The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-21

THEY kgE Driven 70 MARKET
AND ELSEWHERE.
Ezp5nse Of Feeding.

| NtcHOtGS , H2tfH, tU scientific i 32ericNn
Among the reports from the consul.
of the United States for July is the fol-
lowing, from the American consul at
Leige, Belgium
The first distinctive institution that
attracts tie attention CT q stranger in
Belgium IS the working dog From
time immemorial this hereditary loaf
er has been given over to pleasure but
like certain others Of the privileged
classes in this revolving world OF ours.
he has had his day--at least in Belgium
Such amateur service as he has render
ed in the past in aiding tie shepherd.
guarding the household, and rushing
with sledges through the frozen regions
Of the north is too much in accordance
with his instincts to be classified as
| labor 50 it is here, for the first time in
his history, that the necessity of doing
something for which a natural rouug-
nance is felt (and this, believe consti-
tutes tie essential difference between
work and plav) has been forced upon
him but. like the old nobtesse. he ac-
cepts the change cheerfully and patient
" performs bis task Sentinentalists.
taxing no thought of the man Or even
of the woman whose burden he shares.
may complain that he is greatly wrong
ed but sensible people must rejoice
that he has at last been set to work and
compelled to earn his own living
Liegc is city Of large wealth and
great industrial activity, possessing tie
| largest nanufactory Of machines and
as many horses as any other town Of its
size in Europe, and yet for every hCsisc
ut least two dogs are seen in harness
on the streets. They are to be met all
! hours Of the dav. but in the early
morning the boulevards are literally
alive with them Iratficllers (mostlv
womcnl with gayly painted carts drawn
/ by well-fed dogs are seen striving to he
first in the market place A pretty
| bare-headel Walloon peasant girl noV-
| ing bl~<ly at the side Of q flower cart
drawn BY stalNart mastiif is a pleas
| ing vision to tie early riser. But not
| only tie gardener. but also the butcher.
baker, tie grocer, the porter, tie Cx-
preSSlnan-common carriers of all kinds
engage his services. His step is 50
much quicker than that Of Tie horse
that he Will in an hour cover twice the
distance and carry with him a greater
burden IN proportion to bis size.
Six hundred pounds is the usual
draught Of an ordinary dog. though ::
nastifr is often taxed with as mucl.
again. They are driven single, double,
~ d sometimes three and four abreast,
a,l are hitche1, in,!iffercntIy, in i:nrt
q. Lc,1cat.l. or hcI}i;: he c:;!t OF vH2-
on. When the vehicle is ioa;lel, thc
driver walks. directing lis course ard
in emergencies laying his shoulder to
the wheel but when the load has been
DISCHARGED. he oftcn mounts the boz
and ruslles like Jehu through the
know 1hat the steam engine was finil-
lar to tle romans as a to-, 10 lie tod
that the hollow revolving cylinder used
in squirrel cages has been turned to ac-
count here in the movement Of light
machinery by enlarGing Its scale 3nd
substituting "Fido" for Bunny" |
have seen him treading an endless belt
in tie service of wood sawyer. 4
gentleman IL Liecc. retaining his fond
ness for lounging upon the bOuleyalds
after losing the use OF his legs had 4
Dorambl!lator so constructed that 4
Danish hound which had been his con1
Dani0n for %car, could be hitched and
almost concealed between the wheels, |
and now appears as regularly IL bis old
ha,!nts a. anv of bis friends. The |
hound is not only as happy as when
he lOitcred at his masters heels. but Is
manfestly proud of the service he rem
deis him.
Let it nOt lie forgotten that the Bel |
clans are among the. most refined and |
cultivated people on earth, and that tins