The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-09-01
INSTINCT OF DOGS.
Col. HigbIe'. Rory and KatAieea, snd
Their Reassaing Powers -
ne fold Of Then.

me Told OF Inem-
The late Col. Rowland Higbie, OF
what used to Be 81. Ambrose's, but BY
the grace Of the board on geographic
names. Is now officially ST. Ambrose,
was q famous Judge and lover Of dogs,
and Indeed OF all other animals. Long
before anisesd dogs were invented In
tAIs country Col Higbie had his pack
Of live FOX hounds, and he took prizes
galore long before the Westminster
club began to hold yearly exhibits Of
gowns and hats, says a London
exchange. His horses ontelAssed
anything at the horse show, even
though they were trotting nags; and
asfor eats and other anlmalAl The col
onel hardly ever slept at home, for fear
that some jealous animal or other might
destroy him to prevent another over
aisctlonate animal from securing him.
It might be expected that the colonel
had some good stories 10 tell OF the in
telligsncs OF his favorites. He had.
Only his unexpected death prevented
him from eonAding them to the col
umns Of his faTorits weekly. As II is,
here are two Of his stories, noted down
from his accounts Of his pets, Rory and
Kathleen, two dogs:
an spite Of their names" the col
onel would preface his tale, these two
dogs were not Irish settlers or anything
else Irish. Rory was whelped on De-
osnber II and Kathleen on March s.
They were named out Of eontrariness.
Rory's mother, Queen Anne, was a ia
vorits Of mine. the daughter OF q very
nns animal Of which I had been very
fond. Shortly before Queen Anne lit
tered l sent her to a friend, Roderick
McFaplane, who lived in yarsovie, about
500 miles sway, In Pennsylvania. There
Rory was whelped. and there Queen
Anne died. Rory was only about six
wesks old when Queen Anne died.
Here, a. q rule. the colonel would
interrupt himself to rsvile modern
railroads. Yes, they enabled one to get
from st. Ambrose to New York In a day,
but what Of that? They killed more
good dogs In . year than they were
worth.
Rory, a. I said" the colonel would
continue, was whelpsd on December
II, and his mother was killed late in
January. Early In March ! was sur
prised to see q puppy, dirty. travel
stained and disrsputabls. drag himself
up TO my door and lie down on tho mat.
l did not recognise the little beast. but
went to the door and lei him In. To my
surprise. he went al once to the old
fashioned clothes press at the end OF
the hall, whore I wac wont 10 keep a lot
Of old rugs and things, and there sat
up and begged Tbs tsars came into
my eyes, for that was what Queen Anne
had been accustomed 10 do when she
wanted 10 90 TO sleep. Itook out an old
rug. red on n side and gray on the
other. on which Queen Anne had slept.
and threw II In q corner; the puppy
looked at II and whined. Icould hardly
see to DO II. my eyes were so full Of
tears. but | carried the rug over to the
corner where Queen Anne had slept and
the puppy lay down and slept content
eddy.
1T wasn't for several days that /
learned all about the matter. After
bis mothers tragic death Rory, who
had seen It, pinned and mopsd a good
deal. After about q week he disap-
peared and 1t was thought that he had
been stolen. But mol the little fellow
had found his way to his mothers old
homsl He had never been there; but
the wonderful instinct impaired to
dogs had enabled him to find his way
over 500 miles Of tortuous route to his
hereditary homel
mo n can tell me that dogs haven't
more than instinct"
Kathleen possessed even more won
dsrful powers of instinct or reason
than Rory. As Col Hiebie said, she was
whelped on March 8. Of pure breed.
She was 9 small animal. liver and white
In color, and noted at the c~olonel'S for
her exceptional intelligence. For the
same reason nat leo Col. higbie to dis
pose Of Queen Anne. Kathleen was to be
sent to a friends place at Bremen. about
100 miles from 81. Ambrose. This Is Col.
Higbie's account Of what happened.
was IN 1877, II May" the colonel
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