The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-13
Remarkable French zbogs.

Remarkable French Dogs.
". Roul, TIC owner Of the dogs. has been
for ten wears professor in an institution, ior
deaf mutcs, which suggested to hlm the laea
of tr, Ing to what point similar system OF
Jducation could dcvclopc the inteilIgencc o'
dogs. He had also had some experience as
y prcs,idcitatcur and these two proics'
>ions combined to render his exhibitions
truly wonderful. VI. Ronil came ny INVITA-
t;on to Mr. Hamcrton's house, bringing VIII
him two of his does-Blanchc. a poodle, ana
Iyda. a cross between n poodle ana span
icI. A number Of guests were present 10
witness the performance, ana AL agree III
corroheratiug the statements OF Mr.. tanner
ton. 4 large table WAS placed in the centre
OF the room. aud on II were lald some caruS
on which the letters Of the alphabet were
printed in large capitals. NJ. Ronll then told
Blanche to spell frontage (cbecse). She i'm
mcdiatcly picked ont an L, III L, and an .,
and then seemed to hesitate. '"fou only
rive as three letters: there are seyen,' SAD
NJ. RouiI. Blanche shen found u, A, &, i,
and the word was complete.
She was then asked to translate; and the
word rferd (horsc) was written IN German
characters ON q >lute. Blanche read it, or
pref. ndcd TO do so, and put Ter paw on INC
slate as a sign she understood. Give II TO
,,s in French, said NJ. Rouil; and the word
.h<sui was immediately produced. NOV
in English; and without hesitation she
found the letters for horse.
She then performed the remarkable feat OF
correcting mistake in photography. Mr..
Hamcrton wrote the word naeson on the
sls,e instead cf, maiSon (house); and, on
being asked where the error was, Blanche
ys;nted to the letter "e,' and then plcked
out ana" and an al"
In spite OF her success the animal seemed
TO accomplish her work with considerable
,etolt, and made sounds of complaint. The
Authority CT her master, although exercised
with great gcntlcneSS, seemed irresistible. is
that. OF a magnetizcr over his subject. Fer
-<eiping this, Mr. Hlmcrton suggested giving
her a resi-! and she was allowed TO retire to
a corner and eujoy some bon-bons, while
Lydia took her place on the table.
Same numbers were now substituted Tor
The letters OF The alphabet. Several prop
lens were written on the slate which Lyd's
apparently solved without difficulty,
Her master then proposed trying little
Dent.l arithmetic, and said, "Lyda, If you
had ten pieces Of sugar, and met Ten. Irtls-
sian tin,.S, how many pieces would you, Il
"a
REPLIED TO ihis question by pointing out the
zero with great energy. land how SAID
her n,il,tcv." if YOU were to share with me Z!
LYDIA hook the figure > and gave it to him.
ssi. Ru,,il then went out for moment, while
sMr. uamcTton asked the dog for several
tDumbeEs slIcecssiyely. which she brought
without the slightest hesitation.
Blanche then clmc forward, and pack OF
playinv,earlls was spread on the table, Nj.
Eoiiil holding another pack in his hand, and
wkinsthe company to choose card from II.
! Without making. any mistake, Blanche I'm.
n ediateH brought the corresponding card
ii uzn the ,pack on the table.
EAe then played Il game of cards with a
yo png lady, and was beaten; after which
sht took lreIuge. in Il corner with IN air OF
de- p Humiliation.
y hr most surprising feat Of all came next.
A, ssk OF cards were spread on the floor i'll
the sat hoars. and the door nearly closed.
Mr.. EeuiI told enc Of thc guests to ask the
doc " 4 whisper TO- fetch any card he chose
to ma, Hse The ace Of spades was called Tor.
Rlau, *. went in search Of it, and imhe-
diatcll 'EetuIbee WILL Viz i'Si' ''' u l" noi
mouth.
Mr. 4.unGrt0n himself chen examined the
doc non Ia i'll her literary requirements, and
sho ,r., nl.ltCd tha word cit'en (dog) into
EnoI;.h and spelt the wood feu (hrc) with.
nrt d,nc slty; bll. mt this point NJ. Rouil III
tcrnosrI and said gently, ~" That is very
,veil for h.. singular, now give us the pl,-
vi w, e,aerful rs it Seckas, Blanche ut
nnc. nirkc iHut.the deter y and gave it to
Nr. uamert or
ThiS nrrn lnt is. tlra}st increGblc: but the
t,,.t, nro yn,, uhad for I,y Mr.. IIamerton, who,
hn,yov,r off, Is no satisfactory explanation
If chem Is, The dogs bad been less Gle
VI Uar ;; hn Guys 1--WE might have believed in
,In;r art,,al ! knowledge: but they really
know foo ,nuch Being convinced shat there
v... Same cnuu uluicalitEa between ,hcpl and
,hnir master a.d jnk;ted several very in
ta,,i,nnt friends To- I,c pn!scnt, telling them
,l.t INV oli,rt w; sIo diseONer the system OF
Al pm;,;I md ask, n thci. assistance. .JGcy
,s.,'.,,nI ~ rlo,r ~ did, lat could discover
nn,h;n,r', Durjnr many Of the pcrtornl-
.'n,.ns (; Rouil #, OIL batsre the fire. place
- soma distance fsDln the dogs, AND
made no motion "p-i CLINT wv VI
.inul. sion There ould aGerefore be nc
Standardization tlrou IA lhn auctions of his
nnIv Thr dor, mi tususG equally well
,,,hnn ,,.;r h,cks were turned 10 their mas;
,o, With y,rlds the :; WpasIiop that they;
,ycrn yuiI.d Inv his eye AnG she tones OF
his voice tnonrh ercour, gins aud exciting,
rs il he were speaking t. Chez. isse@Ie -
that could he interpreted "s NC ivy a y.
communication. The only sup1tsAtlVn !1'l
was that the dogs might HsaG't ~ III.
>e',,. ,H;,,.moa from The table and could not
I' ~n,, i.nn,rn beforehand wha words would
be called for, it was impossible tbat ae shou,u
have touched the cards i'll any "as 10 Sul"c
the dogs by the scent. The wi we tAS!!oi ,ii-
ancc seems ineXpiicable.- "s'uf@ j."
Our Dunb -inamdLs.