Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-01-20
A, Dog Story extraordinary.

A, Dog Story Extraordinary. "
! Some Alabama correspondent of the Spirit of
the Times tells the richest yarn we have heard
for some time, He says: -'it''-'
A few weeks since, your correspondent was q
candidate before the Legislature, for the office of
Solicitor in which race it is matter Of record that
he got "a. demnition'' thrcshing. He had divers
friends in the good city Of Montgomery, and
among them was Mac, twho thought himself po-
lititically damed because he raised big fellow,
| rrree consecutive shots, with first rate reyOi-
yer Mac was dead i'm for our ticket, ,'' and
proposed to do some trafing' of rather novel
sort. Said he to the candidate" Your pointer,
Lola will have puppies shortly, eh 2'' e Yes. +"
" Well, leave the disposing of them to rne-don't t
promise one away; the litter must bring you
votes enough to elect you. % '- '-z
| So, Mac-tliey say-went to work, promising
Lola S puppies to young members who seemed to
| be '' favorable y His description of the bitch
abounded in superlatiyes as to that, they
were all deserved. Theshooting men, and some
that wanted to be shooting men, were 'all alive''
| to get specimens Of stock of such transcendant
| qualities.
| When the candidate was referred to about his
dogs, he gently waived the matter, saying that
his friend Mac had somehow got control of all
that, and so forth and so on.
Things progressed gloriously Mac reported
his successes daily, only once remarking, slyly,
that he was afraid it would strain Lola sadly, to
comply with all his engagements and at last,
the day set apart for the election arrived.
| .Our tickets" candidate was in the rotunda,
! doing its best, an hour before the two Houses
met in convention. Presently q very young mem
| Der, stepped up, slapped him on the shoulder,
said he was for our ticket" and wound up
with, q don't forget my puppy ~ Several others
came up, about this time, all e for our ticket,
and each anxious to know when his puppy would
reach the metropolis. The candidate grew un-
easy the crowd stiIl thickened-and nearly eve.
ry one was saying something about the fine poin.
ter puppy he was about to receive. The candi
j date mentally counted the claimants, and when
he neared the figure l2-and saw Others aP-
preaching who looked as if they were "a in, /" too
he incontinently left for his hotel. -l----S=
Two hours afterwards, there was a solemn
lectfng CT two friends, in small room, ON tiit
fourth floor OF the Exchange - t-.,
well" said Mac, Z. they've beat YOU, ol(
fel.. couldn't be helped After you left, the fel
lows had promised the pups to, got TO cross
t questioning one another, and then they got t
cross7questioning me and the upshot was, they
found out had engaged rather large litter ant
i so The last one of 'cnr boiled, All, old fe, if tha
spoke hadnt broke you'd better believe you'C
have made Shell-road time -
..Now, Mac, on honor, how many puppies dc
YOU promise, and when and where did YOU prom
ise to deliver them e.
Mac scratched his head, thoughtfully, and re
marked
..I pledged about as many as generally come a
one time-to be delivered here, within ten days
ttirty-seuen Of EN- and all dogs, at that -
Poor Lola! No wonder Mac thought 1t woul
! strain her to comply.