28 FIELD AND FOREST. 



We once had a young cat of the male persuasion, named 'Spot,' 

 that Avas on very intimate terms with a neighbor's cat about the same 

 age, responding to the name 'Jim.' The two cats were always togeth- 

 er, and on the friendliest terms, uKtil one day, in an evil hour, with 

 'honest Spot' looking on, 'Jim' was tempted to steal one of a number 

 of mutton-chop:v left for a moment on the summer-kitchen table. We 

 saw the theft, caught the cat, boxed his e£,rs soundly, and then let him 

 go, but before he had reached the fence separating the two yards, 'Spot' 

 overtook him, and gave him a second chastising, and the sequel to the 

 story is that ' Jim ' was ever after driven from the yard by his former 

 playmate, who would hardly j^ermit him to show his head above the 

 fence. 



Mr. G. once had a spaniel which was a great favorite, and on one 

 occasion the dog was asleep under the sofa near him ; seeing one of 

 the family approaching the house, he remarked to another member of 

 the family "Mary is coming up the walk." 'Flush,' a favorite of the 

 lady, instantly got up and ran out to meet her, still at a distance, 

 though no one had made a similar move, and the words were spoken 

 in tones of ordinary conversation. 



On another occasion, Mr. G. was camping out on Lake George ; the 

 fire had been built quite near an old dead pine, the party were asleep, 

 when he was suddenly waked by his hunting dog pulling at his cloth- 

 ing, and barking furiously. His first thoiight was "a panther," and 

 .giving the alarm, himself and companions sprang up, and separating to 

 give chase, in a moment more the old pine fell with a crash upon the 

 place where they had been lying, 'Toko,' meanwhile, having ceased his 

 demonstrations. 



When a boy, and visiting a relative in the country, we once made 

 faces at a favorite pony that Avas quietly grazing in the orchard and 

 though Ave had often played around the animal, usually very gentle, 

 on this occasion he drove us outside of the enclosure, and for several 

 days, when near him, he evinced his evident displeasure by dropping 

 his ears. Editor. 



From correspondence received as early as the first week in August, 

 Ave learn that the Colorado potato-beetle has appeared in a number of 

 counties in Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island. 



