Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-18

floor. ssweIl, I suppose must go and give that blamed dog his bath" whereupon Fidpe jumped up and trotted up stairs and jumped of his own accord into the tub prepared for him
 the idea of trying to teach him certain words and to make him understand to certain extent the conversation. The dog learned wonderfully, and he now has vo- cabulary of about three hundred words. The other day his mistress, wanting to go out, found at the front door that she hsd forgotten her pocket-book- She said to Fidge: .'I want you to go mp stairs, go into my room and bring down my pocket book, which is on the bureau" Fidge did so. In this case no motioning was done and the dog understood the words He carried the idea of the bedroom, the pock- et-book and the bureau in his mind at the same time, and also that he was to go and bring the pocket-book.
 Not long ago Correspondent Frye was not feeling very well and he gave Fidge a dime wrapped in a piece of paper and told him to take it to drug mentioning the name of the store, which was one where he and Fidge had often been. He wrapped a note around the dime, and Fidge, taking it in his mouth, started out. Ten minutes later he returned with a seid- litz powder which the clerk had given him and his change for the dime. Frye often sends him for cigars to a certain drug store. Sometimes Mrs. Frye will tell Fidge that she believes his master is at Willard's, and will give him & note to take to him. Fidge goes straight to the hotel, finds his master and gives him the note. Fidge also takes the letters to the post office There is a little door at one end of the delivery window, and he pushes one paw against this and gets inside and holds up the correspondence which he is carry ing in his mouth to a little old man who is l cancelling stamps there. His master has never lost letter which he has intrusted to him, and he has carried columns upon columns of manuscript for newspaper | publication to the postoffice.
 All of the newspaper correspondents of Washington know Fidge, and I dropped into his office last night and had a seance with him and his master. A moment later Amos Cummings came in, and for half an
 hour the dog went through various per
 formances. His master used no motions
 whatever, and spoke to him in eonversa-
 tional tone, asking him to do this and that
 just as though he were speaking to a boy,
 and the dog minded better than most boys
 do. He would say without looking mp
 from his paper, in a gentle tone: ''I
 think I hear one of those messenger boys
 out there, Fidge. Go out and drive him
 away.n
 At this the dog jumped to his feet and
 rushed to the door, barking as though he
 were mad. Frye then asked him to go and
 bring him paper which lay in the back
 of the room, and the dog brought if. He
 told him to go into the back room and shut
 the door, and Fidge growled, but did it.
 He then told him to open the door and to
 shut the front door, and Fidge did this
 He told him to sit up on his hind legs.
 the meaning of the word, did so. The dog was then asked to lie down and roll
 over, to go out of doors, to jump up in & chair and lie down, and several other
 things, all of which he did without a sin
 gle motion of directions.