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Show The Dog' Memory. If anybody supposes that dog have no memory he certainly never knew a dog that had been unfortunate enough to make the acquaintance of the dog-catcher. A friend of mine living in the suburbs has a valuable dog on which he paid license, but on account ac-count of the collar chafing the animal's neck he was accustomed to leave off this valuable protection. One day when walking with his dog he was unlucky enough to meet the dog-catchers. dog-catchers. One of them threw his wire, and the animal recognizing his evil intent, made a tremendous spring, went clear through the loop, struck out for home, and on his master's mas-ter's arrival a few moments later had jumped the fence and hidden in the cellar. For a considerable time the dog could not be persuaded per-suaded to leave the yard, but finally by degree de-gree got over hi fright and ventured out as usual. About a year later, on walking out one morning the dog-catchers' wagon again came in view, and, although it was nearly two blocks away, the animal recognized recog-nized it and gave it a wide berth; nor could the dog-catchers, even by the exercise of the utmost adroitness, get within a block of the clever dog. St. Louis Qlobe-Democrat. |