The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-03-22

kids come in April or May. The kids
are much stronger and heartier than Me-
rino lambs. We hardly ever lose kid
unlcss by unavoidable accident.
4t& A Dog Story. .
A rich story IL told Of the boys in the
ID Vermont regiment. It seems that the
men of = certain New Jersey regiment
had repeatedly stolen the fresh meat from
tho Vermont boys in the night, and ap-
propriated it to their own use. Some of
the Vermont boys thereupon killed
dog, dressed it neatly, and hung it up in
the quartermaster's department.. ,y.r -.4.
s. The. |srseys, mistaking It for mutton,
stole 1t, as usual, and bore 1t off In tri-
umph. The Vermonters We're on the
watch, and ascertained that it was served
up the next day upon the table Of the
Jersey officers.
The joke soon became public, and the
Jerseys were greeted, when they visited
the camp of the Vermontcrs, with a
"bow-wow," by way of friendly saluta-
ton. as.
The point of this practical joke, as we
were told 1t at the camp of the Vermont
ers, where the affair occurred, is omitted
in the above narrative. The dog which
the mischievous wags converted into
mutton, for the benefit Of their foraging
New Jersey neighbors, was fine New
foundlander, belonging to the New Jer-
sey colonel. The story in camp goes that
leg Of the sacrificed animal was served
up at his masters own table.
THE OTHER SIDE.
Having given an amusing account of
the joke practiced by the I'd Vermont
regiment on the 26th New Jersey, it is
but just to give the Jersey boys the ben-
eft of their version of the matter, by
which it appears that the Vcrmonters
were, after all, the victims of their own
enterprise. 1t is as follows:
A long-lcgged, long-bodied, long-tailed
feminine canine, for several weeks had
roamed throughout the ranks of the bri-
gade, like the ghost of "Snarleyow,"
keeping the soldiers awake by her mid.
night howlings. The butchers of the I'd
Vermont caught, killed and dressed the
canine, hanging the carcass on a tree In
grove fronting the camp of the 26th, as
bait for the Jersey boys, who they fond
~ hoped would take it for mutton. This
probably would have been the case, had
not Jersey teamster, William Pagan,
while loading the slaughtered beeves of
that morning, observed their proceed
ings, and placed the 26th upon theil
guard. Some of their boys thereupon
under cover of twilight, took the carcass
into camp, and transmogrified it int
very nice looking hedl-cheesc, which
was retailed the next day through the
! Vermont camp at ten cents q roll.
The VermOnters missed the carcass,
and presumed, of course that the Jerseys
had swallowed the bait. But it is not
difficult to picture their dismay, when
the jubilant question, "How are you
dog" was answered with the significant
reply, "How are you head-cheese?' The
latent influence Of the head-chcese rcpos-
ing uneasily upon their Green Mountain
stomachs, display itself in a bow wow
whenever a "yerseyman hove in sight.
The Jerseys solaccd themielves in
whistlng for the lost canine, but she
never reappeared. And thus were the
biters bitten e~ .. Il
BRIGHAM STANDING FiRM.-The Salt
Lake Tcdetts says: 1--WE have infornla-
ton from good authority that the Nor
mon Hierarch recectly announced in
grand council, his unaltcrabie determi-