Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-29

three heads and set him to guard the gate Of Hades and
the chaste Diana hunted with her bethroated hounds
the haunted woods and only his hound recognized Ulysses
when he returned from his wanderngs smte his suors
in the hall and stop Penelopes snapace weaving says
the St. Louis Mirror.
There are three beautiful epitaphs upon dogs in the
Greek Anthology the tenderes Of which this, Mac
kals translation Here the stone says holds the white
dog from Meta. the most faithful guardian Of Eumeus
Bull they called him while he yet alive but his
voice is prisoned in the silent pathways Of the night
Another says fell for and the dust heaped
over me by masters hand" The seas Of tears have
been shed for dogs But, alas they would not wash
small part OF the crimes Of mans inhumaniy to the
dumb fond beasts that perish.
The Jews to the dogs fed wicked Jezebe, and they
licked the OF Lazarus the beggar. With man the
dog walks through history through song through story
Byron for dog epiaph indicating mankind, and
Waiter Scott celebrated dog devotion. Pope ampooned
the apdog and Shakespeare voiced the music Of the bay
ing Of the beages. We recall haphazardy Bill Sykes
dog in Dickens Oliver Twist Oudas Dog Of Elan
ders Marryas "Snarleyow, the Dog Fiend, Jack Lon
dons dog that answered the backward call Of the Wild
Richard Harding Davis yaller dog The BarSinster,
Mark Twan's "A Dogs Tales" and DR.. John Browns
heartachey pastel OF Rab and Ills Friends, and later
Rob- Son Of Battle"
We find the dog in the paintings Of the greatest kings BY
the greatest masters and Of remember the painve
melody OF old Dog Tray among the songs that moth
er used sing in the oden golden glory Of the days
gone by Who doesn't remember the picture OF the baby
looking in the big Newfoundland eyes and saying Can
you talk? What boy doesn't remember the tramp dog he
took into his yard and made pal G hitchnG him bemes
to mproysed carts rompng off with him in summer to
swim in some pond or stream? Among the beautiful
pictures Of home that hang memorys wall is there moi
Of the old house dog sleeping, paw, the
vine-attced porch There's no boyhood at all without
dog yes, maybe half dozen dogs in it-some Of EN-
lighters Then early manhood and the dog that
goes with the gum and that is part OF the charm OF the
open world.
Cut the dog out Of the ordinary mans life and you ex-
else much Of and saving Joy. The who doesn't
love dog is not usually good unless his dislike be
ane-natal impression The dog doesn't take to, is
not usually be trusted especially the from whom
dog sinks away The home without dog--if it's home
with yard to it-can hardly be called home ALL Oh
course many people have dogs in fats substitute for
children which the anor forbds There are some dogs
that don't appeal to uske Chihuahua dogs for instance
but there is dog that doesn't appeal to somebody, and
the depths OF dspopulary sounded all 1ankeedom
Of the man who couldn't be elected dog-catcher There
are know how many thousand breeds OF dogs in the
world and no spot is too cold hot bleak barren for
this beast to inhabt He will 60 to any place that man
will 60. and most any place you'll find the children at play
pulling and hauling him. His instinct closely simu-
aes our vanted reason than that Of any other brute
More than any other brute he is non-utaran in his ap
peal to We have him around just because we like
him. and there OF us who does not Love me
love my dog There is every reason why should dc
honor the dog, and encourage every effort to develop
him. Hes so responsive; he has many developable
qualities such as courage. fidelity responsiveness
mood.
The fancers Of dogs have some queer notions Of dog
development They have produced some much valued
distortions that are ibes on the dog But be that as
may your dog is noble fellow in the MAN, he remembers
YOU and he thinks pretty well Of you evidently. There is
no better reason why you should think well Of him.