The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-18
CAN ANIMALS THINK

small dog was saving a part of its
daily allowance of food. The hoard
ing continued for several days until
quite quantity had accumulated.
Then the scheming little terrier APP
peared with a number of larger dogs,
and general fast followed. At the
| conclusion of the treat, which was
made poss' Die by the denial of the
one With a grievance, they al set OH
toward another part OF town. ana
the owner followed out OF CURIOSITY
Inc object OF the little dogs economy
ana Its reason Tor sharing with the
| others, soon became apparent They
met and sounaly punisneu the big aox
1 Whlcn hau been making lille mlsera-
| bic fof Its small neighbor. Although
close watch was kept the bunny
| mace no effort to retallate and gave
the place a wide berth thereafter.
! Another remarkable case of canine
| wisdom was where a retriever ana
l terrier saved a two-year- chilli
from drowning a woman net.ru the
| dogs barking Tor sometime, first one
and then the other seeming to be in
distress, and the supposition was that
! they renewed each other in the tasA
OF Keeping the little ones head up
| S'AAt va iiSA play were IOQnL
| on the end OF plank leading out
over the deep water, so it was easy
| to surinise where she had fallen In
IL was certain that the retriever pulr
| ed her ashore, because the strength
| OF the little dog could not have beer.
equal to the task. When help arrived
| Doth dogs We're almost exhausted
from their eXertions. but the terrier
was gamely holding on, while the re-
trlever was barking with all his
might.
A Western woman had cat with
unusual traits OF character. Tabby
mad been in the family long time
| and had always been looked after by
| the mistress of the house. When the
4 latter took sick the cat seemed very
| sympathetic. 1t became much more
demonstrative than usual, insisting
upon licking the sufferers face ana
hands, and showing in every possible
way it's deep affection and concern.
| 1t had been the custom each week for
| the cook, while doing the marketing,
to procure piece OF liver for T'abby.
| This would be cut into seven pieces
| and portion given to the cat each
day. When the mistress took to her
bed Tabby showed that her heart
was in the right place by carrying
her allowance of meat upstairs ana
carefully laying it on the coverlet in
front OF the sick person. Failing to
tempt the appetite of her good friend
| with this morsel, Tabby tried again
i by purloining. the whole piece OF liver
| from the cooks basket before that
/ worthy had an opportunity to cut
! 1t up, and surprised them all by drag
! ging 1t upstairs and onto the bed be-
fore she could be intercepted, The
eat 3 evident notion OF treatment for
the sick was something to eat
I Monkeys are the most interesting
| Of all animals. because they are more
nearly like people. The baby monkey
acts in many ways like little human
1t elbows its fingers and learns to
crawl before 1t walks: 1t smiles when
'pleased and frowns when displeased,
1t screams when In temper and
| groans Ii 1t LIS sick; 1t coos when 1t is
| petted and cries IL 1t is neglected
4 Monkeys can be taught to dress them
! selves aud do all sorts or tricks. They
can be trained to do work OF a lixht
I character One man has several that
are expert fruit pickers. Some one
! In observing them at work noticed
that they slyiy ate whenever their
masters back was turned When
| spoken to about 1t he replied he knew.
| II, but was sure they didn't eat more
than as. many boys would Ii they hat7
the Job. A Florida man tried &c
teach monkey to wait on the tablt
ana succeeded In making most EN-
Gent servant out OF Jocko with blu
two exceptions--he couldn't resist til.
Temptation to stop and tease the cat
ana ne couldn't keep his fingers out
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