Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-01-07
TO TELL YOU ABOUT Our DOGS.

TO TELL YOU ABOUT Our DOCS.
Since the death of the two TO whom
YOU have already been introduced,
Handsome Jake" the not-too-viftg-
ous black shepherd dog. and "Qnin'-
essence of Uglincss." the most faithful
and homely of honest hoase-dogs---
Doth killed about the same time.
probably in the sacred cause Of the
well-wat he'd watcrmellons I'VE have
been without dogs IL was votei.
that, on the whole they didn't paw"
What with early strawberries anil lac
chestnuts, and all the intermediate
succession Of horticultural hclp-your-
self-ables. anything in the shape Of a
Watchdog is sure 10 "prove unpopu-
lar" (to express il with dramatic pro-
priety, and the consequent certain sue
ccssion of grieis at the death Of favor
ties, came little too often.
Resolutcly refusing all offers Of
pups" therefore. and avowcdly wan
ting nothing of the sort, we have been
without dogs, ever since the aforesaid
watcmeloncholy experience. Though
| should mention, perhaps. that We
have still had two, about the place
John, our new man at the farm cot
tage under the hill, having brought
very common sort of cur along with
him, and lIanly the gardener, who
lives over toward the Storm King
Mountain, being sometimes followed
to his work, in the morning. by the
vilest OF little .jaekals. These two fire.
quenters of stable and kitchen, how
ever, ("Watch" and Whifiit." have
not been in any way adopted. We
tolerate them simply from that Repub-
licanism of cold victuals which scorns
to distinguish between two or more
legs in a hungry icllow-citizens--
though, after this avowal. IL will per-
haps bc not Undemocratic to state.
that as low-born dogs, they are, 10
me, unmitigatcd eyesorcs. Nature,
that is 50 very capricious with the hu-
man racc-our finest quality Of gentle
man just as likely to come from the
hoycl as the halls punctiliously he
rcditary as to dogs. That every dog
ahall be like his ma is dogma with
out doubt or variation. So universally
is this admitted and understood, tLal.
with the sight Of a cur, the association
is inevitably base Vile dogs abou. a
house affect the houses countcnance
and aspect. Hence we are ashamed Of
Watch and Nhiflit. / am under the
impression, too, that our cedcrs AMI
helnlocks--natural gcntlefolks as such
trees necessarily are-feel mortified
when such ours are sncaking about.
But we have lately had too very
thoroughbred additions to our family.
in the two dogs at present asleep before
the fire Goldy and IiisaIiy we acknowl-
edge as legitimate Idlewildlings. Col
pES-EARs, (called Goldy Cor short
ness. is a snow-white setter, beauti-
fully marked with yellow ears. the
softest of silken fringes to his paws
and tail, and a countenance Of benign
ity indiscribable. He wa given to Us
by an Episcopal clergyman who is
among our most valued friends, and
an exemplary line of conduct is natur-
: ally expected of him. CAruFF. Tor
Tiffy, as he is more Familiarity called, }
/ was thus named by an overt act of his
own-the exclamation of "Oh you
caitiff - baving been called forth very
emphatically by a certain freedom Of
behaviour, of which he was guilty, OF,
: bis first introduction into the drawing
4 room. He Is black-and-tan terrior
: of the purest breed, given US by on
e friend and neighbor, farmer Chaiiield
K and his family are "oeath on rats" =
lie has twice the quickncss of Cody
: though bat half his age and. inlecd
y how so much activity and lookout
e for-number-one-aciiveness can be s.go
5 up" at two months old, l. myster'
which exceedingly pciplexes Aun
: Sylvia, the dear old nurse who has tn
5 care Of our own boy up stairs.
1 We have thus given you a faithful
# report Of the Idlcwild dogs--squatter
# and setters-according to the presen
e census. We would draw a charming
: picture Of the ornamental character 0
e our two thorough-breds and of th'
: -lstyIish effect 9f so L..Ii',soms settel
), and so knowing looking tcrrior
c playing about the lawn-contrasted
we mean to say, with the two ill-look
n ing beggers who go hunting about fol
n bone. with their tails bctweea theil
e legs. But you viii picture the differ
e ence to yourselves. We merely wisl
) to ask. (and here comes the 'gist" @
: the whole story whether yoa reall,
C think there is any very inexcusat1
n upper ten" -dency in our prcfeseuc
d of "Goldy" and fifty" over Watch
and "Nhifiit 90 We are a little ner
vous about public opinion ON the sub
# ject. What say yous--N r. WitH
= at Ldleseiid