The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-01
LANGUAGE OF THE DOG
Senator NcLaurin Says it is Worth
Studying.
derson Farmers Tribune.

Farmers Tribune.
We attended the warehouse confer
ence in Columbia Tuesday and Senator
McLaurin showed us this letter and it
is so full of the sweet philosophy of life
and yet so redolent with keen satire
worthy of Horace, that We begged him
for a copy. We are studying dog Ian
guage' hard, it goes we'll with the
water wagon. !
Master Waldo Banks,
st. Matthews, S. c.
My Dear Waldo:
Your letter to hand. Yes; will
give you dog-dogology beats all of
the other "ologies." Latin and Greek
are pretty good languages, needed to
make scholar, but you must learn
dog language if you want to make
man. l never trusted boy who hated
dogs, and was always afraid of a girl
who hated cats. Experience showed
me l was right-the boy has made a
rascal if he had a chance, and the girl
an old maid because sne had no
chance. 1 have forgotten my Latin,
but can talk dog language better than
| ever could in my life That is why
it is such a great study. The older
and wiser you get the more you
need it.
*Mike and l wrote the warehouse
bill.
You know, dogs master is his
god, whom ne loves with his whole
being. Dog language teaches you to
love your master, God, never to ques-
ton. only to love Dog language teaches
obedience and self-control, and, great
est of all, courage and loyalty. Moth
ing is finer than a high-bred bull ter
rier's courage. 1t is intelligent cour-
age, not blind like bull dogs. A bull
terrier uses his brains as we'll as his
muscles
My dog, Mike, has a soul. He is far
more of a gentleman than most men l
know, and much filter associate for
angels than towards, liars, hypocrites
and drunkards. Even the South Caro-
lima legislature could learn something
from Mikes intelligence and energy.
He is always on the job, never ad-
journing over until Monday night. He
makes me ashamed Of myself. He
very often gives NE severe lectures
about fretting over trifes or taking
the Lords name in vain. If he keeps
on, he may make me real Christian.
At the same time he is not Bill
Bryan grape juice sort of dog, He
believes in preparedness" and when
! he catches a strange dog around my
pasture he always practices "benevo-
lent assimilation.
can trutnfully say, however, that
Mike is high-toned Christian gentle
man, because he lives up to his ideals.
He nearly ate dog up while l was
at home Christmas, and when 'shamed
him for fighting on hat day he cut
me very snort by saying that Christ
! was not born on Christmas day merely
to provide comfort and security for
towards I do not think Mr.. Ford or
my cousin Andrew Bethea would like
Mike, and I am sure Mike would not
care a cuss for them.
Mike weighs serenty-fye pounds,
and is as hard as iron. He is brave
but very gentle, as all really brave
things are. I saw him throw 1900
pound Holstein bull, and yet he will
run from a eve with lambs. Even a
sheep tries to fight for its young. Do
you know why Mike fought the bull
and ran from the sheep? The bull
could fight for himself and the sheep
was helpless. That is another thing
dog language teaches you.
Now, the puppy spoke to you about
is six months old He is not son
of Mike, but from Columbia, and you
know that city life is hard on the
morals. He is dead game, but Mike
says he is something Of blackguard
and bully Suppose you wait; 1
have reason to believe that in about
six weeks the stork will visit Mike and
Mrs. Nellie Mike with some beautiful
white puppies, and Marlboro puppies
will be better than Columbia puppies.
The air here is not as pure as in Marl-
boro, and the water mas whiskey in it,
and of course that hurts a decent dog
just as it does decent man.
L