The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-09
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Animal Intelligence Shown by Two Northwestern
Dogs-How Turk Provided Christmas Presents for His
Friends and Celebrated the Festal Season With the
Children
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FARGO dog is 50 remarkably knowing that he
"a taught sit UP chair, bow his head and say his
prayers. When his owner says the lntelgent AM
NAL at once Jumps and frsks around with every
peaance of relief satisfaction The dogs
proud Of this that he finally got to telling story that
his dog pass church without performing this
trick. No taught him to do this He Seemed to
understand!
This story caused some Fargonians to look
the of the and to intimate that the
dog frequently been standing motioness IN Moor
head while looking nenty at the door of OF that
liquid refreshment parlors They ask was lnslde9
This story recalls the wonderful intelligence shown by
dog Turk For years he had large, juicy pink bone
hung family Christmas tree for him and never Jailed
to come in with the children Christmas to enjoy the
distribution Of gifts. =. =
When the second YEAR came and he the pink
bone the tree again and detected its glorious IN
the air. studying the whole proceeding with upl1fted
ears and corrugated brow. &~. g. :'~* -
When the being set the third year Turk gave
bark of remembrance and dashed out of the house.
he soon came back after down the street, bearing one
overhoe laid under the tree and refused
to move until it was hung. It mans overshoe and
every one understood that the dog providing present
for his '.'. - ":r S"*:j
His next expedition brought in pair Of boys mttens
Where he secured it impossible to ascertain, but
they hung the tree labeled For Little Henry from
Turk" -'~ = "=-". >"1~@'. >*~@s 80.
AS he was about to again for other presents it
seen by all hands that would do to let him have
the run of the town appropriate whatever his doggish
fancy might DESIRE he locked the She'd But ne
Christmas appeared at Cne tree
cuar wreath holly that he had evidently jumped into
around his neck When he let into the he greeted
the perfume of the pink bone the lower branches OF the
tree with clad and series of bar that ratified the
windows $500 .~~ ~-'-- '' ..@.~ - :.
Animal intelligence subject to which too little study
has been given.
The Grafton Record tells how South Dakota
bitten by dead wolf He caught the wolf in trap and
when he animal safely anchored he hit it the
head with club singing his shoulder started for
home the wolf mentioning the fact that he alive by
biting hunk the man Leg the man huredy released
his turned around time to streak going
the prairie. ~.
Boston reports indicate that that grand old glad
iato democrats threatened to send
John L. Sullivan reduced to point where he
may work for living Talent has all too little recog
milton in this country :.' - -
The Bismarck Tribune tells Of remarkable stunt per-
formed by jury Gin the Ed Morgan piggng cas The
case went to the jury about o'clock and at it brought
in a verdict to the effect that it found Morgan guilty of
selling liquor contrary to the prohibition law The court
refused to accept the verdict saying must be either guilty
or not guilty charged in the complaint The jury retired
and in brought in verdict of not guilty,
greatly startling the judge while the clerk Of courts SHE'D
violently and trembled in every limb. "A. j. R..