The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-07

in this direction. I wish j did know
more about them-it is too late fol
me to learn however.
An old dog cannot be taught new
| tricks.
But have been fortunate in owning
more than one good dog-and about
| them l cam speak from experience
l. l know my life would have been
! more lonely one than it has been hac
| | rCt owned those dogs and l an
| glad to remember that 1 was always
kind to them, and that in return fol
my kindness they served me mos
faithfully.
| 1t was bad enough to lose them. one
/ after another-bad enough to know
! they were dead-it would have been
! far worse had I been forced to re
/ member that l had been cruel or even
unkind to them-fortunately 1 was
! spared that regret.
! l once owned two stag houndS-Lady
! and Bisnlark. Lady was B.Smark' s
mother, and I'have known other sons,
called human, who were less cOnsid-
crate Of their mothers-less respectful
! TO them than was this Bismark to
! Lady. One night, in defending the
! chicken house from a proving coyote,
| Lady was so badly used up that she
D
/ afterwards walked with difficulty. /
have often seen Bismark hold open the
! screen doors for his crippled mother 10
pass in and out.
/ An old buffalo robe spread out be-
fore the open fire made bed for the
two in the evenings, which they al
ways spent with me. If BiSmark hap
pened to be there alone when Lady
came limping in, he always got up and
! . he no oh of r,1o n
when at last death relieved the old dog
of her suffering, Bismark was inconsol-
able for days after she was buried, and
+ he could no longer be with her. He
never left my side, day nor nighf-he
would only eat when 1 fed him would
lay his head on my knee and beg for
sympathy He grew to be cross and
ugly to strangers, and l was glad when
he, also old and worn out by faithful
service. lay down and died. He was a
good dog always, but after the death
of Lady, became grabbed. lie surely
missed the example, and no DOUBT the
counsel Of his mOther-and what man
has not had the same experienced?
Another dog / owned was Gypsy, a
thoroughbred English bull dog, and
the most affectioIate creature ever
saw l had Gyp for seven years, from
the time she was three months CID TN
1
am aware, no one ever struck her
she never needed to be struck. She al
ways tried 10 do as she was told. and
If she failed, she was as sensitive TO a
ScOlding as a child.
[ had for neighbor during Gyps
lifetime, a little humpback9d hoy, who
would come to my room and lie on a
rug before the fire, using Gyp for a pill
low. The attachment for that poor boy
y cd lAr-t h 4 IL.
have seen her really suffer from the
heat of the fire, yet she would not dis
turb the child, whose crippled and all
most helpless condition she seemed to
fully appreciate.
Another child, a little girl v no came
to my house. could not overcome her
fear of the dog. and the efforts of Gyp
to ingra' late herself with the little
girl, to prove TO her how harmless a
bulldog was, were very amusing if they
were fruitless.
Gyp never objected to anyone COM
ing into the house-but she would
never allow a stranger to leave it, I'm
less some one she knew was present.
She made friends with a butcher. and
went ito see him as regularly as the
morning came 1 objected to the in
timaey which grew up between them,
and begged the man not to feed her.
She was getting plenty to eat al home
The butcher said he could not refuse
her-she asked for her breakfast like
a Christian" as he expressed it, and
if she did not come along each morn
ing, he felt as though he had started
the day badiy-would have no luck.
Gyp was his mascot, he said
There are plenty Of Ladys, Bismarks
and GypS in the world-some such in
Salt Lake. but not all of them are so
well cared for as were these dogs, and
Of course the dogs themselves are not
so Useful-their owners DON'T know how
TO get the good out of them If this
society will educate the owners, it VIII
go long way towards saving the dogs
from neglect and i'll treatment.
For the many ours which crowd the
streets, there is not very much to be
said. A merciful death is better for
them than a wretched existence. only
there is no need of any unnecessary
cruelty being shown a dog because he
happens to be of questionable lineage,
without a permanent residence, and
with no one TO lake his part and pay
his taxes He should be killed with
the least possible suffering | do not
suppose that refined, cultivated genFle-
men are seeking the position of dog
catcher, and consequently there is the
greater need of supervision over those
W 4Ao 40 seek ana OBTAIN II. IhlS SOci-
ETY. can do very mudl in the matter of
dogs if it only has a chance-is only
sustained and aided in it's efforts.
In these days of bicycles and trolly
cars which are, and of motor wagons
which are to be, we hear much of the
passing of the horse. We are told
these other four-footed friends of man
VIII be things of THE past, that this
Is to become a horseless world-and in
few years horses will be spoken of
and known only as we now know and
speak of the megatherium and eohippus.
but | do not at all believe that.
The labor of the world may possibly
be done by electricity and steam. but
for pleasure and for comfort. horses
will always be in demand: nothing can
take some of the places now being
f1lled by horses Bicycles are all right
for some purposes-are most ueseful
IN some directions-and [ guess they
have come to stay. So much is said
about bicycles and boomers, however.
that I do not need to take up your
time with either, but what kind of a
figure would a lot of bicycles mounted
by new women make charging a
light battery provided with horsewo-
men? | don't believe much damage to