The Portland daily press., 1871-07-31
Sketches of Natural History.
[F'rom .he Kennebee Journal.l

DOGS.
"Every dog has his day." and Just now they
are having Thirty six OF them. 1t is of the
propretors of these days that we propose to
make mention in a few sentences which will
contain the pith of our dog knowledge.
Dogs are of three kinds: iron dogs, the COM
mon lump. dog and the Bologna sausage,
| which is the Dutch for dog-bue we shalt
- simply of the pure dog in its normal
state. chat tho doc ia four posted
=, AS We all know hedstead, and has au
IKE an old-fashioned end, while the
eating machine rugged on one we say
other is flushed out into yehicIe- -
vehicle because there is always wag on IL
tne body part is hollow, like stove funnel,
and The outside is covered with a coat of hair
IKE plate OF hash. They have a stout appe-
petite and you can run about as much provis-
ION through one as you can through a dumb
wai'er. They are social cuss and like COM
Pany, and they shake hands with their tails.
You tell coed dog as you dol tree, by no
tlclng the bark. With the dog the less bark
and the thinner the better the dog. Like the
rest OF us, they growl when best best suited.
Dogs are useful for great many purposes.
Their chief characteristics are running mad.
killing sheep and bringing fieas into family
"a combination of virtues not possessed by
any other animal.
huOhO oiC JuoI do uldIy UTeeuS Vi uOSS as
there are varieties of potatoes, and their tenn
pers are as various as the winds. We always
make it rule not to differ with dog know
ingly; for there is NO degree OF cold that can
cause us to remember how thin our clothes
are, that can compare with being pursued by
dog, with fair prospect OF success for the
dog. Having a dog festooned to the seat of
our trowsers is style of trimming we never
admired. There are both kinds OF dogs; the
other kind have pups, and do not command
that respect of men which the memory of
George Washington inspires. In most cities
dogs are taxed, and the other kind pay in pro.
portion OF two to one.
When you come to intelligence, a large
share of the four-footed animals and quite ID
number OF the rest of us, quite number OF
the rest of us have to take back seats when
the dog makes his appearance. The best
scholars belong to the circus, and for that rea-
son if we were called upon to change our
present business, we would rather be circus
dog than any other of our numerous friends
About the biggest pile of knowledge we ev-
er heard of possessed by dog was told u'
by his owner, who wss great pOlltlcian. Ha
said that dog always knew when there was tb
be an election as well as he did, and always
went to the polls andIstood round and listen.
ed to what was said, and the next mOrnin,
would make him read the returns aloud. Al
one election the votes were going TO run We
ry clio e.; the dog had heard the matter dis
cussed, and he seemed more than usually ex.
cited. On the day of election he started ant
made believe run mad and bit every voter OIL
the opposite ticket that he could find, AMI
scared the rest so they did not dare to so to
the polls, and the result was that the party he
worked for carried the election by big ma
jority. We never should have believed ina,
had not we heard it directly from the oWntr
of the dog, and it illustrates the mtelilgeh.e
and reason of the dog better than any ahe'-
dote we ever heard.
One word more and we are done. 1t is per-
hans no more than common justice to the
reader that we should state that we after
wards learned that the man who told the sto-
ry-lied, and that he never owned dog III
his life. Still, if 1t had been true it would
have been beautiful illustration OF canine
intelligence.
COUNT DE CHAMBoRD, the last OF the bour-
bon dynasty, will not attempt reVolutlon,
having taken up his residence IN belgiuln.
His boast in his farewell manifesto, was:-"I
will NOT allow the standard of Henry w., OF
Francis /. and Joan of Arc, to be torn from my
hands. 1t was with that flag that our national
unity was made; it was with that flag that
your forefathers, led by mine, conquered that
Alsace and Lorraine whose fidelity will be our
consolation in our misfortunes. Frencbmenl
Henry ", cannot abandon the White nag.
These declarations, have excited not enthnh-
asm. but ridicule in Paris. The journal ues
Depats says:-"The White flag is aimoSIR I1re RsS
much dreaded throughout France az ',1 1n;,o tha
flag. Ouly one circumstance cPI tbat would
Red flag a chance of success, e1N '''"'
n. of ha White nag