The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24

dog. we ue ct eua1i cco Hlu mOTes
II, died last Sunday at 10 O'clock;
we buried him at 4.
Laddie was seventeen years old. We
raised him from puppyhood to dog
hood and all those years he seemed
like one of the family. He loved US
all and we loved him, for he was affec.
tionate, good hammered, dignifed,
courageous and very handsome. He
never sought fight with another deg,
and never declined one and always
came off the victor. His face and
neck and feet and part Of his tail
were white; his hair long and glossy
and his eyes were amber or rather a
brilliant yellow sapphire. In truth,
lie was very handsome dog end came
from well-bred stock, his grandsire
having been sold for $500 in Montgnm-
cry. He vas known as a shepherd
dog-a Scotch collie-and knew his
duties and qualities by intellectual In
heritance. We did not have to train
him to 60 after the sheep or the cattle
and bring them home. When 4 left
the farm and moved to town he seemed
lost and unhappy for awhile, but soon
adapted himself to the little grand
children and followed them around,
and during his last illness, when he
couldent walk, it would please him for
me to lift him up to the sandbed,
where the children were playing.
The smaller the children the stronger
his love for them. They were the
sheep and he was the good shep-
herd.
We did not send his carcass to the
potter's field. Idug shapely grave
down in the corner Of the garden, then
lifted his dead body gently into the
wheelbarrow and rolled it to the place.
The wheelbarrow wNs the hearse.
was the horse and Eve Of the grand
children were the escort. When all.
was ready my wife and daughters
came down to the funeral and we
buried Laddie and mornded up his
grave and placed board with his
name and age upon it at the head and
another at the foot. The little chill
dren plucked some green asparagus
nearbyuand some Texas pinks and
roses and slowly and sadly we went
away as mourners. Dogs have
curious and interesting history. In
ancient times they we're under. the
ban Of Jewish contempt and were pro-
nounced and denounced as rnclean by
the Mosaic law. Not good word is
said Of them in all scripture. ''The
price Of dog is an abomination to the
Lord" said Noses. Job saith: 81
disdained to set their fathers with the
dogs Of my aook.' "Am I dog?"
Beware Of dogs .'For without are
dogs and socerers and idolaters and
murderers aud whoaoavers lnvath and
maketh lie. But surely they must
have had some good reputable dogs, or
they would have killed off the brGsd. .
TWAS the mean, ,thievish, trifling dogs
that gave bad name to all the race,
just as they do now.
Cuvior says that doga in general are
the most contemplate Of all domestic
animals, but that the improved species
are the most useful and complete con-
quest ever made by man. ALI their
] faculties are adapted 20 nrnfs and
pleasure and protection. Barbarous
nations owe much of their bet
ter nature to the possession Of the
dog.
4 Culver says that the principal and
best species are indigenous tps certain
countries. Such as the shepherd Co
4 Arabia, the Esquimaux and NeW7ound-
land 70 Siberia, Sc. Bernard TO the
4 Alps, etc. But dogs have got mixed
j aud crossed into AL sorts Of forms aud
= fashions, like the Cubans in Cnha.
They now range from the little pug
! and rat terrier and benshleg fcc. up 10
the boar hound Of Garn,anr and The.
4 masliff N and drover's dog Of Southern
Europe. Pointers and settlers and
a spanies and the long cared hound
j nave come in later by training and
breeding, but most Of the different
end X Of dogs are degraded mongrels.
But a dog 10 dog and every man and
ooy loves his own and will defend
him. Love me, love my dog, is .
pfoverb $50 years old Alexander
stephens vas asked what was the se.
eret Of his attachment to dirty little
snarling dog that followed him around.
ne replied, 'sWeil. hardly know,
out | reckon I love The little dog be.
cause he loves ma. = That was rsason
enough. Hs had neither wife nor
ea'ldren to love him. and SO he con.