Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-11-12
SENSE OF SMELLING.

A man may walk for miles and miles
without once being actually conscious that
he possesses such a sense as smell beyond
the general sensation of being in pure and
fresh atmosphere. Half dozen times per-
haps in his walk he wakes up to it. A beam
field in bloom, or bank of violets or burn
ing weeds, or neW-mOWn hay, or some bios
soming woOdbine, or the wall flowers or
mignOnette in a cottage garden-sOme one
or other of these may arrest his attention at
rare intervals by their fragrance, and so
steal into notice; but the man does not look
for them, and he is quite content to begin
and finish his waikiki it so happen-With-
out any of them. How different with dog
who has set out with him, and has been en-
ioying his walk side by side with his mas
ter, receiving impressions from the same
surroundings and under the same circum-
stances What completely different as
pect things have had for him! His sense of
enjoyment has been-like his master's-ac-
cording to his capacity but what different
inhu ences have appealed to him! If, when
they reach home, the dog were ableto make
known his impressions, and spread them
out side by side with his masters, they
would probably be as opposite as the poles
Just as unlike as if they had been received,
these on this earth, and the others among
the mountains of the moon. Watch the dog
for an instant, and see what his interest is
centered in, what sense it is that engrosses
his attention most. He has an exceedingly
quick eye and ear, and it would be difficult
for even mouse, of flightest foot, to emerge
from it's hole and creep around the old
stump close by, and in again without being
detected. The faintest rustic of leaf, the
slightest movement, would be sure to be-
tray it's presence. Either through the eye
or ear, very likely through both at thesame
instant, the dog will be made conscious Of
the interesting little circumstance. But
quick as all his senses are, it is to that of
smell, above ALL that the dog trusts. This
is the final arbiter-the test to which all
difficult problems are subjected, and by
which all doubts are solved. 1t is in a
world of scents that dog lives and moves
and has his being. What curious scent
this bramble leaf has and this spot in the
road and that last nettle he passed-how
interesting! How unlike all other nettles
he ever met with He must return and in
vestigate! And, doing so, he becomes for
a few moments 50 engrOssed that even his
masters command can scarcely persuade
him to leave it. And then, as to Judging OF
character, let reader who possesses dog
say whether he knows Of any test that can
be, for one moment, compared with the
test supplied by the bundle of nerves that
spread themselves out at the tip of the dogs
nose. If pun may be pardoned, l would
express my belief that by no other means
can so correct diagnosis of Il mans charac-
ter be obtained. At all events, all will
agree that dog depends upon it without
any reserve whatever, and no amount OF
hattery will serve to alter the opinion ne
has by such means arrived at. And who
does not remember how, when Ulysses re-
turned home, after his many years absence,
disguised as a heggar, neither length of time
nor change of appearance and clothing
served for moment to deceive his faithful
hound. While every other member of the
household was regarding him as Il stranger
his dog came up and instantly discovered
his identity.
BSy" He who can suppress moments an
ger may prevent a day of sorrow.
Bay Believers only can decipher the short
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