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MISCELLANEA. 
SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO A HORSE. 
On the night of Sunday last a somewhat singular accident 
happened to a valuable horse, the property of Mr. F. Green- 
wood, of the Maidenhead Hotel, Oxford, which he had 
recently purchased. Early on Monday morning* the ostler 
went, as usual, to the stable, and was surprised at not seeing 
the horse there, as he had been tied up safe enough the pre- 
vious evening. On a lanthorn being procured, he was thun- 
derstruck on finding the poor animal in a well with his back 
broken. It appeared, from the position of the horse, that the 
covering of an old well had given way, under the horse’s 
hind legs, and that in struggling the halter broke, and he fell 
backwards into the well, which was nearly dry, and about 
twenty feet deep. Mr. Greenwood -was not aware of the 
existence of the well, which has not been used for many 
years. By means of pulleys the horse was extricated, but 
was found to be quite dead. The well had been covered over 
with oak slabs and dirt, and the surface pitched with bricks. 
The slabs were completely decayed, which caused the other 
portions of the covering to give way . — Morninq Advertiser . 
Ian. 0.5th, 1854. 
CANINE SAGACITY. 
A curious and very interesting instance of the sagacity of 
“man’s faithful friend / 5 the dog, occurred on Monday last, 
at Sterling Park, the residence of Samuel Tardrew, Esq. 
There were a large bull-dog and a Newfoundland dog kept 
about the premises for their protection, and on Monday, as a 
little boy was carelessly wending his way along the path 
leading from the turnpike-road to the house, the bull-dog 
broke the chain with which he was fastened, and sprang 
fiercely on him, and commenced savagely tearing him. The 
poor little fellow r being dreadfully frightened with the sudden- 
ness and severity of the attack, cried out for assistance most 
piteously. At this time the Newfoundland dog was in 
another part of the premises, but as soon as he heard the 
cries for help he darted away with tremendous velocity, and 
quickly reached the spot, and seizing the bull-dog with his 
powerful jaws, instantly flung him off his prey, and held 
him firm, until the boy got up from the ground, and was 
completely out of harm’s way . — Carmarthen paper. 
