Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-08-17
THE DOGS ExAiTATioN.


quotations showing rbst ne Was In For.
m~r Times Maeh ns.I,ssed.
A correspondent Of Boston paper
has given much study to the subject OF
The dog. aud discusses thus learnedly
on that much petted animal: The fash
ion OF parading the dog belongs 10 the
world Of to-day. IL Is supposedly an
English fashion. therefore TO be imita-
ted. But how different In England
In vast domains where gro0ms and
lackeys look after them they are ad-
mitted To the masters hearth on occa-
ssons aud attend him out OF doors.
But one must go out OF doors TO see
the dogs as we'll as the horses. AMI
mails do not live on equal terms in Lon.
don with men or women. In what
well-bred London house does bull.
dog live with q family? With this II
Is like many other foreign fashions
which we endeavor TO initiate. but only
In part. without regard 10 the condi-
tion, circumstance. or social bearing
OF the ease. A house that one has to
enter by way of dog is not AN agree
able one. He Is not wholly odorless
in n room. This Is not his fault. but IL
Is a reason why he should not be thrus,
upon ones society. 1t Is the attitude
and altitude given him by man
10 which | object: ergo. IL Is man
that ofgends me--man who Is dog
bitten. | confess | share something Of
the Jewish repuguauce 10 the dog
.uha. I 400 him, Ifftad an aFtt...i,, a,,t 81
his natural element and made to play
so important part alongside OF man.
But considered only In the light OF
good breeding. Is il not a serious Of
tense TO this when the dog Is permitted
social position which nature never
designed him for? Tallude to persons
so blinded by their dog-love that they
hesitate not TO call at friend house
la company with the animal. and hesi-
tate not TO walk him into anothers
drawing-room. Could want OF con-
sideration and ill-breeding go beyond
this? In our Boston Athenmum. among
he printed rules framed and hanging
On the wall. Is one to the effect that
mo dogs are allowed inside the H.
brary." Yet day after day visitors
enter here with all sorts OF dog pets.
from the huge mastiff 70 the terrier!
IL is curious to observe how directly
aerogatory to the dog are the teach
ings OF the Old and New Testaments,
therefore 1t is comfortable to reflect II
one does not share the worship given
BY man to the dog that at least the
sympathy of Holy Writ is with him.
For example: By the Jewish law we
know the dog was declared unclean
and was very much despised. The
most offensive expression they could
use was to compare man 10 a dead
dog. Christ excludes dogs. sorcerers
and idolators from tho kingdom OF
Heaven. How about the idolatry of
1oge The name was sometimes put
Tor one who had lost ali modesty. ST.
Paul calls the false apostles dogs. "Be-
ware OF dogs" lis thy servant dog?n
My darling from the power OF the
dog "Ye shall cast 1t TO the dogs"
mot bring price of dog Into the
house" 1.-The dog shall eat Jezebel."
"For dogs have composed me- And
one might multiply texts OF this sort
and nowhere find In the Bible any
thing different to Offset this denuucia-
iion OF the dog. Shyloek, being jew.
made, use Of The dog TO express his ha-
tied OF his enemies. but throughout
Shakespeare We find the dog employed
TO express contempt OF persons. such
As:
''Blasphemous, uncharitable dog"
"But you'll lie like dogs"
mo more pity in him than dog"
'.But that sad dog that brings me
food"
stay. dog. for thou shalt hear me.
"A plague upon him, dogl"
He "a very dog 10 the common
atty
Away, iBhuman dog"
.'Yon false Danish dogs.m
"a semblance that very dogs dis
dained.'
..Dog-hearted daughters.
But enough OF quotations In which,
nevertheless, take some comfort. find-
ing that when friends fout me with
their dogs | have Holy Writ and
Shakespeare TO stay by me.
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