Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-13
Does, Historic and r. Romantic

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hfArI 1851 KENTUCKY.
Does, Historic and n omantIc
1t was a Freedman (who other could it
ave been y who, when asked which be
ked the better-borses or women-deliber.
led, shrugged bis shoulders, and candidly
piled that be loved women better, but had
be greater respect for horses. Who that
bs a dog, worthy of all esteem and honor,
i'll not understand the spirit of this reply,
Tough en- his wife's account he will not
billy accept its opinion2 If horses claim
pT respect, dogs demand our veneration.
lot only does q good dog exhibit animal
erfection, but possesses many spiritual
nalities that surpass the average virtues of
be human race,
All the fidelity a good dog promises, he
hlills. We find that women deceive, aud
lends are false, but in the dog we are never
eceived. He is an honest brute. What he
las in Eden, be is now; his soul, if he has
ne, is unstaiDed by sin the innocence of
aradise is his, and ages of human wicked
ess have not corrupted his innate morality.
hildren feel this, and the dog appreciates
heir sympathy. One bond of purity unites
benz as equals they meet, often sharing
peals and bed the boy feels il unjust to put
lido in the cold kennel, while he sleeps in a
arm crib. The dog is to the child a four
gged brother; and 10 the dog his curly
eaded friend seems to be a comical canine
hind legs, whose only fault is his inabil-
b TO bark.
The Pythagorean theory Of transmigra-
on of souls seems true, when we think of
pr profound sympathy with the dog, for
e then almost feel that in some past cycle
existence we have been dogs ourselves.
LII no kn-a ko,- "a -
pg stands higher in the scale of being than
bad man. 'Captain"-yellow coated and
pighty dog of war, with a voice of mellow
hunder, and the gentle spirit of a Sir Ian
blot, canst thou not look down proudly,
pigmy, Napoleons, and mongrel ours in
olitics2 How many pitiable men would
ar to meet thy honest eyes-thy fearless
lance strikes down their sidelong looks, as
81 sharp sword a worthless brand. Your
Ellain hates the dog; in like manner the
bg hates the villain; when Sykes had muir
bred Nancy, in Oliver TtOist, BulTs-eye
build not bear his com partnership. at
Id been better thou hads't been born a
be-" "lago," than know myself to be some
! hing less.
The dog is akind of distant relation of the
ban. Between Towser lying on the rug be-
BE the parlor FIRE, and his master sitting in
Is own chair, there is less difference thar
Eists between respectable Towser, and the
enoble pig in the sty. From what other
Ause than the almost human intelligence
4 the dog, arose the old Eastern stories,
hich in the Arabian Nights are stored, Of
ben by magic transformed into poodles,
hose wisdom bewilders princesses, and puts
Iervishes 10 shsme2
The Liter allure of dogs would fill libraries.
Dozens of anecdotes of our own well loved
"nn fr1ofu friapAg-n anfoip Dn11u To,H-
I'D him who boosted the classic title of FdI
fentSS HcsHdium Gloria are recollecJed
we write. Many of these "reminiscences
Re not less interesting than the stories told
celebrated men, but we are ashamed to
ecord them incidentally, for your good dog
bould moi be snubbed in a paragraph, but
eserves a separate biography. And at pres
ht, other peoples dogs drive ours into OBJ
turity, for we wish to present our dog
wing readers with some interesting ex-
acts from an essay in the London Quar-
y ReVieaU, whose author is evidently one
10 knows what a dog is, and delights to
D him honor:
Dogs of Obscmity.-"On ma dams Ia vie
en- chein," writes NJ. Alphonse Karr,
eonsne on ma quen amour" Those who are
Efficiently hardened to dispute the second
opposition will probably extend scepticism
the first but there is a sense in which it
= Undoubtedly true that q man may have
pit one dog belonging to him, although he
ust, perhaps, first Of all, become q hero.
Tristen may have possessed many a
good greyhound besides Hodain but Ho-
Inns name has hoated down the stream of
hdition and romance in close association
18th that of his master. The canine "fol-
wing of Sir Walter Scott was through
his life an extensive one. The anne of
any good creatures are preserved in Lock
erts delightful pages; but it is only MAZDA
bose figure is really familiar, and who,
ger tet6lung. hundV con Walter Scott" appeared
the lids of German s~nuff-boxes, and on
e image trays of wandering Italians.
britain dogs are thus raised into celebrity
the side of their masters; and a long cat.
ogue OF such canine worthless might easily
recorded whose merits appear TO US to
we been somewhat neglected, and to
HON We propose to dedicate u present.
boTs. Rumberless are the excellent and
rtuous animals whose good deeds are cele.
tated in collections of canine anecdotes,
I'd in essays on canine instinct. We say
BIT Q word in their disraise. They may
bssibly v been better members of So
ETY. than many of the dogs whose names
Rye been sung by poets and recorded in
Story but with them we are little con-
trned at present. The wheel of fortune
~ be as cspricious in its revolutions, and
y trump OF Fame send forth its blasts
It'll as uncertain justice in the world of
mime society, as in that of mortal man,
oRs, like their masters, may sometimes
elevated into heros with but slender rea-
y. Msny a terrier and many a hound
bose lives are passed in obscure retirement
y be as worthy as Bran or Hodain-
"We trust we have within this realm
Five hundred good As they 4"
i eorent gate saero. No poet has sung
EN- and no historian has ~chronicled their
eds. Their virtue must remain its own
yard Der business is with those dogs
DO, with whatever justice, have attained
B summit Of renOWn; though we propose,
hile glaneiDg on our way at the history OF
> race-a subject which has been labor
bsly discussed by Colonel Hamilton Smith
10 dwell ct greater length on what in eff
h Is too closely connected with that his
TO be altogether separated from 1.-THE
sition Of the canine race in the mysterious
brld Of folklore"
Dogs Of Gunaar.-T will give thee said
Il Pa (she peacock) to Gunnar, whose
,ry a recorded in the sage of the Maj
srning, three things: a golden bracelet
kiftle which belonged TO Myrkiartian,
be- of Ireland; and a dog which l got in
same country. He is huge Of limb, and
q follower equal 10 an able man. More
b. he hath mans wit and will bark at
be enemies, but never at thy friends.
he will see BY each mans face whether
BE- i'll or well disposed toward thee. And
will lsy down his life for thee. Smar is
name" Then he said TO the hound,