Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1913 — OLD DOG SAVES THE CATTLE [ARTICLE]

OLD DOG SAVES THE CATTLE

Drives Herd From Burning Shed and Loses Life Preventing Them From Returning.

Wheeler. S. D.—A shepherd dog was the hero of a disastrous prairie Are which swept over a portion of Tripp county, in the Rosebud country. When the fire approached the farm of John Springer, Mrs. Springer ran to the cattle shed and opened the 1 door so the cattle could escape. Before the woman could drive the cattle from the shed the fire was so close and the smoke so dense that she had to sun back to the house and seek shelter in ft. But the dog remained at Its post and with almost human Intelligence succeeded in driving the cattle out of the burning shed. The animals, frightened by the Are and smoke, made frantic efforts to get back into the shed, but :he faithful dog stood guard and kept them out. When the fire had swept past the cattle were found alive, although badly singed, but the dog had perished.