Show official dog whipper in english churches the rending reading dog which Is in the habit of accompanying ills his mistress to church Is evidently influenced by ancestral memories for in the eighteenth and even early nineteenth centuries dogs were such frequent churchgoers that a special off official lelal the dog whipper was appointed at many places of worship to eject them painful experience had taught those thosa out that haphazard grabs at elusive animals were futile so they armed themselves with formidable dog dungs for holding them at arma length there Is a set of these tongs tonga preserved at bungor cathedral where as befits such a curiosity they are kept in a glass case they are strongly made of oak and when fully extended they are collapsible like a movable telephone arm are about three feet in length at the busness business end there are formidable teeth cruet cruel teeth to modern ideas for getting a good grip on struggling dogs A barnar von shire set Is dated as late us as 1813 |