Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-09-19
ALI ABOUT A DOG.

The Democratic papers have been laboring |
zealously. for months past, to show that Andy
Curtin is not proper man to be our next Gov
ernor. They told a very ugly yarn about him
asserting that ss a Dutchman had two skulls,
g and in order to get an idea into his head,
"you must first smash ones but this lie has
been fully contradicted by the Centre Berichter,
the paper that started it, and by Lot Struble,
the man to whom it was alleged to have been
said. Now they have another dreadful story
aaoat about Andy shooting dog. And that
is not the worst of it. They prove 1t by a iet-
ter over the signature of X. Pickard, shy pro-
fession huckster," who peddles cherries, ap-
piles. and other dried fruit from Snyder county.
r. p. it seems, came to Bellefonte sson busi-
ness % at a time when Curtin was at home from
Harrisburg. r. P. had dog-an :sexcellent
dog,'' he says. He (not r. P.) was a fine full
grown bull dog, with short ears, stump tail,
and beautiful set of long teeth. He, the
dog, was no respector of persons. Some s'un-
godly boys,'' says r. p, ssteased' him, ssin-
| suited" him, made ssuDjust attacks" upon him,
kept ssrunning at him. and :ssome even went
so far as to throw stones at him. Among
t thCSO -ubSOuiy Oos Wdo SOu vi OOi. SuitIi.
The dog endured these ssinsults'' until dog
temper couldn't bear them any longer, and SO
his 'sinsul.ed'' dogship resolved to ssdefend'
himself. Accordingly he snapped and growl-
ed and gritted his teeth and tore around so
valiantly, that K. P.was finally induced to I'M
tie him, and let him take after his ssungodlya
/ tormentors, who then ran into the houses. But
Curtin's boy was "a little tardy," says r. p,
and so the dog sscaught him'' with his pretty
teeth sat the leg of his pantaloons." 1t is not
stated whether the boys pantaloons, or his
legs either, were damaged, or needed any re-
pairing. Be this as it may, Col. Curtin was
ssgreatly excited,'' badly 'sried, - we suppose,
wouldn't Shear r. P. but procured s'reyol-
YER" and deliberately, premeditatedly, and
with malice aforethought; as the lawyers say,
then and there shot the dog ssthree times."
Awful Andy Curtin! How could you act so
horribly How could you thus inhumanIy
shoot poor, harmless creature, merely for
trying his worries on. your ssungodly boy's''
pantaloons and feSh2 r. P's. ssexcelent dog''
was only resenting an 'sinsult,'' and yet you
were SO boodthirsty that you drew murder
Gus weapon and shot the innocent canine I!
It's frightful to think about and now, as you
are candidate, r. p. has fine opportunity
to get satisfaction, by showing that you are
too excitable entirely for Governor.
r. P. may be very truthful man-we take
it for granted he is. But he forgets to tell
that his dog didn't die--that he is still alive
and kicking, bearing on his sacred body the
j evidences of Col. Curtin's terrible onslaught.
He still takes his 'sexeellent" animal with him
when he visits this and other counties son
: business" We presume as he passes through
Belefonte he carefully guards him from the
'.insults' of 'sungodly boys,'' and keeps a
sharp lookout lest anybody with assrevolver''
; comes within shooting distance. Should Col.
Curtin come in view, he would doubtless be-
5 seech him to do his fayorite no further harm.
In our Imagination we hear r. p. repeating
the touching appeal of the sspoick -
Andy, spare that dog,
, Touch not single hair;
He worries many hog
From out his muddy lair.
Oh, when he was pup,
So frisky and so plump,
He Tapped his milk from cup,
When hungry-at jump.
, And then his funny tricks,
, So funny in their place,
so full OF canine llcks F. = -ts
4 Upon my hands and face
10 You will surely let him live
Oh, do not kill him-dead;
r He wags his narrative,
, And prays for life-not lead.
He is my children's pet,
Companion of their joy;
8 You will not kill him yet,
:, And thus their hopes destroy,
u No, Andy, spare that dog,
1 | Touch not single hairs
Oh. put your pistol up,
And 90 away from there ~