Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-03-24
A Stately Fayorite Gone.

a SCAVely E8vOE1U6 UOnGs
There is grief in the residence Of DR..
Gideon E. Moore at 163d street and
Kingsbridge road. "Lord," a st. Bernard
dog of the original type and the idol and
defender of the household, is dead. He
had been sick since July last. His con-
dition was not considered dangerous
until two months ago. when he caught a
severe cold. He was taken to the
American Veterinary College for treat
ment. He did not improve. His cold
developed into pneumonia. He received
constant attention, but steadily grew
worse. On Saturday last he was placed
in a carriage and again taken to the col
lege. He was greatly emaciated, and
could not walk.
His mistress was informed that his
disease was incurable. To relieve his
sufferings it was decided to chloroform
him. When Mrs. Moore left him he tried
to crawl after her, but was too weak.
When the chloroformed sponge was put
to his nose he put up his feet and re-
sisted, but he put them down again
when told to do 80, and the chloroform
was administered. The body was sent to
Mrs. Moore's residence. 1t will be tenn
porarily buried in the neighborhood, and
finally taken to Hungary for burial.
Lord was born in Chamouni, Switzer-
land, on March 10, 1876. One year later
he vas brought to America. He was
thirty-two inches in height, and meas
ured six feet from his nose to the tip of
his tail. His hair was soft and fine and
of q tawny hue. He had q heavy black
fipro1 mona ord d h,,oh,, <o:1 %ho% ~roon
fully curled at the end. He had a large
white cross on his breast, and his feet and
tail were tipped with white. His eyes
were his most attractive feature. They
were large and of a soft brown color.
His bark was strong and resonant, and
his growl lion-like. in its fierceness. He
was known to nearly every member of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, of which his mistress is a
member, and was a familiar figure in the
streets of Carmansville.
He would accept food only from the
hands of his mistress. He had a partial
ity for doughnuts. One afternoon while
going through C%armansville with his
mistress he espied a lot of doughnuts in a
bakers shop. He leaped up against the
window, and indicated, by several mo-
lions of the head and a paving of hisfore
feet, that he would like some doughnuts.
Mrs. Moore went in with him and pur-
chased a few. The s~torekeeper offered
them to him, but he would not touch
them until he got them from the hand of
his mistress. He was very fastidious. He
would not drink water that was not per-
fectly clean. A crumb of bread floating
in it would cause him to reject it. He
would never eat unless his teeth had
been previously cleaned and his mouth
washed out. Two of his teeth were filled
with gold.
He lived five years in Lafayette, a
suburb of Jersey City, during which time
he was the constant playmate and pro-
tector of the school children there.
While walking in Communipaw avenue,
Lord saw a woman whipping her child.
He raj up to her, caught her by the
dress, and made her let the child go. He
then bent down his head and gently
rubbed his nose up and down the child's
face. He then stood guard over it until
his mistress called him away. He would
allow children to stick pins into him I'M
til he how1ed with pain, but would never
harm the children. Anylittle dog could
take a bone away from him without the
highest protest on his part, but he would
allow no large dog to trespass on his
rights in any way. He was never row.
dyish.
He was taken to Coney Island for the
first time last summer. His first exploit
was to seize the clothes of u woman
bather, whom he probably believed in
danger, and endeavored to drag her
ashore. When Mrs. Moore called him
away the bather dived in the surf. Lord
uttered a howl of distress, and swan to
where she had gone under. 1t was some
time before he understood that the
bathers were in no danger.
Two ragpickers were in front of Mrs.
Moore's residence beating a br%oken-down
horse attached to a heavy load of old
iron last summer MIR. Moore protested
against the inhumanity of the act. The
ragpickers became abusive and threaten
ing. Lord was in the yard. He seemed
to understand the situation. Clearing
the fence at a bound, he was at the side
of his mistress in a trice. He leaped into
the wagon, grabbed the stick from
the hand of the ragpicker, and, hurting
it from him, pushed the other ragpicker
off the wagon. The two Immediately
became meek and apologize. Mrs. Moore
made them allow her to have the horse
fed before they continued their journey.
He was never known t6ubite a human
being.-N. Y. San. vt
Conscience Money.
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