The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-10-25
. the possession Of the dog.

w Iic possession Oi tho dog.
Cuvicr says that the principal ant
best species arc indigenous to ccrtair
! H0uptr;r:. Such us the shepherd tc
Ar,h;a, the Esuuimaux and Ncwfound
| land to Siberia, ST. Bernard to the
| Alps, etc. But dogs have got mixed
and crossed into all sorts OF forms and
f8' lions, like the Cubaus in Cuba
! They nov range from tho littlo pug
and rat terrier aud bepchlcg fec, up tC
the boar hound Of Germany ana the
m"still and drOvcr's dog OF southern
Europe. Pointers and sottUrs and span.
ics and the long.eared bound have
come in lntcr by training and breed
ing, but most OF the different kind OF
dogs arc degraded mongrcls. But ~
dog is II dog and every man and boy
loves his own and will defond him.
Love me love NV dog" is Il provcrb
$50 years old. Alexander Stephens WAS
asked what was the secret Of his at
tachmcnt to dirty little snurling dog
that followed him around. He replied,
Wctl, ! hardly know, but | reckon |
love the little dog because he. loves
me- That WAS reason enough. He
hnd neither wifo u0r children TO love
him, anu SO he concentrated on the
dog, but still his friends thought he
might have chosen moro attractive
one
The poorer a. man is and the more
fr!cndless, the stronger is his attach
'ncnt to his dog, and the dog seems to
rcc:proCate and will not desert his
mastrr. n nixgcr's hound is as happy
and COntentod Us fine lady'S poodle.
Pope says
'.o! m;ea tine poor India" whose ""t"'"rcd
Secs God in clouds and hears inn in the
wind
But thinks admitted to the Heavenly sky,
HIS faithful dog shall bear him company"
We have had but five dogs In fifty
years az our house and they were ali
good dogs faithful dogs and loved the
children. or course, | don't include
the ynlICr pup that we had not long
ago and were raising to take Laddic's 5
place. lie was an ignominious fraud
lie stole everything that was in sight
and in reach. One day the pantry door
WaS LETT open and he CARRIED OF half Of
a boiled ham. He stole eggs and but
ter and carried oil hats ana books and
bonnets and kept Us continually alarm
cd. One day our Old peach man, who
lives sixteen miles away, came up with
a.Oau Of fruit and'l. gently persuaded
hlm tliat hn needed q smnrt'dog, so he
ki4,u hiln m his wagon and hauled him
home. asked him the other day how
The purp was getting on. lNust rate, y
nc said. " When got him home that
night f turned him loose and fed him.
and the next morning he beat me up
and run six chickens before break fast
and chawGa an 'rm. J give him !. DC.
cent licking anu reformed aim. That
night he followed the boys 70 the woods
and caught q 'pOssum and he's gcttin'
10 be fine dog" He didcnt have room
enough here ia town to expand. As Is
general EulR women :2reS not fond OF
dogs. They prefer cats. The dogs are
in the way and Ia 1c up too much ROOM
and arc always scratching for ilGas
and when che bad weather comes they
track up the house and want to lie by
the fire. -:
My old'fricnd Foote told me that he
and h. is Old oman had lived together
iiIty~two years and there was never a
cross word'Or a hard ShOught between
them ah0at anything excepting dogs.
w"s fond OF dogs, said he, land my
vile dcspiScd 'em and just as soon IS
they followed me into the house she
MOULD lake the broom Or something
and maui 'Gm out, especially in muddy
weather.. Tor she. was q powerful neat
housckcepcr and | wasn't" -
How many dogs did you keep, MIR,
l'OULG ,"
We'll, You see in my younger days
| WAS powerful fond OF fox hunting aud
| kept four good fox dogs most Of the
time and then ha1 a tquirrcl dog and
rabbit dog andn 'possum dog and 4
pintcr. That's only eight, That's rca
sonahlc, | thought, but my wife didn't
and she used to let mo know it some
timGs.'
lint Onr uODD old dior 10 1na1 anil u r
all miss him. Nobody ever struck hin,
"a lick, on had to say Is cross word to
him. He was n dog, but he was gen,
tleman in all his department. | won
der whore ! can get good young dog
70 raise TO take his place. The winter
is coming on aud as soon as the chicken
thieves find out that l4addic is dead
they will come prowling around. High
CT education hasn't stopped the mig
gers Il om stealing chickens. &.
ijiLI. AHP.