Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-03-02
THE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH ?, Is
SUI LOIENGOOD'S DOG.
BY S. l. tF TENN.

on; you've mixed up dog 80 IN all yer oolhs
that we can't tell adzactiy what dog .crape
We mean" "Well. / mean ole Stuff Gut.
Did eny on We ever see 'im?" NO" well,
We missed site. He wur powerful dog,
an sometimes ye'i think that be wur two
or three dogs, eff We had seen him eat; not a
cnunten of his ii, for he baint eny.-
When he wur pup, Dad, darn I'm, tuck i'm
in a straw-cutter, famed his starn clost up to
the frame Of the cussed gulotine, and foch
down the knife, and thar lay the hole tail in
the troft like letter S, and there run the pup
youlin like h0urd, and his starn looked
like you'd bursted a ripe tomartis onto 1t. -
Well, it changed his looks, mlteiy. aud his
mater more. Now as to his looks, rite onto
the spot whar his tail orter stad. thar growed
bunch owe stif ssh.colored bristles, which
piDted every way like unto split broom
with the rapin cut loose, and rite In the midll
owe all this fnssey loakin patch owe har, the
pint owe bis back bone, kivcred with gristll,
stuck out like onto pidgen's aig. case he sot
onto bit so much. Well, the aiar looked nifty
sassy aud ftc-like, eny how, particularly
when he were struttin up to big strange dog
tn smell owe i'm. 1t made his sturn look
hier than his shoulders, perpendicular and
squar; an he had a way owe wakin slow and
sollum like I'D seed young felers do at camp
meetin when approaehin owe gall at the
spring with thar boss close on agwine
sorter side ways an nifty keerful. I've seed
little hogs 20 through the same motion, wun
In u peach orchard an tother in the lane. when
thoy MOt they wanted to hte, and wud dun
bit but for the fence what wur atween em.
/ never found out that he wur good iur eny
thing but to keep bred frum mOuldIn and
meat from spiln; an when he wanted to show
glad, es he had no tail to wag, he waSsed his
sturn an his hind feet slipped about on the
groun, sorter like fashionable gall walks
when she thinks SUN Teller il loukin at er.
lie were cultured sdzactly like widowed
sadl skirt, an he kerrird his ears on u
nowin SOFT of cock, like onto mules when
he is skcered. He'd whiskers round his
eyes, and on his bine legs an must had
powerful active consince, fur he wur the
meanest couDtenanced dog ever seed in my
life. Now as to his mater WI cud never set
i'm onto eny thing gu wanted tn, and cudnt
call i'm EN- eny thing he got arter on lis
swn accord. lie wur skeered all the time,
and stud redy tn run or tn steal as the
chance mout be, and takin I'm altogether, he
wur just the rite sort Of dog tn belong to
u
afore his eyes got open.
well, Stuff: Gut, he followed NE tn town
wun day, jist Gaze didn't want him to; an
while wur gitten on he'd OF steam at the
doggery, he started roun town on stealth
experdition owe his own, and like his cussed
fool owner got hisself inter a first rate scrape
and skare without half tryin, an in less nor
no time at that. he'd gin myselfa shake in
the doggery, and hearn the whiskey III me
slosh; | knosd he'd my load aboard, so |
cum out inter the street. an-the lust thing
] seed be cum tarin down the street fifteen
times faster nor thought he cud run, Jist
bowin oSe hisself, bis ears SGT Hat onto his
neck, aud bis brlstles all sot like black
pesrchs top Tin. his eyes shot up last an tltc,
an he he'd on q sort owe harness made outer
strings, sorter like the set dad wore when he
acted hoss an he wur haulin owe an old stage
lantern and hit filled with wet powder and
sot on FIRE. Now the sparks an the sclzlin
an the dust an the raslin an the youhn an
growlin and barkin an the eighty ur
ninety dogs owe all kinds what wur chasiu
owe him, made sum sensashun. Weli--it-
did Wbew-w-w. When | seed him pass
without nowin me, thot owe Dads hornet
tribulation an felt that thar wur such
thing as retribution at last; and then got
mad an looked roun fur sum one tn vent
rath on, and seed long-legged cuss, sort
er of the Lovcngood stripe, with his hat
cooked before, sittin a straddil owe boss
rack swingin his legs an sngin,
Rack back, bavy rarin up b'hine,
You show me your loot and I'll show you mine
Thinks | Ju'll du, eff yu d'd"t start my
dog on thot bellward experdition Of his'n,
You'll do tn put it on eny bow, 50 here goes
Sez |: Mister " hat he'd NJ dog dun-tu-ye?
lie pade no tention, but kept on singin,
Rack, back Davy, daddy shot a bar,
Shot i'm in the eye an never toch har
| seed it wur no use tryin tn breed quar-
rel, so that | mout be able to breed hte
aud Just lent i'm slatberin calamity, rite
wbar his snout commenced sproutIn from
atween bis eyee, with a ruff rock about the
size of a goose aig Hit fotch I'm! lie
drapped often the hoss-rack. tut hit SPUR
rel-holt onto the pole with bis paws and hlne
feet, and hung back down. jumped he'd lust
through ateeen his belly and the pole; my
heft broke his holt an We cumtu the ground
q ftin--me undermost an turned beds and
tails. So the fust thing | did was tn shet
nv laws onto a moutbful of his steak, nj onto
the place whsr yer foot itches to 60 when you
are in kicking distance of fop. lie tit
mitily fur the chance he he'd; but soon seed
he had cross owe bar in i'm, fur he cudent
stand ticklin behind. eff it mout be called
tcklin at all; for every time he god his h'ne
legs onder bin, no tried his darndest to
jump loose, but my holt hilt. and we wud
take our iust position agin. thot owe box
owe matches what had in my poceet, so l
fotch tho whole boxful a rake onto the gravel,
and stuffed em all a blasiD inter one OF the
pockets in bis coat tail. Now. mind. he
moved nothin owe these presedins, tor his
mind wur exercised powerful about the hurt
in wur q helpin i'm tn behine.
| moved he'd soon show strong signs ovo
wantin tn 90. So the fust big rare he lotch
after the FIRE reaced his hide, jist let my
mouth fly open-so-and ne went! his hole
tnle in a blaze! Rite here, boys, must
tell you sumthn din't noe myself, ur darn
me. eff [ hadn't lot i'm beat me into
poultice siore I'd sot i'm afrs-pd seen i'm
burned fust. The thot on it skeers y't--
lie had two pounds owe gunpowder IN 10th
er pocket, O takin home to shootn match.
lie aimed tn run past peddhn Wagon,
,,ood;n in the street. with