Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1879 — A Papistical Dog. [ARTICLE]

A Papistical Dog.

As a genial proposition the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, though sometimes given to dogma, are not great connoisseurs in dogs. We do not recall the name of any prelate or priest as the winner of a prize at the recent great dog show at Gilmore’s Garden. The one of “high degree” mentioned in the ?ollowing anecdote, from the other side, would certainly have taken a medal if his judges had been selected from the clergy. Monsignor Capel, of London, the eminent Roman Catholic immortalized by Disraeli in Lothair, is not only fond of dogs, bnt is the master of a noble hound which is Catholic to the backbone. “Beppo, give three cheers for the Pope!” and Beppo utters three short, decisive baiks of approval at the sound of the Holy Father’s name. “Beppo, are you a Protestant?” No answer.

“Are you a ritualist?” Gloom on the dog’s face. “Are you a Catholic?” “Bow-wow-wow!” If the questions are put in French, it is tlie same. Beppo is fond of sweet biscuits. Throw him one, and say it cames from Bismarck; he will not stir to take it. Say it comes from the Pope, and Beppo “goes for it.” —[Editor’s Drawer, in Harpers Magazine.