An Intelligent Dog

The evident thought and reasoning frcquently displayed by animáis in attaining some desired end is but little less than remarkable. A gentleman in Alton tells of the performance of a pet dog shovving almost human intelligen.ee. It was early last spring whon a llttle pool not f ar f rom the house had frozen Orer during tho night. In the morning it 80 happened that the dog's water-dish was empty, and after snufflng around while the dog went to the pool to drink. Here the ice proved an obstruction, and after selecting a spot where it afterward appeared the ice wu thin, he jumped upon it as hard as possible until it oracked and then broke, giving him th drink ho 1....1 squarely earned.