The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-18
VALUABLE WAGON Dogs.
Fox Terriers Are Valued and SO Are
Bull ana Sky Terriers.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Fox terriers are favorites as wagon dogs.
They are easily trained, cute. companion
able, affecuonate and willing Many butch
ers, bakers, grocers and laundrymen have
them. and lind them useful, especially in
guarding the wagons while drivers are
delivering parcels. They are Of service.
too, as watchdogs, for their ears are keen
and their tongues sharp when strangers
approach at night. Frequently they are
made to work when they think they are
playing and not infrequently they prove
of real value in preventing mischief. =
laundryman on Wrightwood avenue has n
pair of the brightest of fox terriers, ana
has taught them to haul small baskets Of
bundled clothing from the wrapping room
into the Office, where the packages are ar
ranged alphabetically on the shelves for
the convenience of the delivery clerk. The
same dogs run wild de machine, accom-
pany the wagon. and once, when a sneak
thief snatched a big bundle of linen from
the open rear door of the wagon, they
left their posts, overlook the cuprit and
so impeded his progress that he was still
in sight when the driver returned. The
linen was recovered and the thief let Off
with beating, for which he will long re-
member that driver.
Not less avluable as wagon dogs are bull
terriers, skye terriers and what are gcner-
terriers, ske terriers and what the gener-
ally known as Scotch" terriers. The lat
ter is a variety that seems to include all
dogs that are small, saggy and yellow.
Sometimes they prove possessed of really
wonderful intellience, was the case OF
the "wogan boss" owned by butcher,
whose place Of business Is in West Madi-
son street The dog had ridden so long
beside the driver of the two-wheeled cart
that he knew where every customer lived,
and would show Impotence of the livelest
kind if the driver. for reasons he could
not impart to his brute comrade did not
stop at each familiar gate. Finally. the
driver, an observant soft of genius, adopt,
ed the plan of making explanations. For
instance, If Mrs Smith had said yester-
day that she would not be at home to-day
and that the butcher need not call, the
driver, reaching Mrs. Smiths gate. would
turn to the dog and say aloud: She's
not at home to-day" The dog got i'm the
habit of looking for explanations, ana
when they were forthcoming would ac-
cept them as due and satisfactory.
One day "Laddie," left alone in the cart.
had a chance to distinguish himself and
he proved equal to the occasion. A passing
fire engine searced the rather skittish
pony hitced to the cart, and a sharp runa-
way was soon in progress. "Laddie," 80
the driver tells the story, seized the reins,
and. bracing himself against the DASH
board pulled with all his might, but his
teeth slipped on the greasy leather and
he was accomplishing little, when round
the nearest corner the pony dashed and
over went the cart, "Laddie" with it.
The dog was on his feet in an instant
and in hot pursuit The pony, greatly
impeded by the cart dragging along en-
the side of one wheel, was not running
very fast, and the dog managed to catch
the reins, which were dangling by the
side. This time he got a grip at tho
looped end of the reins, and he lay back
on his launches and tugged from side to
side, until the pony, worried by the see
saving. turned into a gutter and ran
against a fence. where the butcher boy
found him, painting with excitement but
quiet under the steady pun maintained by
the almost tuckered-out little dog.