1084. General Notes. [October, x 
PSYCHOLOGY. 
INTELLIGENCE OF THE HorsE.—As bearing on the question of 
the intelligence of animals, I send the following note for pub- 
lication at the request of Dr. Packard: 
A few years ago Mr. Eli Rigby, living at Stillwater, a small 
village a mile from here, turned his span of farm horses out 
loose on the road, when, without his knowledge, one of them 
went to the blacksmith shop of Mr. John Gould, who had been 
accustomed to shoe this span. Finding the door of the shop 
open, the horse entered and lifted up one foot in such a manner 
as to attract attention. The blacksmith, supposing the owner to 
be near by, examined the foot and found the shoe broken in such 
a way as to hurt the horse when he walked, and he therefore put 
on a new shoe, after which the horse went off home of his own 
accord. Later in the day the blacksmith saw Rigby and asked 
him if he had got his horse all right, which led to explanations, 
when it appeared that Rigby not only did not know that the 
horse had been to the shop, but he did not even know that there — 
had been any trouble with his shoe. ee 
Both Gould and Rigby are thoroughly reliable men, and 1 had e 
this account directly from them.—C. H. Fernald, State College, — 
Orono, Me. pave 
EXHIBITION OF THE SAME INTELLIGENCE IN AN Ox.—Of a yoke 
of oxen which had belonged to the Cape Ann Granite Compaty, — 
one had become too lame for further usefulness, and in consider - 
ation of past faithful services was turned out to grass. I ths ; 
A few days since he was seen limping toward the blacksmit Y 
foot to the smith, who watched his singular movements. 
blacksmith examined the foot and discovered that a sma A ' 
had got crowded under the shoe and pressed on the foot in ch ia | 
to produce the lameness. The stone was removed and the amtii 
sent away, no doubt rejoicing in his ox heart that 
least one man who could understand ox language sumi 
relieve suffering —Cape Ann Advertiser. 
the shop he took his place in the shoeing frame and held The 
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