of you canary fanciers to hear that 

 a canary is capable of learning to pipe like a bullfinch. I 

 had a pair of canaries from Malta, given to me by a soldier's 

 wife four or five years ago, and by frequently playing a little 

 German air (" Trab Trab ") this was caught up and sung so 

 perfectly, that persons in the garden could not always dis- 

 tinguish the song of the bird from the organ. He lost his 

 mate last summer, and though there was another pair in the 

 same cage (a large one), he moped and was silent for several 

 months. I gave him another mate and the whole cage to 

 himself a month ago; he very shortly recovered his spirits 

 and his song. I have more than a dozen birds, of various 

 kinds, in a different compartment, which, when singing all 

 together, one would suppose would be rather confusing, but 

 I distinguish his sweet pipe in the midst of them. By re- 

 minding him occasionally of the air, and giving him a few 

 hempseeds for proficiency, he remembers it perfectly, and 

 generally greets me with it the first thing in the morning, 

 or if I go to him and invite him. On second thoughts, my 

 first bird died after learning the song and helping to educate 

 his first-born. — South Wales. 



[The above communication is most interesting, but it ought 

 not to surprise ; for if a canary can be taught one description 

 of song, which in its endless variety defies any but a care- 

 fully educated ear to detect its constituent parts, why should 

 it not learn another in the shape of a simple air ? But, more 

 marvellous still, I know of two instances, each authenticated 

 beyond a doubt, in which canaries have been taught to speak. 

 — W. A. Blakston, in Journal of Horticulture.] 



BUFFALO POULTRY SHOW. 



LIST OF AWARDS. 



(Continued from No. 5, page 71.) 



SILVER SPANGLED. 



Cocks — 1st special premium, Ongley, Worden & Talmadge, 

 Auburn, N. Y. 

 2d premium, W. H. Todd, Vermilion, Ohio. 

 3d premium, ~W. H. Todd, Vermilion, Ohio. 

 Hens — 1st special premium, Ongley, Worden & Talmadge, 

 Auburn, N. T. 

 2d premium, Geo. E. Athole, New York. 

 3d premium, H. M. Thomas, Brooklin, Ontario. 

 Cockerels — 1st special premium, H. M. Thomas, Brooklin, 

 Ontario. 

 2d premium, Ongley, Worden & Talmadge, Auburn, 



N. Y. 

 3d premium, W. E. Hills, Albany, N. Y. 

 Pullets — 1st special premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N.Y. 

 2d premium, W. R. Hills, Albany, N. Y. 

 3d premium, E. A. Bell, Buffalo, N. Y. ' 

 Judges— R. M. Griffith, Del. ; M. H. Cryer, Ohio ; P. 

 W. Hudson, Conn. 



GOLDEN PENCILLED. 



Cocks — 1st special premium, A. J. Tuck, Nashua, N. H. 



2d premium, Duncan McR. Kay, Gait, Ont. 



3d premium — no award. 

 Hens — 1st special premium, A. J. Tuck, Nashua, N. H. 



2d premium, Duncan McR. Kay, Gait, Ont. 



3d premium, E. S. Ralph, Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Cockerels — 1st special premium, L. D. Ely, Rochester, N.Y. 



2d premium, Daniel Allen, Gait, Ohio. 



3d premium, Duncan McR. Kay, Gait, Ont. 

 Pullets— 1st special premium, E. S Ralph, Buffalo, N. Y. 



2d premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. 



3d premium, Duncan McR. Kay, Gait, Ont. 



SILVER PENCILLED. 



Cocks — 1st special premium, S. B. Covert, Buffalo, N. Y. 



2d premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. 



3d premium — no award. 

 Hens — 1st special premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. 



2d premium, ~S. B. Covert, Buffalo, N. Y. 



3d premium — no award. 

 Cockerels — 1st special premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



2d premium, S. B. Covert, Buffalo, N. Y. 



3d premium — no award. 

 Pullets — 1st special premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



2d premium — S. B. Covert, Buffalo, N. Y. 



3d premium — no award. 

 Judges— R. M. Griffith, Del.; P. W. Hudson, Conn.; M. 

 H. Cryer, Ohio. 



WHITE. 



Cocks — 1st special premium — no award. 



2d premium, Harry Thompson, Jr., Buffalo, N. Y. 



3d premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. 

 Hens — 1st special premium — no award. 



2d premium, Harry Thompson, Jr., Buffalo, N. Y. 



3d premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. 

 Cockerels — 1st special premium, Harry Thompson, Jr., Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. 



2d premium, Harry Thompson, Jr., Buffalo, N. Y. 



3d premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. 

 Pullets — 1st special premium, H. Thompson, Jr., Buffalo, 

 N. Y. 



2d premium — L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. 



3d premium — no award. 



Cocks — 1st special premium, Duncan McR. Kay, Gait, Ont. 



2d premium — no award. 



3d premium — no award. 

 Hens — 1st special premium, Duncan McR. Kay, Gait, Ont. 



2d premium, Charles J. Hodge, Buffalo, N. Y. 



3d premium, L. D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. 



