The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-04-26
DOCS BECOME VERY
MUCH LIkE OWNERS

The man who prides himself upon
his keen observation set whole
group thinking the other night by a
little lecture upon dogs, says the New
York press. a. a
did you ever notice" he began,
"how much dogs grow to resemble
their masters? It's fact that after
a dog has lived in a family for two or
three years it takes on the, character
istics of its owner. My .neighbor has
Welsh spaniel which Hsupposed to
be a harum-scarum sort OF animal.
But.not this dog-oh, no; for his mas
ter is one of those quiet, dignihed men
who mind their own business and ex-
pect everyone else to do the same.
CONSEQUENTLY the spaniel never runs
off his front steps, never makes
friends with strangers, contenting him
self with wagging his tail when he is
spoken to, and shows little affection.
In short, he is his master right over
again. e ~ .....
aThe other side OF me lives wo-
man who has three dogs, all fox ter
riers. She is little, nervous, bust
ling woman, never still a minute.
And the dogs are just like her They
rush out on the street and bark wildly
at nothing and then rush back into the
house. They go down the street with
her, and are chasing all over every
thing. They are always good-natured,
and eager to be friendly, and so is
she, but it is impossible to keep either
mistress or dogs anywhere. .-
.ttsA hlack sI]kv noodle he1onos tn a
| dapper friend of mine, and, upon my
word, sometimes when I'm talking to
| the master | feel as it I were talking
dog and master love luxury, ami both
love cleanliness. The dog will cry for
his daily bath and to have his silken
hair combed out, and the man would
as soon think OF going without his
breakfast as without his bath. The
man walks with sort OF gliding step
land is politeness personified. The
poodle will come into the room 50
gently that no one knows he is pres
ent. Sometimes I'm tempted to conf
lmand the man to sit up and speak for
a piece of sugar and to ask the dogs
opinion of certain stocks.
"A fat friend OF mine has fox
Iterrior that waddles just like him AMI
who lumbers out to bark good natur-
edly al everybody who goes by-just
as his master has a word for every
body They're both fond OF good eat
ing ani are growing fatter and more
Ijolly-tempered every day Of course
we've all seen fretful, peevish women
|,carrying fretful, peevish dogs, but a
young woman of my acquaintance
seems to have transmitted her keen
lSsense of humor to her: dog He will
Iicut up the most foolish dog pranks
Ijust to make people laugh, and If he
gets caught in any sort of a predica
merlt he never worries, but laughs in
the ouly way dog can--by wagging
his tail joyously. If long-faced callers
come in he will dance around and
pgance and {preform until they are
forced to laugh in spite of themselves.
He will do anything to entertain the
company, and so will his mistress,
and both dog and mistress are always
on; the top wave of popularity. +.
1t was through watching the dog OF
a business acquaintance that ! got
on to the master The dog was of the
sort that barks ferociously and makes
a great hullabaloo until he finds that
the other fellow is not afraid, and
then sinks. off, The dog used to
bounce out and growl fttriously at me
until ] learned to shake my fist at him,
and then he'd crouch on the ground
and whimper. Soon i began trying
the same sort OF treatment on his mas
ter. and called the mans bluffs, He
Wiltei like the dog; they were made Of
the same stuff .