The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-16
i. story of a Dog.

+ There is a, friend Of ours at the club in
Florida street, who has a, fancy for 4ail
kinds of pets, especially for small dogs
With sagacity common to dogs, they
seem to know this, and when one of these
serviceable animals happens-in theec con-
fusion incident of the times--to lose his
master, or to be turned adrift on the
charity of the world, because of the high
price of beef-hc makes his way round
to the club, in Florida street, where g.
atsonce collars him--.that 10 to SAY, in
vests in q. collar and adds, one, more dog
to his retinue. A few days ago a very
shabby specimen came to the door, asked
the other dogs if G.. was at home, and
being answered in the affirmative, walked
in, stretched himself on the back piazza
and made herself comfortable. When
the club met in the evening, among 9TH
er things, the new dog became the topic
of their conversation. All the members
averred, that in their varied experience
and observation of dogs, they had seen
nothing like this Neither his maternal
nor patefnal parent could be agreed upon,
and it was at length determined he must
be ga cross on several Il crosses" The
front view Of his face presented a scratch
between the weazel and wolf, with mus
taehe, goatee and side whiskers, such as
Mr.. Frank Leslie would put on Broad
way swell. Part of his shaggy coat has
the nap turned aft, and the other paft
leeward Still it is well nature has made
it SO, aud very proper and serviceable no
doubt. The dog himself feels in noway
responsible for it, and one OF the wise
points attained by nature in this is iden.
tity; he seems fully aware Of the fact
that eis not the first dog laughed at,
and it is by his, personal appearance he 10.
known in afcrowd or among other dogs in
general. Has not every "man" some
mark or mole whereby he is distinguished
from other men p Yea, verify. What d
sad world, if all dogs and all men were in
point of fact alike Confusion itself
would he confoupded. The great could
not he separated from the small. The
moral aspect of the thing, however, we
leave for others, as we have no fitq for
moralizing now. What we want. to- say
is this: The new dog walked ont the 9th.
er evening alone to take an airing and
lookat the ''purlieus" of this interesting
city. In Third street, some middle-aged
gentlemen, who had invested in, jnew
brand of Christadora's dye, and desired
to give the liquid practical test before
applying it to his own 'face-inveigled or
rather wheeled G.'s new dog into a back
room took the collar off and by angap-
plication Of the villainous compound, CON
verted the dog into regular striped hye-
ma After the elderly gentleman had
tested the nua1itv of bis comnouud ehe
turned the dog losse to make tracks back
to the club room, in Florida street, Some
of the smaller dogs seeing him coming.
got frightened, lowered their caadal iap-
-pendages and ran bowling into the nexs
street. The larger dogs being Drawer
and havin just grounds to be 30, by yir.
tue of superior strength, pitched into the
painted animal, and after making the fur
fly, acknowledged themselves acquainted
with him members of the club cam in
and kicked the nondescript out /; and il
was not until G. himself walked in that
any solution came. He at once recog-
nized his last pet, victimized by conspir-
acy. The animal was held to glass that
he might see himself as others see him.
We need hardly say the poor dog was hor-
-riied, could with difficulty be restrained
from fighting his own shadow, and has ta-
ken refuse under the house, whore in ss-
-clusion he is no longer the subject of crit
'icsm. AS soon as g. can fndsthe elderly
gentleman of Third street, It's his puf!
pose to prosecute him unless he had
permit of authority for his bafbsrous con.
duct. i.a & Z; $50 q.