The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-12-12
A Dog withsut A Head.
AND STILL ALIVE, ACTIVE AND PLAYFUL
A WONDERFUL CASE.

ADog withsut A Head.
AND STILL ALIVE, ACTIVE AND PLAYFUL
"A WONDERFUL CASE.
The Marine Journal, Of Cincinnati, states
that its editor WAS invited by Charles I. Du-
mont, the wel-known foundrymau, to step
into his establishment and take look at
curiosity. Here he saw;
On the ground at our feet, sitting upon
his launches, was q little black-an-tan
dog, the pet o colonel Dumont's household
jaw and tongue, wM entirely gone, reveal
ing the raw and ragged edges Of the neck,
out of which protruded A unusally large
and ill-formed windpips, which may posi-
bly, account Ia some way for the prolonged
existence of the dog. Moving nearer, to
shocked TO see him get down on HE feet asd
instinctively run to his masters side, a. II
fearing harm. We shuddered at the sight
of an animal headless and sishtless seeking
his master for protection It seemed incred-
ible, and wealmost doubted we were awake,
Of the phen omenon was to be witnessed,
Colonel DumoBt's family 1t seems have
made great pet Of this dog, whose name is
Trip, teaching him great many tricks, and
1t il here where the wonderful part enters.
The head "a We remmksd before, is cut clean
off excepting the lower jaw, the rear being
entirely gone, but nevertheless the writer
saw Trip stand and walk on his fore feet and
hind fleet, jump ever boz, sit up on the
box on his launches, jump through hoop
all upon command of colonel Dumont. or
course this IL hard story for our readers to
believe, and would be to rs without seeing
1t; yet those Who doubt It can 20 and con-
vince themselves of Its truth. The dog, now
two days since decapitatiop, appears as likely
to live a. before its head was cut off; how
this was done the colonel is able to explain
only by finding the head on the floor beneath
the shears used at the boiler shop In cutting
sheet-iron, upon which the dog must have
climbed, and. jarripg the stand. the upper
knife fell, doing its work In . very unskilful
manner; but here another singular part Of
the phenomenon occurs. The boiler-yard
where the accident occurred, is nearly
squear from where the dog wandered to and
where he was first found. The last seen Of
| him was in the boiler-y ard. where the colonel
missed him, but, presuming he had run
home, which is only few squares from the
shop, he dismissed the dog from his mind,to
find him an hour afterward in the foundry
at the rear Of the machine shop. without .
head, but as playful as ever.
Yesterday morning and afternoon the
steady stream of humanity that poured
through the shops interfering with the work
man increased 10 fast "a The day waned that
it was found necessary to close the front
doon and force the surgiDg and curiosity
! excited multitude to enter BY the foundry
on the river front. Several medical men
were among the visitors yesterday, and ex.
pressed great astonishmsnt at the marvellous
sight.
| This morning doctors Carrick and Wood
two well-known surgeons, made . close ex-
animation of the lacerated neck and the
lifeless head, imbued with that ihope. that
they would be able TO solve the mystery BY
the discovery that the base of the brain had
not been detached and that enough of 1t was
left on the trunk. to prolong animal life, but
their examination was In vain, mystifying
them even more, a. they discovered that the
entire head and part of the neck wxs entirely
gone, and that the lower jaw>was hanging
on simple ligsment, and held in place by
the tongue, which 10 extraordinary tough
and hard. While making the examination
the dog was very restless land endevored Il
free himself from the grin of the doctors.
>, We are impressed with the belief that tn
question which SO long has baffied science II
determining the function of animal brain j
. answered. We think the fact of the dol
living after the separation of the brain frou
: the body proves that animal brain is = mer
form of matter, no more capable of impres
;. sion than the tail, probably ono Of the OF
= gsns of digestion In man 1t is the mote
power Of thong ht..and action. 1t Is certainl
- nut for physicians to crack. Colonel Du
mont will give such ample privilege to IL
= vestigate for the benefit of science.
Colonel Dumont thinks he has an elephaI
on his hands: he does NO. want to kill Il
'e dog, and yet hates to see 1t live in such
'e disfgured condition. Speculaton desire
" exhibit 1t, to which he objects. Georl
20 Forepaugh, tho Snowman, yesterday offer,
10 81, 900 faE the dog,or $500 day, which &C
Gu Dumontfefused, 1t is certainly very liv
u ly specimen Of canine even If 1t has I
en head.