Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-12-01
ellis mou4h. his size, his lugs
Showed lie was Hone OF AlUhtle'a dogs
But whalPit somewhere far abroad
w 6rre sSilors ys,,Ir.s IN Fl ali for end

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Where sailors saiIs to fish forced"
In short he. was a genuine observation-disclosures
cost n:oney-anL was brought to New Orleans TO
be Sent TO lady in Texas. As to the lady, who
she was, OF why'ihe dog was TO be sent 10 Ler,
t!tse particulars IN no manner affect this MARIA Ion
and at: therefore Tery pnperty emitted. Rover
arrived here one intolerabiy hot morning in July.
and naceLl in charge of the porter al the gru-
ceTy-store sixty SIX Magnzlne.StTeet. HIRE he
Showed Il great uneaSneSS, howiIng and struggling
to get COse, AMI at length broke his chain, Scram
bIed over tile warehouse wall, eaped into beard
inghOuSt, dispersed its inmates CleaEedt the kItch
en-, aud raising a muSs generally, darted into the
street. pursued by all the b0ysiu the neIgh5oEhood
He took his course down The Levy, showers of
5Ilckba:S folt wed him. draymenlhr ew their whips
al him, labOreIs their colt Looks, hucSS;eES their
| rotten oranges, aud every soul cried out ''Slad
Dog! as iou,l as he coul'l bawl. Rover raj as
only scared dogs run, and seeing the m rStS Of
the vessels in the Third Municipality, he headed
straight for what he had always found TO be home
an! d. refuge. ship; but he was intercepted atthe
PIcaNune Ferry by patty Uf SkIunlSheIS advantage
onSly posted OH u UYser-sheI bank, and was com
PEELED 10 wheel short fog he river; he SpEang on
board of the steamboat Nashville, and WAS there
received BY eating fire OF hghtwOod knots from
the crew; Ieud=red desperate by This sort of ueut
meht lie SCalnpeIe.L up on the hurricane deck and
Pic he'd overheard: ImO the river. From the water
he was dragged out by courageous person i'll a
green blnnAet, with cat fish hnOk on tn end {
lons sick, and securely tied to s.elmbC at ca
Tie.
hrd Just finished good dinner when the news
OF the uus'S escape Reached me. easily lriced
him to the Levy, and tlIrre found him the pO'Gt
uf atracton To vast multitude: oafrrS, IaborerS,
wharf rats, and all that class Of In,ieScrIbab-S
who seem 10 have be=n neat the spot Oh watch,
and im sCllately rush III am take possession Of the
fire, an accident, light, or any other excitement
that occurs. In the mi lay poor Rover, how ling
PileTuSly, lonmlng at the mouth, Struggling III
strong convu sions, aud bitl"s clear through hts
tongue as he snapped aud rasped; while his eyes
were e'l and mnd, their Speculation gone; aud
lhere also >tO4d my friend Joe Burke, with n
Colts revolver at the dogs head, considering how
he should manage to blow his brains out with
omi making family slot oft, and killing score
or more ul the American public WIN stood,
crOnct'ed, anl sat IN range in every possible d.
TecllOn. begged my Trend joe 10 hold up.-
Joe is Remarkably prompt IN actinn-a MN OF
quick decision; had he then shot the dog we should
have rrpuItsd we'll marked Cast Of hydrophobih;
but as he seemed about 10 depart without the
aid OF gunpowder, We awaited the event. Ills
struggles grew weaker, until ut last lie lay per
ecily still, to all appearance dead. 'POOr Rover
said |. 'larewelI; you will never again breast the
toaming surge, never plunge Though the deep in
The cause Of drowning humanity, never gambul
and roll in wild play through The mountain snow
drifts OF your native lanI, aud moreover, pour
tel'Ow, you'll never go TO Texas and see your
sweet MISTRESS which just then thought the
greatest misfortune Of alt. Perhaps did moi say
all this. No; on reflection I'm very confident
did not say ii, which amounts 10 the sans thing
so far as tie dog is concerned, aud it should have
been addressed solely 10 the dog.
PooI R yer, said !, and his ears reeby moved,
his eyes opened in glad intelligence, and his poor
'IhReled tail made an fort at wagging; in a few
IN nues he staggered TO his feet and iOOl ed around
IN TeCOSUIIIun: consciousness hail ErtuTn.I and
mind resumed her empire, as they say in the nov
aIs THAT Son,, w., 49,, IT,, i, ,,,c,i,.t. H.;