The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26
But Lovengood ana tho Dog.
now sUT LEARAED THE PHILOSOPHY or RUS
ALNQ.

When / were a boy, and legs not longei
than John Wentv ouhs, dad iotch home q
burned wurthlsss, NANCY, hea-btIen, gray
old foE houn, good ior nuthlng but "a swal
Ter up what ortsr 20 have lined the bowel,
oy us brats. Well, / naturally tuck dis
taste % him, and he'd sorteF hankerin arter
hurt.n tis feelings aud disoomflrtiH oV him
every time dads back we're turned, This
sortsr kept big skeer alters afore bis eyes,
an orhil yell ready TO pour out the first mo-
shan be seed me make, So he larnt 20 swal.
/ lur things ~ be run and allers kept bis laigs
we'll under hisself, Tor he never knoNd how
soon be- mout want Ia use .em Ia toin bis Co...
iurnal earcua beyult the reach oy a flying
rock, lie knowed the whiz oy rock in
moshun as well, aud he never stoped "a see
Who Hung Il, bat iist let hia head hy open 10
gin howl room "a cum, and sot his legs "a
gwine the way bic nose happened 10 be pint
in. IIsd shy round every pound rock he
seed In the road, fur he looked on il aa ca
lamity "a cum nrter him sum day, N he
len home, some neighbor's dog tanned bis
bidc, and ef be- ,taid at home was allurs ar
ter t "a tan Il, 30 he didut see much more
peace OF mind nur a stuchit rider duG in a
Bauus neighborhood at sacrament time when
lhc river Am up in good dipin order. And
.n a!l my born dajs / never seed him gV inc
the same way / wuz, be- made that un on
breaklble rue. / think got my Gast mol
tIfIr De- uI
eummin iribulashun from him. an with the
vantage ov holesum par ov higs an the
power oy usin en- quick, / alters found his
plan ~ work w'll. / tell you. Georgy, that
funuin am the greatest inysnshun on yrlrlh
when used earciully Wizard I beon this
time ef hadn't relied ontu these yorc lnigs
Dye see en-? Don't they mind go oy pair
ov cumpasses made 60 dc,idr mile into
quarters? They9 do, CJ be eireums,au-
TALLY durncd cf they don't.
Wei, one day tuck q pigs bladder nj ON
tn The Size oy a ducks aig. an flied IL with
powder and corkcd il up With q piece oy
,puuk, rolled !, up in a thin skulp Of meat
aud sot the spunh aGrc and flung IL out he
swa!lcrtl .t at one ,crk, and sot it tu g,tiu
away for ouiu IT, hrlrn O. noise Ike Dustin
'umthin. aud his tail bic stop oy my hlt.
Ills head were way down the hill an had
tuch death hole outrr a roof lis fore laigs
were hily feet up tho road amakin runnin
mushuns, nn his Aine ones asiraddlc oy the
fence. Ills iunerds we're haugin ia links on
ter the cibin chimiey sept about n yard IN 3
MANS bussum, As his phunch cum down par
aHiscusty tIyU raIH. r. 81 tire-,l..s- A.-s..f,
rs a dog, I never seed him agiD. Wen, dad.
turn ms ousarrtihrd soui. flung f,e or six
hundred under my.shuIt with the dried skin
Of bulls tail, and gin the remainder next
day with waggiu.whip what he borrowed .
from icer while he Werc a waterin his hoss-
es the waggoner got sorry fur me, and hol- -
Tered tu me ia turn my cggin an squulin !n-
Ter Tust ratd TuHUiH, wiiiTii 5.fiiiTisgtjTs,4s+
did, an the last lick missed me about ten
feet.
We suspect thu, that dog "as dog" ~
Sut innocenry remarks, hasn't been seen
sincc'by anybody.