St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-14
THE TRAVELLERS CLUB.

Dogs have reasoning powers and play
tricks on one another" said Wisconsin
man. 81 don't care what the books say on
the subject, for have had dogs and l have
noticed some of their peculiarit1es. When l
was boy / had two dogs, Bob and Fannie,
which We're the father and mother of a
goodly number of the incest and clumsiest
little puppies that ever waited nine days to
get their eyes open.
hob was a very gallant old fellow, and
never was known to fight Fannie, no matter
what the provocation. He was also wise
OLD dog, and employed strategy now and then
10 accomplish any given object. The cook
used to throw the meat out in the yard after
every meal, first having called Bob and Fan
ME TO the spot. If Bob saw that there was
plenty of meat for himself and Fannie, he
would manage to get his share and allow
fannle to get hers.
III. however, he thought there was not
enough for two, he would make feint at
eating and, as if hearing something, he would
PRICK up his ears and rush around to the front
Oh tue house as if he expected to catch reg
lment OF thieves Sometimes Fannie would
follow him; if not he made his way alone.
once In the front of the house he be-
gan to bark furiously. OF course
was trying to find out what was the matter,
BOB sneaked clear around the house, gathered
the meat and made off with it. have seen
him do that hundred times. I have tried
him many times. And if it was not reasoning
on his part and lack of reasoning on her S,
would like to know what you call it?''
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It'll never forget the first night purposely
forgot to say my prayers musingly ex-
claimed man from Kentucky. 81 was quite
a large boy at the time, and was away at
boarding school. 1 suppose must have been
IL years of age at the time. / may have for
gotten to say my prayers before that time,
but always made up in the morning.
Q II was just at that age when / wanted to
be a man and wanted to quit saying my pray
ers for 1 thought all men didn't indulge in
such childish and womanly affairs, and at the
same time was afraid to stop 1t, for fear
that something dreadful would
happen to me. No boy quite
outgrows the beautiful of a
mother. He misses her when first he goes
away from him. No one asks him to kneel
down and say his prayers. No one comes
in and tucks the cloths around
him after he is in bed
'Some of the other boys at the boarding
school mad quit saying their prayers, and they
made fun of me, called me a baby and things
of that kind that didlnot make me feel totally
pleased with myself. Finally I concluded
that 1 would not say them, and if
anything unusual happened in the night
was to regard it as Divine
intimation that should continue with my
nightly prayers. / jumped into bed, after
having taking more than my usual time to
undress myself, and tossed and tumbled
about for some time before I could get
myself to sleep. I kept thinking about
what a wicked thing I was doing. and half ex-
pecting to wake up and find myself in the
midst of an attack of fever or sickness of
some kind.
Il awoke in the mo rning, after most re
freshing nights sleep, the sensation being
that OF GOODNESS. When 1 got thoroughly
awoke, discovered that one of the BOYS on
the dormitory was pulling the bedclothes Off
OF me. He was bully, and was teasing
me- He had not got many feet
from the bed before made up my mind to
whip him or get whipped. I jumped out of
bed and we had it. I managed to down him
and whipped him most numerically. He
ceased to be bully and ceased to say nv
prayers
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/ "a drunken Indian has more determ;na