The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-29
RELIGIOUS Is THIS DOG.
He Absolutely Refuses to Hunt ON
Sunday.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 2.-George c.
Moore, a resident of Detroit, this state, is
the owner OF a hunting dog, a pointer,
that is something of wonder In its way.
Don, as the dog is called is a brother of
a dog owned by d. J. Thompson, of this
city, which animal recently distinguish
ed itself by finding a pocketbook lost in
the street by his master, and remaining
by it all night, in spite of the fact thEt
he had to whip bulldog in order to do
Both dogs were, when puppies, owned by
a clergyman, and many people think II
was their early training which makes
them so sagacious. Certain IL is that they
know right from wrong, and their dongs
are a continual source of wonder to their
masters and their friends. Dons latest
day, and no amount of persuasion can
get him to go into the field with his own
er If the latter carries a gun. If no gun
is in sight, Don goes along as nicely as
you please, but the moment that shot
is fired anywhere in the neighborhood.
he is off for home as fast as he can 90
and on his masters return, he greets him
with a reproachful look, as though to
protest against having been imposed upon
Last Sunday an attempt was made to
make Don hunt. The whole thing simply
amounted to an attempt, however, for
hunt Don would not, although ii was
known that there were a good number
of prairie chickens in the field Mr.. Moore
was pulling the dog along, having a rope
around his neck and the way the dog
/ hung back was remarkable. He manifest
! ed his displeasure in every way possible
except by biting. and when, a chicken
got up almost from under his feet he
never paid the slightest attention to it
not even looking at the bird, whose wings
/ brushed his nose.
In order to see is the dog really had
4 objections to hunting on Sunday he was
taken into the same field early Monday
morning by the same people. Don needed
/ no urging this time, and never did a
/ dog hunt so well. He seemed anxious to
show how well he could work and not
+ once did he flush bird or break his
point. 1t was a pleasure to see him range
about the field, and the dog seemed as
happy as a little boy with a new red
/ wagon. His actions said as plainly as
I could be that he was willing to do his
/ best on week days, but that he could NOT
and would not work on Sunday
The dog knows as we'll as do the mem
bers of the family when Sunday comes,
and when 1t is time to go to church Nor
/ that he makes a practice of attendtne
4 service, for he does not. When he haa re
/ the bells ring he walks slowly into The
/ house if the doors are open, and if they
are closed he scratches at one until If is
open, and goes to each member of the
family in turn, as much as if to see
whether or not he or she. as the case
may be, is ready to go. Then he takes
his place on the front porch or in The
kitchen, if the weather is stormy and
does not leave it until the family has
During the entire day Don is as sedata
and digniied as a clergyman of the Old
/ school. and would no more think of racing
I around with other dogs and romping with
the children than he would of snapping
at his master. The slightest departure
! from Sunday action appears TO h1rt HE
feelings nightly, and he discountenanres
4 all attempts al fun on the Sabbath Nv
| arising from his place, giving one re-
| proachful glance at the guilty person
and leaving the house, wearing a most
/ detected look.
This Sunday observance trait in Don
was wei developed when Mr. Moore pur-
chased him, and since then Mrs. Moore
has fostered and increased it wonder
fully, so that at the present time the
/ dog Is really a curiosity.
There a report that Mr.. Letter Of