While the Scribner house was burning, a large dog owned by Gilman D. Scribner, of which his wite had been particularly fond, refused to leave the building unless accompaniod by Mrs. Scribner. While Mr. Scribner was busily engaged in removing goods, his wife remained in the house for the purpose of packing the same, so as to render them easy of transportation. Several times they endeavored to coax the dog to a place of safety, but without avail. As the fire increased in volume, and approached this spot, the anxiety of the dog for the safety of his mistress became more noticeable. He would go to the door, take a look at the impending danger, then go back, and catching Mrs. Scribner by the dress with his teeth, seem to piteously entreat her to go with him. At last she was compelled to leave the house, and the dog, catching hold of her dress, gently led the way to Berlin side, urging his charge along whenever she chanced to stop for any purpose. On that side of the river he felt that safety was to be found, and as soon as his mistress had crossed the bridge her dress was released, the animal showing by every demonstration in his power the joy which he felt over the safety of his mistress. Throughout the entire conflagration the dog continually hovered about Mrs. Scribner, watching her every moment intently, and only resting when the last of the danger had passed. At the barn of Carl L. Smith was witnessed a spectacle of parental devotion which could not be excelled, and but rarely equalled on the part of human beings. A cat and three kittens were in the barn, and at the near approach of the flames the old cat made an attempt to save her young. Taking them in her mouth, one at a time, she succeeded in removing two of them to a place of safety, but by the time she had returned for the last, the barn was completely enveloped in flames, and no entrance remained whereby she could reach and succor her remaining kitten. Every point was tried, but without avail. The flames had closed all avenues of approach, and in her desperation the animal at last forced her way through the fiery barrier which separated her from the object of her affections. How she ever got back alive is a mystery, but she did, and after the fire had been subdued she was found near the ruins of the barn, suffering terribly from the burns she had received-both ears being burned to a crisp, the fur entirely scorched from her body, and her feet so badly burned that she could not move.-Argus and Patriot.