The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-10-23
FOUR-FOOTED HEROES.
-Four Exceptionally Good Stories
Told About Dogs


Told About Dogs.
- Boston Do. Put on Trial for His Life
and Acqu'tted-How Dog Max struck
Terror to the Hesrts of Incomps-
tent niusicians-Faithful "Dee.s
A dog was actually put on trial for
his life in Boston last week. 1t was,
according to the Philadelphia Press, q
sight impossible outside the Jurisdiction
of Massachusetts, curious laws. The
defendant, Towser, a handsome setter,
belonging to one Nathan Simmons, q
South End saloon-keeper, was charged
wit having vicious and savage dis
position, dangerous to the peace and
bodily veal of the good citizens of the
commonwealth" To prove this, one
Hilmoth Hess sworc that the dog had
bitten him without provocation, and he
wanted the handsome animal killed.
Towser's owner demurred and the
court summoned Towser to prove his
good character, and he was forthwith
brought into court and installed in the
pen.
Towsers master retained able coun-
sell for him, and amid the litter of the
audience and the smiles Of Judge Cur
tis the trial began. The plaintiff told
how he was bitten, but acknowledged
that he had provoked Towser by teasing
him. Others came forward, and after
expatiating on Towser's good qualities,
the prisoner himself was brought for
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commands he played dead, walked on
his hind legs about the room, stood on
his head, shouldered arms, whined dis
mally in imitation of song, and wound
mp by marching up the steps to tho
judges desk on his hind legs and shak-
ing paws with his honor. The latter
was greatly amused, and without hesi-
tating said, amid cheers:
Towser, you are peaceable and or.
derly canine. I give judgment in your
behalf and dismiss you, the plaintiff
paying the COSTS"
A well-authenticated story, which
seems almost too good to be true, is
that of q gentleman, q finished musi-
clan, who resided some years ago in
Darmstadt He kept q dog which was
the terror Of all the singers and in
strumentalists in the place, for it had
the fatal habit OF raising its face to
Heaven and bowling whenever false
note was emitted. 1t never made .
mistake, and well-known singers were
said to tremble when they saw their un-
welcome Judge seated by his masters
nde At concerts or at the opera, for Max
was regular frst-nighter, and . great
friend of the thester director; he was
never known TO miss new opera.
Max was no respecter Of persons, and
when the singing was but Q shade out
10 would attract tho attention Of the
Nhole audience to 1t with . terrific
howl One tenor went 90 far - to ~
fuse TO sing unless the dog was removed,
Out Max was SO great fsvorite With
tho Darmstadt public and such we'll
known frequentsr that the singer
might as we'll have requested TO have
the director himself removed from tho
stalls, and he was obliged to give in
with as good grace - possible. The
dogs master stated that he had trained
him when he was quite puppy by
striking him hard when any one sang or
played false note; later on he tapped
him gently, then he only had to look st
him, and by the time Max was three
years old the dog was as good judge
Is his master Of false note.
At Parkersburg. w. Va, the other
day, . fast passenger train from Cincin-
natl to New York. ON the Baltimore &
Ohio South western railroad, was saved
from certain destruction by the intel
ligence of dog. mule had strayed on
high trestle work and had become en-
tsngled among the timbers. A farmers
dog in the vicinity, attracted by the
saw the predioamsnt the mule was in
and !. ran back TO his masters house,
where he set up IN unesrthly howl.
Tho bowling awoke the farmer and no
followed the dog to the trestle just in
Ams to nag the passenger train. which
would have surely been derailed and
thrown into the gap below had 1t not
been for the dog. A silver COLLAR. paid
I&or BY purse raised by the passengers
on board the train, now ornaments tho
neck Of that particular dog.
A Mr.. Eyre, an English clergyman,
Reft dog more than two years ago ct .
friends house while he went to sojourn
abroad. Returning Q few months ago
aste at night, he was surprised the next
morning by the dog bursting into his
room and lesping upon the bed in an
ecstacy OF delight.
"How on earth did he know had ar
rived?" asked the master Of the servant
who brought the hot water.
'.Oh. air." said tho man, SIT Ia the
most curious thing. As was cleaning
your boots the dog recognized them and
became excited. and was not able to
quiet him, and when he saw where I
was taking them. he rushed after me
and in here"
Another dog had been separated from
Aer master for eight years. The latter
thus describes their reunion: ''The dog
met me at first as a stranger, and then,
with little animated sniffs OF inq uiry,
going round and round me. remained
still for few moments, while she grew
moro and more excited. At last 1
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