. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. DOGS. 1515 ?white. The above markings of the head and neck are preferred by the monks because they resemble the badge of the monk's order. SoHd colored dogs are not uncommon. The St. Bernard dog is remarkably pleasant in disposition, and may be trusted with women and children with the greatest confidence, towards whom he seems to take the part of a self-appointed guardian. Their jirincipal characteristics are a large head, majestic and intelligent appearance; eyes
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. DOGS. 1515 ?white. The above markings of the head and neck are preferred by the monks because they resemble the badge of the monk's order. SoHd colored dogs are not uncommon. The St. Bernard dog is remarkably pleasant in disposition, and may be trusted with women and children with the greatest confidence, towards whom he seems to take the part of a self-appointed guardian. Their jirincipal characteristics are a large head, majestic and intelligent appearance; eyes rather deep, with a furrow extending between them up to the skull; lips pendulous; general form well proportioned. The height is from twenty-eight to thirty-one inches; the length six feet, including the tail. They have a keen scent, imusual quickness of perception, and remarkable powers of endurance. The valuable dog "Monk," owned by Mr. D. P. Foster, of New York, and said to be the largest St. Bernard in the country, died a short time since. Mr. Foster says of him: "I brought Monk from the monastery of St. Gothard, in Switzerland, last August. He cost me $500, but I have since refused l{;800 for him, and I valued him at $1,000. He weighed about 170 pounds, stood thirty-four inches from the shoulder to the ground, and measured six feet nine inches from his nose to the tip of his tail. He was two years old, of a tawny lion color, with large, lustrous, kindly, nazel eyes, a heavy, drooping jaw, and huge, overlapping upper lip. His frame was massive, and his face beamed with intelli- gence. When reared upon his hind feet he looked enor- mous and fierce, yet he had such a gentle and kindly na- ture that children delighted to play with him. and he with them. Every day I took him out into Washington Square for his airing, and he was a great favorite with the nurses and children, and would poke his nose into every baby car- riage that came near. He was a pure, rough-co
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