The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-11-29

hair out of his eyes, and when he wen
out of doors, strut about as though he wa
going to fight "a Pea Ridge battle AM
what notice he took of mules. he De
came enan,ored of mules, and often woul'
lead them to the outskirts OF the CITY ant
hide them inrthe bushes. And he greV!
Iinto such a taste for cotton. Iwasn'
safe for half the ladies when out prom
enading in full costume to meet that doG
in the Street. !. In fact he had such love
for cotton that ,twasnT safe to let hin
walk on the street, nor stay In the sane
tum. nor to go to any place, so we calico
him Gen. Seigel. That bothered him.
He had 10 tough time it. Gracious how
he'd twist his jaws and bark. And fft
loved to get into q dog fight too. He'e
whip any dog in the city. But it took
hisn SO long to get into a fight that he
was useless. You see when we wanted
him to fight one dog, we'd set him on
another, then he'd back into the tothea
one, and then eight his way out. But il
took SO long to learn his style, ana then then
twasn't always convenient to get up two
fights, 80 we changed his name again.
He grew beaattaiffeaa each day. = fact
he was handsome cuss. And +. LIS took
80 mich notice of him, he forgot he was
nothing but a poor dog and acted so that
we thought best to call him Gen. Butler
You never saw such q change come
over any dog. He grew cunninger and
cunninger every day. He'd SO to the
b,aSchers' shops, rub his paws on the car
cass Of dead beef, and come home to make
us believe that he'd been fighting. AS he
prowled so when he came and never had
Sny cuts or wounds on him, we Thought
he : was getting to be terrible brave. But
at last we found him out. And how the
dog would strut! And he grew mean
He'd drive small dogs away from their
bones, and go to chasing kittens to some
point out of harms way. And he'd snap
and snarl at women-always insulting
them. And he had half a dozen pups he
picked up and around the city, as mean
but not as smart as he, and these pups
would chase poor girls into some corner
where Ben. Butler would scold at, bark
at, and then after rubbing his dirty nose
over them, leave them with some wound
upon them. When he saw church, he
wanted to 90 in and steal something.
z And when he saw q telegraph report
in the Office, he looked as though he
wanted to change it some way. The
only thing, he was fit for was to watch
iewelry stores. Let that dog go by q
show window where there would be some
silver ware, and he'd stand there all day.
And he'd look into store windows, and
break into churches to look at the COM
munion plates. And he would follow q
funeral for miles if there was o silver
plate on the coffin. Most folks always
thought that he was one of the mourners.
But When we found that the graves were
dug open, and one day saw his kennel
filed with silver plates, screws, etc.,
enawed from coffin lids, we knew what q
vehement mourner Ben was. A funeral
procession just passed the door-and that
is what the dog goned dog went out for
SO quick.
s. II anybody wants red and brindle,
scuared-iawed pet Of this kind, whose
keeping will not amount to over SIX hun
dred dollars month, unless we have to
pay pa for his stealing, we'd like to sell him.
He is q sweet pet-just such purp as
some poor man is not able to buy win
dow curtain or book for his wife to read
would want. He can eat horse and
chase his rider up tree any day, and
were it not for his peculiarities would be
a fine dog He'll eat anything, from an
inkstand To a linen nightshirt-from q
pound of candles to a baby-from q maya
zine to an indi-rubber boot, and grows
handsomer every day he lives. Well
sell him cheap. For particulars address,
with revenue stamp.to repay return pos
tage on the dog, which is such a handy
thing to have about. your most dog -goned
truly. "BRICK" POMEROY.