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intonation, she will run to the speaker, and beg and plead in her 

 own way, and do everything but speak, to have it stopped. 

 1 Toodles,' a Spitz, belonging to the same person, will howl when 

 a discord occurs, or when an accordion is played, but is not other- 

 wise affected ; while * Rose,' another Spitz, will lie at the foot of 

 the organ, apparently pleased with the music, but making no 

 demonstration of either pleasure or annoyance. A black-and-tan, 

 rather larger, named ' Duke,' belonging to Mr. Loney, of North 

 Sixth-street, Philadelphia, will, on hearing ' Hold the Fort' sung, 

 start in with the rest, and will actually sing in dog fashion as long 

 as the singing goes on, and appears to be delighted with the music. 

 A Spitz which belonged to Mr. Charles Wetherald (formerly of 

 North Sixth-street, but now of Bryn Mawr), named ' Blanco,' was 

 so affected by the music of a violin that he would howl, and, if the 

 music was persisted in, would fly at the musician, and one or the 

 other would have to leave." 



Dogs and Church Bells. — " Living next door to us in our 

 English home was the sexton of a church, in the belfry of which 

 was a beautiful peal of eight bells. Each Sunday morning and 

 evening before service the sexton, as leader of the bell-ringers, 

 would go to the belfry (the church stood exactly opposite his 

 house) to perform his duties. He had a large Newfoundland 

 dog, which — no sooner did he perceive the sexton going out — 

 would take his stand just outside the door of his master's house, 

 and immediately the bells began to ring would raise his head 

 and howl in the most melancholy and profound manner. No 

 speaking to him would change his position ; he would go on until 

 the ringing ceased." A Salem (Illinois) dog has been reported as 

 similarly affected by the sound of church bells, and, it would seem, 

 by a Presbyterian bell in particular: — " Conrad Bollinger for some 

 years past was the owner of two dogs which were much attached 

 to each other. Several months since one of them died, and the 

 effect thereby produced on the one living was very marked. It 

 for days acted strange, as if lost ; and when the bell of the Cum- 

 berland Presbyterian Church rang it set up a doleful noise. This 

 it does at each ringing of the bell, during which time it will gaze 

 intently up at the belfry. If the ringing is not protracted it keeps 

 up the whining, howling noise, and when done it returns to the 

 house, which is near to the church. None of the other bells 

 seem to affect this dog." 



