An Affectionate Goose

A vieitor to the public gardens during the suinmer must havo noticed the eocentric conduct of one of the wild geese which frequent the pond in the northern gardens. Whenever a certain old gentleman, whose name we do not know, approaches the pond nnd calis " ;kbby," the goose will lcave the pord and sit beside him, and, when ho loaves to go home, will follow close at his feet like a dog to the gate, and somotimes into the street, when it has to be forcibly put back, to its mnnifest disgust, for it goes off tó its native element twisiing its tail with indigriation, and giriag vent to sundry diecordant squeaks. The old gentleman snys he has never fed it, or petted it in any way, which makes it more remarkable ; but we are told by a frequcutor of the gardens that about two or tliree years ago a man used to come there and feed this identical goose rcgularly, so wc are inclined to think that it is a case of mistaken ideutity on fhe part of his gooseehip. Any way, it is an intcresting question for ornitholojists to solve, whether geese (supposed to be the most stupid of birds) have memory and can experience the scnsaáon of gratitude. - Halifax Chronicle. The Anti-Horse-Thief Associf.tioa has 361 lodges aud 8,000 members in Missouri, Iowa and Ulinois. It does not encournge lynebing, although hatcourse is permitted in places where the officers of tho law caauot be r eljed oa o