Daily American organ., 1856-09-06
CITY INTELLIGENCE.


CHILDREN AND Does.-Some people hate chill
dren, and some hate dogs The child hater is
always absurdly foolish or lneanly selfish. The
dog hater ia always noted for cruelty of dispos-
ton TO man and beast. In the former case, the
indiyidual.has been known to overcome his hatred
Of children, and to become as extrayagantly fond
of as he was before desirous TO shun their socie-
ty. In the latter, the antipathy usually lasts
through life In nine cases out OF ten, 1t will be
discovered that the origin of this hatred TO the
canine race has arisen from fright or from injury
received in early youth In retaliation for crueltes
inflicted upon one or more OF the species.
There are many parents, who, to save them
selves from annoyance will suffer their children to
amuse themselves by exercising the greatest
elites towards insects and other helpless and inno-
cent portions Of creation, such as the housefy,
butterfly, locust &c, &c, in their presence allow
ing them to pull off their wings, TO impale them
with pins to roast them alive and in various other
ways to torture them TO death. These are the
kind, who, bolder grown, would carry out their
lessons of cruelty and practise them on larger and
nobler prey, and in some of their attempts to in
fict them upon the dog they have been chastised
in 30 severe a way that they never forgot the
lesson. Hence their antipathy to that noble ami
NAL, the dog, far nobler than themselves, whose
instinct teaches him to practise the lessons which
their boasted reason has in vain prompted them to
initiate.
Dogs, like men, are sometimes useful and some
times worthless. There are some, which are good
for nothing but to make noise and bark at ones
heels, these the counterpart of the gas-houses
among the genus homo, who are good for nothing
but 70 "gas."
"why do dogs love children ?"
Because, as general thing, children love
dogs"
The dog is the selfconstituted guardian of the
child.
Mother may 20 down on the banks" said
little girl, and look at the excursion boats ?"
"Yes you may all 60 for little while, take
Rover with you, aud be sure you do not 60 too
near the edge, and tumble over"
"Well, here Rover, Rover, come and 60 on the
banks with us-poor old dog" hugging him round
the ieck-" didn't tell you TO kiss me, you nasty
fellow, you hav'nt washed your face, go away
well, declare, if he amt licking the baby's face.
Look mother, the dogs crazy, believe"
lot half az crazy as you are There, 60 along.
See, Rover is waiting for you. Mind, don't go near
the dge."
40, Mann"
"dind them, Rover and don't let them get
hurf' The dog looked round, and wagged his tail,
as inch as to say, / understand" waited until
thechildren came up to him, eyed them sharply
an hstant, gave loud bark, saying as plainly as
speech, " Do you hear hat"-then, cutting caper
in tie midst of them, walked leisurely along in
froI, the children following.
he street on which these children live, like
Marland avenue, is noted for the number oflittle
bipds who there germinate and flourish, and in
crese, in all the pride of impudence and mirth,
andplay, and bread and butter sugared over with
mokses. The parents are rich in the possession
of snail responsibilities, which they shoulder with
remarkable gusto, happy if they can find enough
for tenn to eat, and happy in the enjoyment OF
'heah, and strength, and hard work.
dogs reason? If they do not, they jump at
corrct conclusions. Among the crowd of chill
dretwho are honored by the friendship and pro-
tectm of "Rover," are four saucy little imps over
who, he exercises special guardianship. Seated
one Sening, few weeks ago, at the front door,
will Rover in their midst one of them said
4 must go and catch chicken" aud then she
san it, Pm going to catch chicken"
q the opposite side of the street were several
brods, about the size of a large mans fist. Now
thaittle miss could not have caught one of these
chiens, and she had no business to meddle with
the either, but Rover did not know that. All he
kne was, that she wanted one of them, and that
he INST get it for her: so off he started and picked
up ss in his mouth and held it until ste came up
andook it from him. This he did lesurely and
sob,ly, without " noise or confusion, and with
outn the least hurting the chicken.
'8ut / thought the children were going to the
bars!"
Sthey are and wen 60 there too.
Te banks of the Potomac, between Eighth and
MIN streets, are covered with crop of thick
sho grass, which seems to thrive best when most
trapled upon They slope gently lytowards theriver,
andwhen the sun is travelling down the Western
hoEop, his beams are intercepted by q thick
groth of scrubby trees which rise from the very
edf of the embankment which is here some 25
or } feet in DEPTH leaving the banks in shadow.
Thu are favorite resort for children, and those
of rger growth, who here assemble to ron'p and
pla and witness the arrivals and departures of
theteamers, laden, as they frequently are at this
sean, with gay parties Of excursionists, bound
doa the river with streamers flying and music
plang. Their width is so or 75 feet, and they
extd from Eighth to Ninth street, allowing am
pie pace for games of romp, rough and tumble,
racg, jumping, hopping, skipping, rolling, tumb-
lingstory telling, and all that sort of thing. This
is 70 spot familiarly known as the banks" and
to lis spot our children now vending their
ws under the guidance of Rover"
Here we are," cries one of the little imps, i
+" Mt IL nice?"
Bow, wow," says Rover, leaping into the air,
an then circling round them uttering short yelps,
an running as though his life depended upon his
extions.
Listen TO the music. Let us sit here In the
shie and see the boat pass. Come on Rover"
own they sat, some ten feet from the precipice,
th.dog sitting down too, and every now and then
trpg to lick the faces of those nearest him.
'Hark they are playing kiss me II you dare,
tax that for your impudence. was not talking to
yo,Mr. Rover, aid listen to me now" shaking her
finer at him" if you attempt to lick my face
agn, I'll box your ears soundly, mind that. That's
rigt, lie down and behave yourself Poor fellow"
patng his head
'T6ey are backing out, look, they are backing
out-what crowd Of people," cried one of the
litt folks, clapping her hands with delight.
There she goes,-there, they have stopped.
Loo, girls, there are some people going aboard in