The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-16
WISE CANINE
AND TELEPATHY.
Alliance Dog That Can Pick
Out the Cards Thought Of.
PROMINENT CITIZENS SPEAK
Concerning the Dog and Tell What He Can
DO stark County Lawyers who
Have Seen the Canine
Operate.

operate
At Alliance, a dog at the Russell
house, which has attracted great atten-
ton owing to it's powers to read minds,
as is claimed, was sold to a New Castle
man for 81 900. The Cincinnati Enquir-
er recently had the following concern
ing this dog:
An animal possessing the ability to
read the human mind, q dog endowed
with a sixth sense, who exercises most
extraordinary powers of telepathy. This
in brief covers the marvellous capabili-
ties of Tom, the ordinary looking bull
terrier dog, owned by Captain Jack
Myers, clerk at the Russell House, Alli-
ance, Ohio This wonderful dog has
in q short time attained state reputa-
ton, and visitory have arrived in Alli-
ance from all over to see the incredible
performances of Tom, whose fame has
been spread by numerous travelling
men who have seen the animal while
stopping at the hotel.
The writer was incredulous when in
formed by Captain Myers that the dog
would read the human mind, but a
demonstration proved this statement to
be practically correct.
Captain Myers has furnished me with
the following history Of Tom:
II bought Tom from Cleveland man
named Cotton, when the dog was IL
months old. and have had him about
13 months, therefore he is just two years
old.
II taught Tom all the tricks usually
performed by trained dogs and found
him q bright and very intelligent ami
NAL: in fact more so than any other
dog 1 have known (and have trained
a good many) and have often wondered
at his seeming human intelligence.
THE TEN OF HEARTS.
His supernatural power 1 did not
discover until about 10 weeks ago. One
Saturday noon 1 was playing solitaire
with a deck of cards, and Tom was
lying on the counter watching me. The
game not ending as I desired, turned
to the dog and started to tease him by
striking him acros the nose with the
ten spot o fhearts, when 1 was called
away. l put the ten of hearts in the
deck and left it lying on the counter.
When 1 returned Tom had the ten of
hearts in his mouth. was dumbfound-
ed for a moment, but recovering, tried
the dog again, mixing the cards up
thoroughly, but he would get the card
! struck him with every time. Tom
became quite famous for this trick, or
feat, as you wish to call it, and was
called upon quite frequently to perform
it. Everyone who saw him find the
card laid it to scent, and that was the
nearest we could come to solving the
mystery.
About a week after the discovery of
this feat some gentlemen who were
watching him performe suggested that
they think Of card and not let the
dog smell it. 1 laughed at them, and
remarked that no man or dog could do
that, but they insisted upon my trying
1T, and to please them / did so. One
gentleman, glancing through the deck,
thought of a card he had seen. shuffled
the deck and laying the whole deck
face down upon the table, concentrated
his mind upon the card he had seen,
and I told the dog to find his card. At
first Tom did not move but later he
arose, and, going to the deck picked
up the king of hearts, and the gentle
man, Mr.. William Roach of this city,
(our leading attorney, gasped, Good
Lord, it is the card 1 thought of and
from then until the present day Tom
has performed the same feat hundreds
of times.
DIVINES MENTAL NUMBERS.
you can also think of any number
you may wish, and he will draw it for
you from the deck of cards turned face
downward, you allowing no one to
know the number but yourself until
Tom has turned it up. The dog has been
put to every test imaginable by District
Prosecuting Attorney Day, of Massillon,
brother to ex-Secretary of State Day,
and stod them all without failure.
People come from all over the state
to see Tom perform, mostly those who
are skeptical and would not believe
without seeing, but they all go away
fully satisfied. A scientist from Cleve-
land spent day with Tom trying to
solve the mystery. The conclusion he
came to was that the dog either had
a sixth sense or else the feats were due
to telepathy. This is all the informa-
tion I can give about Tom excepting
that I have had large offers for him,
but refused them ALL"
Mr. William Roach, of Alliance, has
furnished the following account of his
experience with the wonderful dog
II cannot give you an opinion as to
my conclusion about this dog. The
first time 1 noted the dog performing
any trick was at the Russell House one
evening not long since, and the matter
came up substantially as follows:
KNOWS FORTY-TWO TRICKS.
There were several of us commenting
on the form and beauty Of the dog. Mr..
Myers made the remark that the dog
could perform forty-two distinct tricks,
some of which he had never heard of
any animal performing. He then took
pack of cards in his hand, the face of
the cards towards me, and then shifted
them in his hand while the face was
toward me in such a manner that 1
could observe the face of nearly all
the cards. He told me to fix my mind
upon one card, but TO let no one know
what that card was. The card select