The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
HAVE DOGS GOT SOULS?
This IL What IL Troubling Farmer Doolittle
Concerning the Action of His Dog.

George Iftzcnberg,- better known Is
Farmer Doolittle." comes to the front
with a dog story which with upstretch-
ed hands he vows is as true as the
gospel, that not only proves the sagacity
Of the canine family. but Doc Kelley
says proves that dogs have means of
mental telegraphy which proves they
have souls.
The Farmers story is as follows:
1.-The other evening l had returned
home and was sitting on the porch phil
osophizing. My dog Don was lying al
my feet asleep. All at once the dog
jumped up. picked up his ears. gave a
whine and started toward the river,
which is two blocks from my house, like
grea sed lightning. / was surprised and
1 called the dog back, but for the frs,
time in that dogs career he disobeyed
me and went on.
II was sitting there wondering at the
dogs strange action when he came back
shaking himself and / saw that he had
been in the river and could not under
stand his movements as he had never
done such a thing before.
my nephew and his wife sat talking
with me when all at once up jumped
Don as though he had been shot out OF
a gun and made another dive for the
river. I called him but he went 90.
knew that something out Of the ordin-
airy had transpired and I staCted 10 the
river TO investigate the subject. When
I got close to the river I met an old
darkey who said: DO you own dat dar
red dOg?' pointing TO Don who was
standing shaking himself. / told him
l did. Dat dar dog Is a resurrector
shure. Oar am no mistake about dat
Farmer. Dat dog IS a spiritual medu-
mistic shure. Don't you fOrgit dat Far
mer. Dat dog has opened my eyes. and
1 know dat dogs 80 10 heaven, and have
spirits
81 asked him 70 explain himself:
wall you see Farmer times are
mighty hard and de dog tax an coming
down upon US Ike a spring rise. and
told my children TO take dis little dog
down to the riber and tie a stone 20
hIm and throw him in They did 81
when dat red dog OF yours came down
here ike q thousand brick. jumped into
the rf5er. dived 70 the bottom ana
brought out the dog. jerked the string
of It's neck and liberated X from a
wa;ery grave The little dog shot on,
for home and hid under the bed.
Now I got my dsnder up and or
dered the children 10 take il back %
the rlber. but they said dat dogs hal
spirits and the spirits OF the little dog
teIegraphed 20 the soul OF your dog dar
he was n trouble and your dog pa.
been sent by the Lord 90 resusi;a;e The
purp and your dog obeyed de Lord
I tried 70 persuade them dat il vas
foolishness and I came down 20 do u
myself Your dog was az home asleep.
bat as soon as had throEd the little
dog into the river down came your dog
and divst IN and brought 4 out How
id your dog know Z Il TIE 1.-THE dag
did rot telegraph 20 your dog? There
: one thing certain and that r. I would
not drown that dog FOR sl00- Your dog
has proved TO ne dzt dogs have Souis'
7 could not answer the Old -naa and
I would Ike 20 have some one explain
20 M Why ny dog went % TIE rescue
% re little dog He could zot So. nor
could re hear he had ben up town
with ne and kae< nothing % fhe
trouble. yet ~ id Just as have foIs
you. Let somebody crack tbs nut for
zse and they can 90 los q god
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