Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-15

continually, auh gave Hurn tlNus 81 VIZ
easness as TO assure al that something
was wrong flis master went % the door,
and the dog ran TO Tie gate In the front
Of the house md continued barking ana
flashing HIS tail with great cuerny. Tho
muster followed ~ the front gate. and
the dog Immediately ran barking down
the road. but looking back FROM time 10
timo to see that bis master followed
| which he dd--and was thus led 90 tho
open gate where he found the other col.
lic ON guard and keeping the cattle from
passing. which they were trying 70 do.
/ What loss than reason could have
prompted those dogs 10 DO such an acty
And what less than speech could have
enabled them TO execute this fcntt They
observed the neglect Of the driver and
f0rcHnw the evil consequence, ant ~
could only have been by agreement
reached through an interchange OF
| Thoughts that one Of them watched while
the other gave the alarm.
have Known some of these dogs that
knew certain catllc by name. aud would
~ Into a herd aud drive ont the one
whose name was designated, while IL ~
true In other cases that the dog would
only drive out such as were pointed ont
| 10 him. But many instances prove that
| they are able TO learn The names Of the
cattle. u j. certain that IN mnny IN.
stances that dogs know the names Of
often distinguish them by name. j pro
sumo NO one doubts that they learn their
own names, ~ that each dog tuny know
when hC is called / know dog now
living near Le0minstcr. Mass. that OK.
tinguished an accidental Ere which had
been caused by the hired man careless
ly dropping a burning match In some
straw Ia the barnynrd after lighting his
lantern. Tho dog had tO fight the fire
with his paws and by the time he had eX-
tiuguishrd 10 they were much singcd.
Ills loud barking was sufficient 10 warn
| the family that something unusual was
fukiug place. They soon responded 20
| his call aud found that he had The fire
/ quite under control. lie had thus saved
| liis masters barn and house from The
| nhmcs aud since that time. MS ] have
witnessed myself. will not allow anyone
10 light n cigar with q match in his pros
encc. Tho peculiar sound which hp
makes undcr such circumstances uppculs
/ 10 the sense NJ fear or apprehension, aud
/ I have observed That the significance OF
/ all speech depends much upon intonation.
/ 10 rs less 80 with "a man. perhaps than
| with other animals. because of tlo great
number of wurds which umplify and
| shade bis meanings. But hy sngl'
| word OF human speech we can express
many shades of moaning simply hy mod
ulntion, but having ut our command go
/ many words tO qualify our meaning We
1 lose sight of the value and power Of iu-
| tonuuou. The difficulty uf discerning the
| delicate shades uf meaning impaired
/ by information depends upon the mode oft
/ Thought. aud the simpler this is the
I kccuer the power To- iutcrun't the iutlcr-
/ ton. One very important iuct Is thht q
| dog only learns tu interpret uuV sound ON
| one subject nt anyone tiuc. He cannot
! put together iu his mind u great number
! of sounds, nor interpret complex idens iu
| druil ] know dog in Charleston, s.
| g.. thut viii ny into u rage and bari,
hcrccly II yon viii say. "Chnd. where
/ u that big hluck dog that whipped YOU
| SO hudlyf But repeated experiment.
! proved 90 my mind TINT the dog did not
| Interpret any part Oi The sentence VX-
! cupt the words "hlack dog" and even
this seemed 10 depend chiefly upon the
sOund "hlnck, and hy saying this souud
! you would get the same results ms to usc
/ the entire sentence He had been
/ Whipped hy "a dog of thiB description, and
| hhd been 40 Otter reminded Oi 10 that lla
had associated the sound with the IN.
cidput
/ know a little dog IN New York that
| understands the snme sound In % sim
! ilAr way and Tor similar reasons Sh,
| also recognizes the name ut The ludy
who owns the black dog 4 family witt
! whom ] ana on close terms ut fricndshif
! owns am ugly little mongrtl, tu which
two OF The daughters are worry dcyOial
They have reared her with grcnt ear,
aud luvishcd upon her many luXurie,
| far better than most human beings en-
joy. Tho young ladies declared TO IA,
! That EuuiCc, which D. the dogs unuV
could understand every word they suit
on amy subject that she had boon ac
customcd to hearing
Mutdu would shy 90 her "lEunipe. 3,
tell Miss kutc TO get ON her hat aud lr
Hsa fU Ia Ii.
would run 10 Miss Hates room an,
jump and bark until the young lndl
would comply found that the dog us
sOcihtud the rounds "hat' aud walk
with the vet of taking stroll In th
| company uf the young ladies, hut shl
would act Just the same when eithc
ono Of those words was said to her a.
She would " one were ia repeat a whole
cuntO of Milton; ana ! think the yOuni
ladies have mover quito forgiven nae f0
trying tO prove TO them that l,unicc wa
not iinc English scholar.
| I imd by mems of many experiment
that much depends upon the imanucr o
delivering these sounds. but ihnt tn
animal iS largely guided by tue sounu
alone is proven 10y the fact TINT som
dogs understand English, others French
Goman or some other language am
thcy do not really understand mlcs
addressed ia the speech with which the
are familiar.
4 short timo since / tried novel on
pertinent with the ph0nOgraph and tvs
hlnckund-inn terriers, mother and sou
The son was a notorious tnlker la IA
way ot harkng almost continuously a
cycrything, aud on all Occnsions and "A
all times while the mother was mai
unly taciturn, gOOd-naturod, an
fairly Intelligent, / first took the sO
To a room where | had the phOnOgrapl
whore | made record of number d
sounds of his voice. The children aide
me In the experiment hy getting hil
to talk for food, bark nc his imuic in
mirror, ANA 10y various othpr ways the
induced him TO utter sounds Ia Ga
presence of the phonOgruph. n le'
days LATER | had Thorn bring the mothu
tho contents 0t my phonOgranh cylinde
( Ia her presence. She gave ey0ry ev
dencc OF rccoghzing the sounds OF IA
Young dog, and in a Few instances D.,
} spOndcd 90 thom She WAS naturUll
} pcrploXcd nc not being able to lind hin
, and searched the horn and vurinu
Z parts OF the room In quest of tho yOun
dog | delivered 10 her ut the sam
, time the rocOrd OF another dog I
/ which she paid but little attention eNreI
= by an occasional gr0wl and a look ini
> the horn TO see whit it meaut Sh
( evidently rccognizod the sounds of M
Z young dog with which she was nmiia
= and seemed 90 interpret their meaning
/ whereas the sounds from the 9th,
, cylinder did little more than 20 attra,
: her attention,
|, last summer / stopped at a sma
4 town IN nothcfn Virginia. A yuup
man at the same hotel Ind two setter
4 low sound and spring 10 his feet aud rus