The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-17
The Beer That Made Milwaukee famous.

of this paper with his wonderful dog
and gave an exhibition for the benefit
of the editors. Four men were sitting
in the ROOM
''Bozzie." said Mr.. Clason, how
many men are in the room?"
In response came four sharp banks.
Now, be 1t observed that Mr.. Clasoh
does not practice the signal SYSTEM
such as was. used by the famous Stems
little thought will show this to be
necessarily true. For II a dog could
work with the signal system the fact
would be still more marvellous than
what she does, as meaning that a dogs
intellect is as capable as is mans,
which Is, of course, nonsense. Bozzie
simply counted the number, and not
having the vocal apparatus to enable
her to say -four" communicated the
number after her own simple fashion.
Examples of what Bozzie can do in
mental arithmetic were also given Boz
zie has no stage setting. ma apparatus,
nothing but her own sharp intellect.
Nor is 1t necessary that her master
| shall do the questioning One of the
persons present at the matinee the
other day was so persistent in his
skepticism that Bozzies master turned
over that very modest little animal to
self and was floored. Still he doubt
ed. There are times when one doubts
the evidence of his own senses, and
this was one of them. Mr.. Clason.
> subject to deal with suggested that
| all possibility of signalling be elm
| mated. The skeptic and another Of
the party retired from the room and
closed the door. One of them wrote
down on bit of paper the figure "a"
as his own number and the figure "6''
as the number selected by the other.
Then the skeptic called out, after open
| ing the door.
"Bozzie, what numbers are on this
paper?"
The dog barked four times. The first
answer was right. The written figure
| was shown, and the "6' man explained:
But you made a mistake. 1 said IS
or at least I was thinking of s."
| This disclosed power in the dog the
| claim for which seemed preposterous.
mind-reading dog! Absurd
But Bozzie is really and truly
mind reader. The skeptic was request
ed to think of a number and ask the
dog TO tell 1t. He thought of go and
Bozzie gave four barks He thought
of 20" and Bozzie barked twice This
was at least embarrassing The doubt
er was placed in the position of ad-
hitting that BoZzie could know what
he was thinking of or denying that he
had thought of the numbers Bozzie
told. The truth was a secret that was
locked up in the minds of the man
and the dog. But the honest plain
truth is that the dog was right
Yet the cap of this marvellous climax
was still to come. The Office boy, one
of the brightest boys in Chicago. had
| observed Bozzie's performance with
open eyes and admiration. The collie's
master invited the little fellow to place
his hand on Bozzies head and think
of his own age. Now, no one but John
knew Johns age. That Is, no one but
John and Bozzie. and the latter, strange
creature, Immediately began to bark
until she had counted Is. John admit
ted the collie was correct. That was
his age. Then the skeptic placed his
hand on Bozzie's head and thought of
the number -" but instantly changed
it to %" His hand had scarcely
touched the dog before she began to
bark. She first counted three, hesitat-
ed moment and added one more bark.
longer pause, and three was counted
in sharp. loud banks. with every express
sion of certainty
You thought of seven" said her
master.
NO" said the skeptic. II thought