The Republican journal., 1876-06-01
Hero, the Biography OF Dog.

That dog was dog. We say it as we would
say, That man was a man. The mdness of
| temper, the Keen intelligence the grand phyS-
ca! proportions, and the spirit within him. were
each OF that quality which stamps either man OF
beast will: the deserved words, "highest type of
his race" For we hold that the man born of the
people, with no ancestry, no wealth, no outside
advantages, who proves himself. nevertheless,
to be true. brave, energetic, religious and re-
fined, is the thoroughbred man of his genera
ton So, also. it is with horse or dog.
Hero was selfmade. He came into the world
with most conglomerate heritage of marks in-
| dlcatIve of a mixed ancestry In form lie was
very much like the greyhound, his limbs were
long and slender, but very muscular The hair
set close to the Skin, with no loose, shaggy
locks, which in dog Of his style would be un-
| slightly. He had the head of Il mastff. Hi, or
was li0n-like. IA tawnv, yellow brown. His
feet We're webbel and the spaces between the
toes were singularly broad. He was enormou,
N stature and in voice. When bis master stood
erect, with one arm out, Hero would rise up
and place his huge paws on the arm, stretching
his long pointed muzzle quite above his owners
I head thus measuring nearly six feet in height.
| He weighed over 100 pounds His deep bay
startled the echoes at night into a resonance
which seemed like the double bass of an organ;
and his rolllcting glad barks Of delight We're
| fairly deatenng i'll their Fehemenct.
! Of course he was remarkable or we should
not honor hun with an article; but it may be
said of us, as it is of every baby's mother and
! every sewing machines owner that partiality
! makes us assert that there never was and never
| could be another Hero in dogs age. More
| intelligent than a child, or half the grown folks
| he evidently understood all that was said to
| him. He was very obedient excepting in one
thing. He would bark outrageously at the
! horses when the carriage first started from the
| door; and no amount of punishment ever broke
him of the habit. He seemed to think it Of the
| highest Importance that lie should accompany
the carriage; and if forbidden to 90 would dis
| appear, leaving US to suppose that he bad gone
TO his kennel. After we had ridden half mile,
however, we would espy him, trottng in front
| Of the horses, plume waving and evidently
/ chucklinY to think he had gotten bis own way
and come too, although he had cheated his mas
ter and had been obliged to run across ditch
| and Woodland 10 accomplish It.
| He was seldom allowed to enter the hot-bed
| yard for fear he might jump upon the sash and
| break it by his great weight. One morning
Hero did not9ppear for his breakfast, and many
| cOnjectures We're made about the broken glass.
| at about ten in the morning we saw our farmer
| coming up the road and Hero following on
| three legs, dragging himself along As though ex-
| hallsted.
! Running down. we found indeed that our
poor fellow was f;iintng from the loss OF blood.
| He had evidently forgotten his orders in the
| chase after a eat or rabbit aud dashed through
the pants of the hot-bed, cutting himself fearful
| v in Two or three places. Knowing he had done
! wrong. he had hidden in the woods rather than
TO face our rcproot; and had be not fortunately
| been found, would without doubt have died
| there alone.
| Quickly rs horse could travel surgeon was
| brought and the wound was dressed. IF you
can keep him STILL said the physician, ''you
can save him; but of course YOU cannot The
pateht looked up WIN ms great knowing eyes
ana seemed 10 uhuera'ano lhe situation PERFECT
~. me lhtelli9ehce OF ms couutehance con-
| WINGED us that we could do it; and we did. We
saVeu pom HE ana iliilb- for II Week ne WAS
moved only as we moved iii'l. we Woud l'il
nm upon ms SIDE, WIN pillows uhuer ms he,d
ana blankets 10 cover MN ahu ior thrte weeks
we rose at least tWlce III the nlSht 10 turn MN
| over, give MN i drink, tuek MN up anu say Il
icW comforting "ords' ahu WE a1"aN iound
niln IN me morning pltGisell rs W. lelt MIN
IN three mohths ne couiu run as Weil rs ever
but ne never Iofgot ms ACCIDENT, ana whenever
we wanted nm 70 40 anSthh2 Ihat ne d'silheu
he would always hold up the hurt ieS, mop
along on three and look INTO our laces' as hlnch
rs II to say, "IoW can you ask poor lame
| dog@le 10 90 such 'hihg as thae'
| He never allowed strange dogs near the place,
| and had some queer way, of show ing them how
| connletpiy he was master of The field We
| were wukencd one night by a queer kind of
growing under our window. 1t was bright
| MOONLIGHT and we could see THAI Lord Hero
h.d lai1i another dog fiat on his side and cooly
sat down upon him. If the beaten dog " IT,
| oled a little, not exactly reli>ning hundred
| pounds weight upon him, Hero would look
around at him and growl. then quietly resume
his contempations. He was always ready to
| accompany us in our ncighborly visits, and
| that delight was usually shared with our pet
eat for whom he had Il great regard, playing
| with her and bearing her little spurts ut tein-
| per with kindness and mugnunimlty.
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