Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-06-09
THE NAN THAT TUE DOG BaRKEb AT.

"A lew oaysago, we noticed man walkiu.
along one ut ctr principal streets, whose ap
pearance indicated that he was gin peck O
troubles" He looked cross enough to bite .
tenpenny NAH in tho something VERY seri.
Gus had disturbed his equanimity While we
4 were wondering what it could have been
whether or not he had failed in business, OF
lost money by somebody else who had failed
I-whether or not his wife had elcped with
his best friend-all formed a strange problem
The face OF matters Wonderfully changed by
| quite simple incident. We had not abso-
lutey determined in our own mind the nature
OF his grievances, when an impudent little ter
rier, s1uatted upon the sidewalk, discovered
something offensive in The appearance. of the
man to whom we have alluded, and jumped
towards. TOW INN with shnrp and angry bark
lhls was altogether too great an indignity,
and filled the emp 6f our travellers ANNOYANCE
| 70 OVERLOOKING He turned fiercely towards
'he oog, and while ne msulted hin, will, blum,
oath, attempted TO, kick him. The cur was
altogether TOO himble, and as he leaped aside
to avoid the punishment he had earned, barked
more furioasly than before The mans an
ger knew no bounds the more the dog bark.
ed at him the more anxious lie seemed to be
to sdcceed in kicking him The figure thew
cut, as the terrier capered into the middle off
the street, the man after him, The dog yelping,
ana his antagonist swearing louder and loud
err, was iudicrous in the extreme.
PEOPLE gathered upon the sidewalk in |
crowds. The ladies looked on and gegIed
Inc men braced themselves against the wall and
shook their sides bravefy; and the boys veil
ed out IN great delight "go it, old fellow, 20
IL winle you're young" The man who was
making so laughaGle an exhibition of himself
boz III H.
agile for him, and gave up the chase in des-
pair. !; was not until then he observed tha,
IN ms anger he had made fool of himself
he hastily drew down his hat over his brow.
and walked away rapidly
When our inerrfment had subsidized, we could
not help thinking how much this little Incl
oent resembled human lie that is, the life of
many specimens of humanity If the man
whose story we have told had only walked
quietiy on his way, and taken no notice of the
ontcry OF the cur, no matter whether the cur
was governed by wanton or malicious motives.
he would have excited by his conduct neither
Taughter In others, nor diminished his own
seli-respeck So in thousand things in life.
ne VINO Pnrsnes his own path fearless1y and
calmly, without needing the puerile assaults of
NOSE VINO cannot by any possibility affect his
destlnles, will act part dictated by good
Gnu "iSuoni. is passing strange, that
IN lie SO brief as this, when it is in the
power OF each one to add to the others ENJOY
ment, there should be so many curs. The
business of one-half the people of this world
seems to be to render the remainder uncom-
forfable and unhappy There nigh, lie some
siight extenuation, if by making others miser-
able they could add to their own happiness
but ND sEch results follow their labors. In
diligence in their own malicious propensities
not only annoys others, but keeps themselves
IN "a perfect stew" by no means conducive
TO comfort.
pass them quietly by-their yelpiny is alto
gether innocuous The moment Won NEEDLE
with them, you find yourself IN the identical
POSITION of the man who attempted to kick the
dog-laughed at and derided, without the
healing balm of self-approval in compensa-
tion.-Picayune.