Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-01-03
WARRIORS AND PETS
TAME ANIMALS THAT ARE KEPT
BY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

the Scots Guards Sailors Ara vs,-
Fond of Cats and Dogs.
for many generations favorite animal
nave been common IN the French army
horace Vernet has painted pathetic uic
lure OF the dog Of the regiment licking III.
hand or a wounded soldier while there 1.
an equally popular song describing the On,
reer OF a regimental dog that was born a,
Cairo and Graded in an empty bomhsbep.
and which marched to the roll of the dr,,,n
pom Mount St Bernard to Mareneo from
Marengo to Austerlitz, and from Anstxy-
htz to Madrid, 30 be ultimately killed NV a
spent shot at Corunna. The French reet
mental dog Is not infrequently large poo
We-a TACT which dispOses of the calumuy
nss tnese exceptionally graceful and In
beingenb members of the canine raoe ara
not constitutionally Courageous Stiu Il
must be admitted that the ridiculor,s man
ner in which poodles are ordinarily shaved
Is productive to the irreverent of a sIjohtfv
iudlcrous effect, and it is manifestly In the
highest degree inexpedient that regiment
on the march should excite the hflarity of
civilian spectators.
Inat this particular kind Of dog has not
iost MS hold on the military affections IN
Si"uu % wei as IN france Is pleasantly
eyiuent from the number of black poodles
which are kept by the officers of the
guards, although it would be obyiouslv
tndecorous for such an animal. with tbe
preposterous frills and bosses Of uooI15
hair ON his legs and tail, to march at the
mead OF the corps. 1t would not seem that
many quadrupeds, save goats and dogs
are eng1ole as regimental pets, and wera
the goat a little more intelligent be MIGHT
perhaps prove a very formidable rival n
LIS canine friend, since the goat is one of
TIE hardest OF animals, scarcely over he
comes footsore, and on a march will nil
up his subsistence from shrubs and 49,
growing in the rockiest places Ubieb
would afford no kind of nutriment In r. |
dog. W WIG
IL cannot be said of the goat that he 10
as silly as the sheep, but although the
creature is willing, affectionate and docjJa
as may be seen by the behavior of the
pretty little animals which draw the chill
. olaises at the watering places-it
oAii scarcely De said that nanny or billy Ia
an animal which can be made a connsn.
lon AT the most it will uibble food o,,t -
the hand of friend, but il can be tonoht
very lew tricks, and it will be homeless e.,
expect from it the personal deyoaedness
and fidelity of the dog.
=
one regiment in the British army did
SOME thlrty years ago, endeavor to dornes. !
scaoe as pet an animal of very differ :
emu nature. When the Scots gIlards-tben .
Inc Scots Fusfleer guards-were at Mon =
treal, In Canada, whittier thew had bear
sent during the political scare conseons,nt !
on the seizure of the British mail stearoar
Trent by the American Captain Wilkes :
the regiment became possessed of a uoDnS,
Dear Naturally, in accordance with The =
pfoVerb. the Juvenile bruin had all his =
Irouoies TO come, but the duress of his :,
'ariy educatlon was softened by the kind \
less OF the CHEEKY guardsmen who tool, =
him in hand wiz "''A p
He could be taught TO tr,,1oe ab.o,, ~.
'arrack yard arm In arm with a discraat =
non COM, y and under these circnmsto,,cS, a. a.
re behaved demureiy enough. bat when n ~
vas private who was his companion that ~
oinng gait common to bears ON thearbjnd =,
egs' and which ordinarily gives them The
specb OF mariners somewhat Disguised In
quor' occasionally frritated Tommy A.
ms 70 tne extent Of provoking him to AL
Minister box on the ear of the upstesdv sp
ursa minor" liz
The worst of it was that the animal b. SO
Y very well fed, grew with uncomfo,t- OF
Ole rapidity. 1t was not to be exr.ecte5 90
lat ne should march on his hind legs at ~
re head OF the regiment, and IL he had WI
sen muzzled and led by a chain chose to era
e pig drum, the French Canadians al
ouiu PROBABLY have called on the hear ia
uance' winch would have been sadly "u
rvsaoory 70 the dignity of a regiment 49,.
historically renowned, The ,rIfinaa,~ ret
situation of the Scots Fusileey or,ar,,s; II
ar was probably a menaperie. ,yI,ar.,i, a.
10 De hoped abundant biscuits and hnns cou
nsoied him for his divorce from tnilitayv ula
'ciety. 40 ask
|" men we turn to the social life of the
1er service 1t will be found that there ia oru
great prediction for naval az for put
nCary pets. Occasionally it bappens vi u
~ commanding officer of what NAV he
led the white kid glove school" Objects oth
the presence of a dog on board, but the ye,
rInfess, necessary cat is usually tolerated ing
tween decks. Jack poanae,aa' 80 ,''eu And
nave ms pets, and when he lands in Enc. "'i
q after a long cruise he very often
Aes ms appearance with a varied assert 7,
NJ OF monkeys, wallabys, marmots. mon. tho
'ses ana especially parrots and macays. cert,
ne parrots have generally become most sbaI
olnplisheu nnguists during the cruise mite
lv ne .hot @ Is OCCASIONALLY as from
ncb nar-at iuiieu Oy the historic man
led With bis - 80 Hhich han so spac
,ea of ~ ,1,,l Pols eJ''cuiatlons the In casio
I'D tbat ono.i' Wnere ne mad been his il
loral a. N.us IohVent passlonately entir
t-vert FOR go soa slSeers 70 lend them print
hit eniov he ' ;,l IN or'ier That they Nigh
ir reonest ~ - llg conversation. 1t is
unately, the devout bird was sent to baee
new destination 10y water, and ON boayd ,'hinI
by which he Travelled there 80 49,
a squadron of dragons, which in the tipt
Sc OF day SO perfected his education 81.
ere two hours had passed at the con. - ~ ~
where he had arrived half the nuns a q, ,1I
IN Mysteries of horror, excited by The & SntP y
King language Of the abandoned feath. Ae' Il
biped, which had forgotten all his o
tlonal prisons and swore literally like In a