The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-04-02
Az ASECDoTE OF INSTINCT.

An ANESUVlE VI A-SAANSAe
The present Archbishop Of Canter-
bury i accustomed, when young men
come 70 him for ordination. TO ask them
70 preach a sermon before him and his
chaplain, cot the whole Of one, but |
part. i,ist to show that they have some !
notion az their future calling. Gener-
ally speaking. this IS very embarrass-
inc position for the candidate. but on
late occasion the embarrassment Is said
10 have been the other way The
yonth in the pulpit. addressing the Pr
mate and hi chaplain, thus commenced
his sermon: 1.-The congregation be-
fore me divides itself in two parts. the
evil and the good = THAT viii DO,
said the Archbishop hurriedly, who did
not wish 10 hear further particulars
Now. As am no. a divine. | dare not
use x7ch harsh definitions. The two
parts into which the world seems nst-
nrally 70 divide itself to ny mind are
these: (i) The people who don't be-
lieve IA the anecdotes of instinct and
or the people who DO. That this latter
class i still so numerous i
greatly 70 the credit Of human na-
tire. and proves that simplicity i
bv no means expelled from the heart Of
man by civilization, roguery. and other
causes. These excellent persons occupy
very much the same position in canine
and feline affairs as the orthodox do with
respect 70 theology; and their opponents
may very well complete the parallel and
be hkened 10 the modern skeptics-
For example, in old times i used 70
be an article Of faith with Us AL that
dogs preserved their masters from
drowning. In youth we read hundred
delightful stories describing the anatom-
cal intelligence with which Carlo and
Neptune would seize their young masters
sTurn' and s.Billy'' BY the nape Of the
meek. or other comparatively tough por-
tons Of their bodies. and bear them out
OF deep water into shallow A hundred
illustrations-yery highly coiored-
heightened the attractions cf these incl
dents. and finally Sir Edwin Landseel
himself crowned the ediiice Of crelulit,
bv his famous picture OF = A Member o
the ROYAL Humane Society "a New
foundland dog with dripping child Il
his mouth. Now the canine skeptics--
nv class No. mot only deny thes
facts. but like the modern infidels. who
ncr content with ignoring Providence
ascrihc % il malignity,) assert that q
that dogs have ever done in the waite
way = 70 help drown their masters.
They allow that they may have goo
intentions. but that the effect Of thei
demonstrations Of affection has been .
beat the struggling swimmer down wit
herr fore-paws. and when they hay
cot him under water 70 keep him Their
This +, Of course, an extreme examp
Of the antagonism Of creed: but. on III
other hand. II must be owned that cla
No. z do make demands on human cre'
uIisv IN the interests Of their canir
clients which are somewhat exactinl
What Is more common, for instanc
than 10 hear ones neighbor At Dime
table describe how friendless do
having been taken BY train-let US =
from New York TO San Francisco-aI
disposed Of to . new master, has foul
his way back BY road TO his old HON
One may read such stories in print,
course, ~ the dozen; and when We
% we can close the volume and our i
eve without offense to the auth'
There y no necessity imposed upon
To pretend to believe word Of It.
the personal assertion Of our neighbor
lady, perhaps, or At all events
friend Of our hosts more difficult
deal with; politeness or the laws
hospitality require certain protest.
Of faith. We say, t" Dear me, how
traordhary.- but we think, "That'
whopper. my good sir. or madam, .
hope It's your first The story,
fact. y incredible.
A number Of my readers win here
mark 10 themselves, . But knew I
who did exactly the same thin;
though the distance, perhaps may
have been % great. Forgive me,
dear friends. but you do not know |
dog; you only know somebody who
told YOU that he knows II. The eyide
81 this class Of anecdotes Of instinc
precisely he same a. that for the ex
cnce II ghosts; II II always seco
hand. II the thing was really belle