New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-02
WONDERFULLY BRIGHT TERRIER.
Washington letter to The Pttsburg Dispatch.

One OF the most remarkable public characters In
Washington lives on Newspaper Row. tbs individual
goc, iIOm one Office To another every nght ana nous
conference with the various corr, pondcnts. He Is
acquainted Witi many >ehat0rs ana representatives.,
ard he often take, part IN the hite dinners Oh eIe
CORE pondents. stll, he IS less than foot tali;
and like the wild man in the circus. he has mar al
his person. lie is scotch terrier ana his name
he - about the size of the ordinary white poodle;
and he hd> the brightest OF bEcA eve s,hih vI' VI
A bushy face. lie IS however the Drlsh'est uoS IA
III United states, and he has made ma .oual repla-
ton through his washington icks ior tns pas i've
years. senator Blair calls MN so' iie' ana ne saws
he believes that he contain, INC soul Of some great
man qi t nn p i5,Stin do: lie ,onetmes Sits Tor
hours In the paper Office Of " The D. lHul "lopc,
practising on the dogs wonderful lnielgince ara ~
ne play, with him hc talks - nm ,.|lns W.,
an that in the aeon. OF IN pa'. you %eIe s9 t
past experience; Perhaps you were LIat On, anu nn
spol,ed philosophy, even a. some snatorS tam on
NAV have been Of Roman BIRTH and the same soul
tla voice, forth yOug bark may nave c"h'eiNeu "ly
5T%.9n' q TeI mo- Fi-t which wa il? If you can't
Sprak American speak Greck or Latin, and VIII
"9 NJ" 10 op. ago Governor swincford, of Alaska
,,iG yl,it 10 Washington. Mr. smith Frye. Fidse,s
Warts Hotel and failed to find him lie G dro Pp,
IN AT the billiard room, bit saw no one he le" uni
ne t5e to,m bccsoncd to him lie went over and
it was Governor ,,winef9rd. y 'h So, " SSs
nor shook hand, he Sv ,Id He reS Sn a me- me-.
and when he saw nc playing nnii.ras DT lee VIII
ne c ,nnth o and nmI,G at it til Looked down. when
he r,,e Oh his hind feet ana offered me ms manu-.
ILL., i i Jour years since SIT" him and his memory IS
Of Old F2eP s1 frc" 81 go 800 1SH m
iousrcs>man >tIllneckcI u NeW YORK ! ah.Iher Ok
3, s;b Sqa Fdc la p he he S Ss5S' out a'N
own glas, ana he H. 50 c"anI, 'n1i no one wond
object t? dnnk a.tei mr. H., dar. do.ir 10 he
Fl, N. u, loueht hun as a pup and pad 70 ~! tor
him. when he took him home he fonnI that the
mi
these. Mr. FRYE di~liFcd this bathing very much.
AMI ono morning he aid. while Fdce wa lying on
the floor, Wen, suppose must 60 ana eve tnac
blamed dog his bath whereup9n fiG;e jumped up
and trottcd upstairs and Jumped OF hs own accoN
mtn ;Fe s u 81, Tine that hi master got the idea Of
frying to teach him certain words and 10 make nun
understand a certain extent his conversation; me
doc learned wonderfully. and he now has vocabulary
- ,hoIt 800 vorti, The day his mistress. want
ing to 90 out, found at the front door th2t she mao
forgotten her pocket book. She said 10 Fnge; II
want you to 20 upstairs. 90 into my room and BRING
down my pJcetbOOk. which is on TIE bureau tldgo
did So If this case no motoning was done and the
Dor understood the words lie carried the idea OF the
bedroom the pockctbook and the bureau III ms hna
at the time and also that he was to 90 and brin:
No ct ons ago Correspondent FRYE was not feeling
piece Of paper and told him to take it drugstore.
mentioning the name Of the store which wa one "Dere
he and Fdge had often been. lie WrapiSd a nose
around the dime and FidSe; taking II IN ms mouth,
started out. Ten inmates later be returned with a
-eidtz powder which the clerk had given MN ana his
change Tor the dime. FRYE often sends him for cigors
~ "a certain cigar store sometimes Mrs. FRYE VIII
tell Edge that She believes his master is at Wlliards
and Will give him a note to take 70 hlm Fldge goes
straight the hotel. nnds his master and gives him
the note. FiGSe also takes the letters to the post
olicc. There Is iittle door at one end of the de-
livery window ard he pushes paw against this and
gets inside and hold, up the correspondence which no
/, carrying IN hi, mouth 10 little old man who IS
canccling stamps there. His master has never lost
letter which he ha, inrr>ted 10 him, and he has car
rled columns column, of manuscript for news
paper publication 10 the pOStOiicc.
All 81 the spapcr correspondents Of Washington
know Fdgc. and dropped into his Office last night
and had a with him and his master. moment
later Amos Cummings came in and for half an hour
tle dog went through various performances. His
master used no motions whatever. and spoke TO him
I'm q conversational tone asking him 10 do this and
that lust as though he speaking 10 a boy, and
the dor minded better than most boys do. He would
say without looking mp from his paper. In gentle
tone: think | hear one OF those messenger boys
out there, Fdec. go ont and drive him away
A. this the dog jumped "a hi, feet and rushed b
tho door. barking though he were mad. Frye then
asked him to 90 and bring him paper which law IN
th back ~ room. and the dog brought IT, He told
him To 20 into the back room and shut the door, and
Fidge grpwled but did il. lie then told him 10 open
tho door and 10 shut the front door. and Fdce did
Hi lie told him 10 81 up on his hind legs and
Fidge evidently apprcc 1ting thoroughly the meaning
II thr word did So The dog then asked 10 lie
down and roll over. TO 20 ont Of doors. b jump IN
In chair and lie down. and several other things al
of which he did without a single motion OF directions.