Show collie once made part of kirk congregation in scotland half a century century ago it was the general custom for the shop herds to take talc a their faithful collies with them to church in some districts where the population was scanty the congregation on sunday mornings would frequently be made up half of humans and half of dogs the collies sat out tho the service with commendable patience until the announcement of the last psalm when there wa was s a general stretching and yawning reparatory preparatory P to scampering out as soon as the benediction had been pronounced noun ced in one kirk the congregation determined that the service should close in more decorous fashion when a strange minister officiated one sunday he be found all the folk sitting when he was about to pronounce the bless ing and paused tor for them to rise say awn awa sir air whispered one old shepherd near the pulpit were a sitting to client chent the dogs mont montreal real family herald |