The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-10-24
BILL ARP's DOG IS DEAD.
Ho Laments tho Loss of His Faithful
Companion-Tbc Collie Was Given
Decent Burial.

Old Laddie is dead. Oar good OLD
dog. We noer shall see him more
He died last Sunday at 10 O'clock we
buried him at !.
Laddie was seventeen years old. We
raised him from puppyhood to doghood
and ell those years he seemed like one
OF the family. He loved us all and we
loved him, for he was afectiOuatc,
good hammered, dignitied, courageous
and very handsome He never sought
fight with another dog, but never
declined one and always came of 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 brilliant yellow
sapphire. La truth, he was very
handsome dog ard came from we'll breu
stock, his grandsire having been sold
for $500 in Montgomery He was
known as d shepherd dog-a Scotch
collie. and knew his duties and qualitio .
by instinct and Inheritance. We did
not nave to train him to go after the
sheep or The cattle and bring them
home. When left the farm and
moved To town he seemed lost and
unhappy for awhile, but soon adapted
himself to the little grandchildren 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
shepherd.
We did not send his carcass to the
potter's field. l dug 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 was the
hcarse. was the horse and five Of
the grandchildren We're the escort
When all was ready my wife and
daughters came down to the funeral
and we buried Laddie and mounded
up his grave and placed board with
his name and age upon 1t at the head
and another at the foot The little
children pluckcd some green asparagus
nearby and some Texas pinks ana roses
and slowly and sadly we went away as
mourners. Dogs have a curious and
interesting history. In ancient times
they were under the ban Of JEWS
denounced rs unclean by the Mosaic
law. Not good word is said OF them
In all Scripture. GO The price OF dog
Is an abomination to the Lord saith
Moses. job saith "l disdained to
set their fathers with the dogs of my
flock" " Am | dog ?" Beware Of
dogs" :" For without are dogs and
sorccrers and idolaters and murdercrs
and whosoever loveth and maketh q
lie." But surely they must have had
some good reputable dogs, or they
would have killed OF the breed. ID
was the mean, thievish tritling dogs
that gave bad name to all the race,
just as they do now.
Cuvier says that dogs in general are
the most contemplate OF all domestic
animals, but that the improved species
are the most useful and complete
conquest ever made by man. All their
faculties are adapted to profit and
pleasure and protection Barbarous
nations owe much OF their better nature
to the possession OF the dog.
Cuvier says that the principal and
best species are indigenous to certain
countries. Such as the shepherd to
Arabia, the E:quimaux and Newfound-