THE DOG.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2241, 8 June 1881, Page 3

THE DOG.

The dog is a digitigrade carnivorous mammal. This will be news to most persons, who had always supposed that a dog was simply a dog. It has been bruited about that the dog is the best friend to man among the brute crealion. . . , Ho pants after the thief. When once he gets hold of the thief’s pants, he makes breaches. . . . A barking dog never bites 5 that is to say, when he begins to bite he stops barking. Conversely, a biting dog never barks, and for similar reasons. . The hair of a dog will cure his bite. Ibis is a oure-ious superstition among hair-brained young men who are fast going to the dogs. Dogs are dentists by profession. They insert teeth without charge. The sea dog loves his bark. Did you ever see a dog that didn’t ? The bark of a tree is unlike the bark of a dog. Even a dogwood know this. Dogs are not always kind, though there ere many kinds of dogs. Every dog has his day, although dog days last but a few weeks in the year. There must he a Sirius error here. The dog’s star is the dogs' planet. They planet so that their days come while the star is in the sky. They do not fear it. It is not a Skye terrier. When a dog enters a pitched battle he uses the dog’s 'tar. Brutus said, “ I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Eoman.” He had seen the dogs roamin’ around on the bay. They never get over the bay.

Sea ? A living dog is said to be better than a dead lion. There’s no lyin’ about this, but a dead dog is dog gone bad. , Tray was a good dog, but tree is worse than the duoe when it is against you. Dogs were the original Argonauts. They have never given over their search for the fleas. . The bull dog is a stubborn fellow. He is not easily cowed. A great many stories about the dog have obtained currency. The man who has left a part of his clothing with the dog has our rent. See ? Puppies are born blind. They are not See dogs then. . , There are many types of dog, including the doguerrotype. But perhaps wo had better paws here. Howl this do for the dog ?—“ Boston Transcript.”