Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-15
SPEECH OF
DOMESTIC ANIMALS,
Ity Prof u. l., GARNER
tCopyight. 1903 10y II, L. Gwnerl
u,,r m, Sunday Cugottpl

dor The Sunday Guzcuol
TO thusc who are familiar with rural
lie, there can hv nothing strange m
hrarinF IL said that all animals cun talk
among their kind Among The daily ~
Gdppts Of fnrm lie there occur so many
proofs ct thi, as 10 place the question
beyond dchntc The cattle have mupns
ut conveying iluus to other cattle. und
sheen aud hogs understand other
sheen and hogs mud the means en-
plnyed are sounds. These sounds are
used iu tho same way that mnn uFcs
them To- convey his thoughts. and since
they discharge an the functions Of
spp.ch. iu what respect are they not
sppcchy The types OF speech dilrr iu
different gpueru as their physical
types de-, lut they ARE noe less speech
on that account,
Among tho domeaiiC animals ] think
the dog has. perhaps. thc highest type
cot spvcch aud this Is doubtless, bon somU
measures due tu his intimate relations
tO man. from whom ho has learned aud
added a little ia his mCntal store; and
This must find nn outlet through speech,
That dogs think mud reason Us not tn be
doubted by the most stupid observer,
aud they often make known their
Thoughts so TINT even man can inter
pref them with certainty hut the
speech by which th,g cXprcsS those
thoughts Is Of course rudlmcniury.
Dogs often discharge certain duties
with such prumptucsN that higots de-
dare that II h mechanical aud done
without motive, but thcit are many
thousands of cnscs whore the dog hns
assumed and performed duties of
others, entirely outside OF his own
sphere. which nothing Init reason could
have prompted.
Whom / was only fow weeks old my
father lad glyen to- him little white
poodle, which he called Dnsh, tIo WIS
about my own age, and we grow up TO-
gcther, Ia those 0ays children were
rocked IA Che uid-tlme cradle, aud I,
like oth"~ bnhits. had a cradle. When
/ was n few months old, ON one occasion
! was left aMeep In my cradle aud nc
one was Ia tho room but Dash and my.
self Having been disturbed in my
sleep, ] woke np and cried, and Dash
seeing the condition Of things, camo "a
the cradle, and rearing ON his hipd feet
rocked the cradle with his pnWs
and whined aud harked until | had
gone TO sleep again, My mother hu,
often told me of this aud assured ma,
that he had never been taught 10 a,
this, but always afterward praotsed "a
not only with myself, but with my
younger brothers and sisters until M
the age of thirteen, whom hc came 1,
an untimoly death nc tho hands of 4
bull dog, whose ndmo aud tribe ! hay,
NfNfI iNANfA 70 INV NlNh ANNHn Ailt
burial that he deserved, and had a Ions
procession OF mourning children follow
his remains to the grave, whore / dc
liNered the funeral sermon, ami wO M
sung hymn About three yeprs ago
IN company with an older sister / visit
ed the spot for the first time IN ncarl,
thirty years, but no sign of tho littl,
grave r0malDed.
What else but reason could hay,
prompted this nctf The dog had seen
done by human beings aud had noted Oh
result. Wheiher hls whining was in
tended as singing or not 1 am unable &
say, hui from nay recollection of seeinl
him DO this with the younger children,
believe that u was intONlr1 TO sOOth %
entertain ana his barking 20 call some
one into the ROOM
a former hy the namo OF Taylor, Twin,
~ East tennessee, some years ago oAyne,
Two very large collles. and they had heel
trained to drive the cattle aud sheel
AbpNt The farm, 60 drive strange cattl
away irom he PROMISES. 20 guard IA,
gates or gnps Opencd temporarily fO
hauling about the farm, mud mnny simi
lar duties. ca one occasion "a hay-mnk
ing tiDic na night was approaching IA,
Wagon Was making the last homevnr,
trip for tlir hny and the nNh working n
She pvnlny prepared Ia 90 home I'M
driver ~ tle wagon, suppusRg the nlel
tfom the meadow we're following an,