Show BT iya rya n M f r I 1 i yia yta yim eri EdneaU du on oa or nima loag yearb years before berola the afi american latiff bar was heard beard as a I 1 horse horbe tamer a secret existed existe d as a family heirls heirloom om amo among ng a sept of the OSul livans in the south of ireland this family was known as the whisperer whisperers Whis 11 and the they y possessed the power of df rendering ren derink as quiet as a iamb lamb the most stubborn and unmanageable horse tha that fiver ever existed whether wilether they did anything g more to 10 a horse than breathe into his nostrils we WO know not but by doing this and by kind soothing and other waya ways known to themselves they effected their pur pobe pose 86 and yet iet retained tined their fame faine putting P the question of drugs aj or br stimulants nna ana or other fascinating means aside mide and coming to the point of pure and rind unadulterated te domestication and teaching perhaps there thore abs was no ho one ora person in modern times achieved so much success in animal teaching as S bissett this thib manawas man was a humble shoemaker he wab was is born wit in perlain pert Perl bin hin in scotland 1 in n 1721 but he afterwards removed to london where be he married a woman jhb who brought him mid some bome property then the n turning broker he lab accumulated money until the year 1759 when his bis attention was turned b 6 th the 0 t raining training and te teaching abbing J loubirda of birds iani lani animals niala and rind fishes he was lead to td this edw new study on ond reading ingan an account of a remarkable horse shown at a fair at st Germai germains nig fig bissett bought a horse and abd dog and succeeded beyond lifs ills expectations sif dri teaching them virl various feats he next purchased two monkeys turie 8 which be taught to dance and tumble on n a rope and one would hold a candle in in one paw and turn the barel barrel organ with the other while his companion danced he iii next taught three cats to do many wonderful things to sit before music books and to ta squall notes pitched to different keys he advertised a cats opera in the haymarket and successfully carried out his pro gramme the cats jaw accurately fulfilling all nil their par parts he pocketed some bome thousands by thi these thebe performances he next taught a jey ley leveret eret and then several species of binds birds to spell the name of any person inthe company r andio and to the hour of df the day or nig night ht sik bix sli turkey cocks were next rendered amenable to a country dance and after six months teaching he trained a leto leio to fetch and carry like ilke a dog dogs and having chalked the floor ab and d blackened its claws he hd made it trace out the thiu name of any aby person in company basse bissett was equally successful in I 1 n teaching goldfinches goldfin ches s aften after some re vertes reverses we find Bis bettin settin in dublin about 1775 showing his different animals and again pm on making some money he purchased a public house hoube iu in belfast determining to give ny ur animal training growing restless reat less lesa iii jal hib his a oid old R I 1 d taste returns ret urns and he takes to t training g and ana taching teaching animals once mor abi he began with a adoc dog and cat 16 these in their iesso lessons n s ha he je C ts the most obstinate 0 o of f the brute brug creation cr alfon an irish pig to expert ek perl peri merit mention men tuon U od he the teaching of this unruly animal anim wearied out VO patience and he jae was giving up the task in despair when he berthou bethought of a new mode mods of taming tai tal laing the young boar after sixteen months of unwearied perseverance persever aneo adee he at last las was waa rewarded by instilling a little RUM reason into the pigs unreasoning cranium thus proving provi Dg that pigs cannot only see the wind by common belief they can cah be made useful in raising the wind during the teaching of his pig used to keep young piggy under his shoemakers kerys kenis seat beat walle he worked in 1783 bissett bi brought his Leir learned ned pig dig into dublin procured the leave of the lord mayor for fifa exhibition and carried the city b by storm it was wab trained to be as docile and rind as obedient as a spaniel and wao wae was taug taught ht to spell names n a r e a cast up accounts tell exactly the h hours 0 urs minutes ind and seconds to kneel and make WN mis 0 obeisance to 0 tho company coni and do various other feats somme borne io petty officer half halt armed with authority broke rok e I 1 room roomi assaulted the p poor or unoffending aitor broke and destroyed everything and anodrew drew his sword to kill hill the won drous animal poor pleaded hardfort hard for oon the magistrates leave but he was iche i afren offended d dd an more moro with wilh dihe would be dragged phaon only it wasa little too late inthe era it is probable poor poon wouldga woul daa i ve buffered suffered at the stake after the 1 break breakup k ulof ap of bresetts bla Bia setta aetta hopes his anguish armind of produced rifi U illness from fram r which he ho never effectually recovered red and be diedri dl died eddi edri a few days af ter wards warda ofa of a broken heart in chester on his way to london loudon |