Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-08
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TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 8. 1881.
Popular Sayings About Dogs.

Popular Sayings About Dogs.
Tie Queen.
An English,nan says, "1f you cannot
bite, never show your teeth" or "dont
bark if you can't bite," while the Scotch
say, "great barkers are nae biters." We
also say, "what, keep dog and bark my.
self?" These need no explanation, and
the same is true to others, such as "any
stick will do to beat a dog, "give a dog
a bad name, and hang him, " " it is easy to
tind stick, to beat a dog and "when a
dog is drowning every one offers him
drink On the same principle of giving
TO those who do not want, we are told that
every one bastcs the fat dog, while the
lean one burns. OF course, a hungry dog
will cat dirty pudding. 1t is n bad dog
that deserves no crust, and, sit is useless
to tie up a dog with chitterling.''
The French language is singularly pro-
life iii sayings about dogs. A good dog
never barks amiss. but not every dog bites
that barks. The best of friends must part
as Dugabert said to his dogs. This is well
known, and SO is this !: He is like tho dog
Of Jean de NiveIIe, which runs away when
it is called. A dog may look at a bishop,
is like our own, "A cat may look at a
king" To beat the dog when the lion is
prcscn: may be safe, but Is rather cow
ardly. Two dogs to one bone are bad.
He who would drown his do: calls it mad.
You must throw stones at the dog
which bites but hatter the dog till You
get to the stone heap a;ld do not make iun
Of the dog till you are out of the village,
because o dog and cock are always
brave on their own dunshiil. Ii he who
takes Il dog by the ears is bitten, it is no
wonder.
Love me, love my dog, is advice recog-
nized in different countries: but it is
French 10 call tho chief man, \ dog with
a grand collar. More curious is between
dog and wolf, to denote a dim dawn in
which objects can scarcely be distinguish
ed. We could add several others from
French sources; but VIC wish to give a
few examples from elsewhere, and more
particularly from the German.
Il German, like many mcre, may be rs
hungry or rs weary as a dog; and when
he labors under 4 delusiOn, sees blue
dog. That the dogs bite the hindmOst, is
rs true as a stronger utterance known
among ourselves. lie is in a destitute
condition who has not a dog to draw out
Of the oven. Do not blame the innocent.
1t rests not with the dogs how many
horses shall die in the year. The Larc may
run the fastest, but many dogs arc the
death Of the hare. Nobody cares to own
dog which is everybody S companion.
The Turks have Il few good sayings, one
of which is, "Thc dog Darks and the CARA
van goes by; mere noise is nothing
Another is, that ''The dog which is led
out against his will catches no game"
The Arabs have observed that every dog
barks 1T his own gate, and that 4 dog
wli! runs is better than lion whicl. lies
down. They think it a foolish thing to
draw the dogs teeth and bark yourself !;
but hayi.i. no .Tcat confidence in the
animal. they say, ''Pat u dog on the jaws
till you can mIzzle it," From the Chinese
we learn that dog which raises its tail,
despi cs its foe also, that he VIII, beats
4 dog, should think of its master. Other
roush-anIre ready sayings OF theirs are, that
''Thc dog in It's kennel howlS at the iicas,
but the dog which is hunting does not
feel them; > and that, 1T is not dog 5
iieas which make the cats cry cut.
None of the ancient stories about dogs
surpass one told 10y Bochart, who says
that when lie wrote dog was living at
Paris whic., had watched for almost three
years at the grave Of his master i'll the
cemetery of st. Innocent, and could not
10 persuaded to leave 1t. once 1t was
seized and taken to another nart of tho
city, but as soon as it got its liberty it
went back to the grave. This was in the
year 1860, and during the winter the SHOW
had been very deep aii! the cold most i'll
tense. Eochar. adds, that if any reader is
anxious to kn"w how si!ch {: dog lives, let
him understand that the inhabitants,
struck with the novelty OF the thing. sup
Oly him ab,.tlantiv with bread which
they send 10 the grave where he sits.