St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-29

The dog would run on errandS and do
other things with wonderful precision.
He would go for the cows, and in driving
them he would separate them from the
other stuck driving only the mich COWS
home. In the same pasture we had
several yoke of cattle, and If we wanted
any particular pair brought for our use,
all we had to do was to show Shep the
yoke used Oh the particular pair We
wanted. He constituted himself guar
dian of the place and resented any i'll
trusiOn.
This, on one occasion. came nigh
b eng loss to US, as bull was brought
o our place and turned into field near
the house IN the absence of Snep. On
Shops return he acted not unlike some
of the landlords of Ireland, and immedi-
ateiy determined to make an eviction,
with the result that, when fOun d, he had
worried the bull 10 proStration. For this
he Was severely reprimanded, and that
he remembered it the following will
show: A few days later some strayIng
cattle entered our ward. Now Shep,
ever OH the alert. did not pounce upon
them as he would have done previous
TO the encounter with The bull. but, go
ing to the kitchen door. barked loudly.
This attracted my mothers attention,
who, on looking out, saw the clrcum-
stances, and. much to Shops apparent
Joy, gave him leave to turn the intruderS
out Of the yard.
Let the relation of an instance of
business development in a dog close the
chapter of anecdotes. 1t was an autumn
day. ana several of the farmers had
driven some of their cattle to our town.
which was made a point OF collection
by the dr0ver before he would start his
| drove for Gu ebec city. which was about
forty miles distant. Among the farmers
was man called Morton. This Morton
had sold some twelve head of cattle, and
there was still another one that he
aud the drover could not agree about
| concerning price. Finally the drover
| agreed to give the required price il the
animal were brought to him in time.
Now Mr.. Morton was the owner of a
fine specimen of collie or shepherd
dog. to which he turned and gave
directions. lie told tue dog which
animal to bring, and that he must of
necessity hurry. as his time was limited.
| The dog took his instructions in quiet,
businesslike way and started for home,
and you will no doubt be surprised
| when you learn that he returned TO the
village with the animal in short space
| of time, much to the surprise of the
| drover and by-standers. Let US con-
| slider the difficulties he had to meet and
overcome. The animal was among a
herd of cattle, and to separate her from
| the others required almost human judg-
ment. She was in pasture that lay
along by the high road, separated by a
narrow strip of woods and slash fence,
| 1t was through or over this fence that
the dog took his charge.
''Gentlemen." concludes Mr.. Solandt,
81 am living in the hope of seeing the
| time when it will require more than
mere dollars and cents to become the
happy possess0r of one of those Great
ureS: when a person must come UP to a
certain moral and human standard,
| when the rights of the animal will be
respected and they shall be treated, at
least. as So much flesh and blood, even
if men continue to ignore their mental
capacity aud reasoning powers"