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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  July. 
  1907 
  

  

  would 
  unhesitatingly 
  place 
  the 
  

   St. 
  Bernards 
  first. 
  They 
  are 
  

   courageous, 
  very 
  intelligent, 
  

   affectionate 
  and 
  faithful, 
  be- 
  

   sides 
  being 
  good 
  tempered 
  and 
  

   first-rate 
  watch 
  dogs. 
  But, 
  

   like 
  the 
  collie, 
  they 
  require 
  a 
  

   wonderful 
  amount 
  of 
  liberty, 
  

   and 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  kept 
  closely 
  

   confined. 
  Their 
  dignified, 
  

   sweet 
  and 
  noble 
  expression 
  of 
  

   countenance, 
  majestic 
  size 
  and 
  

   fine 
  coat 
  have 
  endeared 
  them 
  

   particularly 
  to 
  the 
  lovers 
  of 
  

   beautiful 
  dogs 
  and 
  rendered 
  

  

  such 
  a 
  comical 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  that 
  all 
  who 
  saw 
  

   him 
  were 
  convulsed 
  with 
  

   laughter, 
  while 
  he 
  slunk 
  

   guiltily 
  aside. 
  On 
  other 
  

   occasions 
  he 
  would 
  

   saunter 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  hen 
  

   house 
  with 
  an 
  egg 
  con- 
  

   cealed 
  in 
  his 
  cheek, 
  look- 
  

   ing 
  as 
  innocent 
  as 
  you 
  

   please. 
  These 
  things 
  

   happened 
  in 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  

   his 
  puppyhood 
  when 
  lie 
  

   was 
  naughty; 
  later 
  on 
  

   there 
  was 
  no 
  cause 
  for 
  

  

  them 
  deservedly 
  popular. 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  speaking 
  of 
  the 
  rough- 
  

   coated 
  variety; 
  the 
  smoot-coated, 
  if 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  mistaken, 
  is 
  not 
  

   bred 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  at 
  all, 
  probably 
  because 
  it 
  lacks 
  some 
  

   beauty, 
  although 
  it 
  possesses 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  characteristics 
  of 
  

   its 
  race. 
  Having 
  owned 
  three 
  St. 
  Bernards, 
  I 
  believe 
  I 
  am 
  

   qualified 
  in 
  pronouncing 
  judgment 
  upon 
  these 
  dogs. 
  For 
  

   sagacity, 
  fidelity 
  and 
  a 
  sweet 
  temper, 
  they 
  are 
  certainly 
  un- 
  

   surpassed. 
  They 
  may 
  be 
  safely 
  entrusted 
  with 
  very 
  young 
  

   children 
  and 
  constitute 
  a 
  dependable 
  guard 
  of 
  honor 
  to 
  every 
  

   woman 
  in 
  the 
  household. 
  In 
  my 
  experience, 
  however, 
  a 
  St. 
  

   Bernard 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  reared 
  at 
  home 
  is 
  preferable 
  to 
  one 
  

   raised 
  in 
  a 
  kennel. 
  "Prince 
  Bismarck," 
  the 
  best 
  dog 
  of 
  this 
  

   kind 
  I 
  ever 
  had, 
  came 
  to 
  us 
  on 
  an 
  Oakland 
  county 
  farm 
  in 
  

   Michigan 
  as 
  a 
  puppy, 
  and 
  was 
  raised 
  on 
  farm 
  products, 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  skimmed 
  milk. 
  While 
  we 
  were 
  subsisting 
  on 
  the 
  

   fat 
  of 
  the 
  land, 
  he 
  saw 
  to 
  it 
  that 
  he 
  got 
  his 
  share. 
  One 
  day 
  

   he 
  inserted 
  his 
  head 
  in 
  the 
  bran 
  bag 
  in 
  the 
  barn 
  and 
  began 
  

   licking 
  up 
  the 
  contents. 
  I 
  presume 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  bran 
  got 
  into 
  

   his 
  nostrils 
  and 
  caused 
  him 
  to 
  sneeze. 
  At 
  any 
  rate, 
  when 
  

   he 
  pulled 
  his 
  head 
  out, 
  it 
  was 
  powdered 
  with 
  the 
  whitish 
  

   bran, 
  and 
  the 
  dog, 
  emerging 
  from 
  the 
  barn 
  door, 
  presented 
  

  

  A 
  TYPICAL 
  ST. 
  BERNARD 
  

  

  complaint. 
  His 
  death 
  was 
  caused 
  by 
  poison, 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  

   about 
  five 
  years 
  old, 
  by 
  some 
  conscienceless 
  scoundrel. 
  

  

  