The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-21
DOG AND CAT LANGUAGE
Claims Of Two Men Who I'm
derstand Their Speech.
aIossARIEs OF EACH PREPARED.

chief Dog Catcher Of Chicago De
ciares CANNES Greatest Of All AMI
mai Linguists-Each Breed Has ITS
own niaIect-Is Preparing n Dog
Grnnmar-st. Paul Man says He
Can Converse with FeIines.
"All animals have their own Ian
guages," recently remarked Edward
Boise, the chief dog catcher for the
Chicago dog pound. says the Chicago
Tribune. 1T is true, as Charles p
Pareor Of st. Paul says, that cats have
language, and / do not doubt that he
can understand them speak a smat-
tering Of cat. but that language has
but little attractions for me Dogs as
a matter Of fact are the greatest linz
GUSTS ia the animal world, Each breed
Of dogs speaks a different language or
rather each breed speaks dialect of
the dog language. Cat is similar to the
Spitz dialect Of the dog language
From long association with dogs
that are brought here / have learned
the language and can converse intelli-
gently with q dog Of almost any breed, "
continued Mr.. Boise II am afraid
though, that the dog language | speak
is to d great extent made UP Of colo
quialisms and slang, because the dogs
meet here are mostly Of the criminal
classes.
However ! have met dogs belonging
to some Of our best families, and ! can
understand them. The dogs Of the
street speak lot Of thieves slang,
which as yet / have failed to interpret
exactly, although many Of their forms
Of speech are ordinary dog. Perhaps
the most eloquent Of all dogs IS the
common terrier. He seems to be COS
mopolite. The language of the bulldog
is extremely imperfect but foreeful.
The bulldog uses few words, but those
are vigorous.
4 am at work now on dog gram
mara sort Of yolupek dog language
using only the words common TO all
classes Of dogs. have not yet dared
attempt to classify all the dialects but
have taken rat terrier as the basic Ian
guage. The following bow vows and
their equivalents In English viii sui
flce 70 show some Of tile commoner
forms Of expression among dogs"
The list Of words supplied by Boise /
contained the following:
Gr-r-r-r-r-r--what are you doing hereg
u-ough-ough-oug Don't try to take !
this bone from me.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. boy threw
stones at me
Yough. yough yough. yough. youth I
shake the stufiiug out Of this rat
Oughou oughu-u-u-u, ough-u-n. ough-u-- /
That coon has climbed a tree.
Bow, ough, bow, ough, bow ough--Get 1
out Of this lot
Charles E. Parcor Of ST. Paul, Mimi.
an imitator Of animals, says human /
beings can understand cat language
Mr. Parcor not only claimed to under
stand cat language, but to talk it lie
has studied the habits and utterances
Of cats for years. Here are some 0f
the cat words he has learned.
Aelio-Request for food
AliloO Request for water.
Lae--Desire for milk
Bi-Demand for red meat
Bleen-bl-Kitty wants cooked meat
Ptlee-bl-Wants house meat and is app
piled 20 any food which kitty fondies be-
fore devouing.
Meauw- Uttered simply, is a greeting;
uttered fiercey and with the accent On
me, is an expression Of hatred and de-
hanee.
Mieuow vow. wow, yelwoyou. flow.
ysss-shyow- Defiance OF battle and is
Of hostilities.
Parriere- Request to open door
Purrieu-The II love YOU % catiand;
when uttered with a rolling r. and a rise
on the last syllable Is a call from moth
or cat to It's kitten