The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-07-17

the law of evidence" or prevent the General
Assembly from repeating or modifying this or
dinance
Sec 2 Re it further ordained, That sections
81, 80, Sc, 81, SO, and sc of chapter lU7 of the
! Revised Code, be, ard the same are hereby
pealed,
Ratified the 10th day of June, A. D, 1896
THE DOG GONDEST DOG:
BY BRICK POMEROY.
Durn the dorg There goes three by FIVE
pane Of glass out of the door, aud there goes the
cussedest and wussedest piece Of excitable
canine we ever saw ! -Four years ago, the day
after chap on the cars had the upper end of
his snute punched for calling US a traitor Po
Hatcher gave that red and brindle batch of
dog, then done up small like, but looking SO
bull doggish that We afrad Of his picture
for week! Po. said he an Alabama bull
dog, imported from New Jersey in basket, as
u sample Of the handsome of that country. But
he Was pretty purp. His tail was no longer
than wicked mans prayer, and was full as
stunning! And those ears They looked like
the small corner of plug tobacco. And such
eyes And such eyebrows When he was but
child, SO called, some monster must have slung
him first against a stone wall, for his eyellds
looked like Ben Buffers, sort O shamed of
something His jaws were pretty jaws They
were SO severe III their ang ngles-theTe was so
much jaw in proportion to the purp that we
wanted to call him SSisshelm, but he wasn't
that kind Of a pet But he nigh onto all jaw.
We kept him four weeks in the sanctum, and
all that time hired nigger to watch him. He'd
steal--steal is no name for 1t: So we concluded
to call him John Brown. And he kept the
niger mighty busy watching him, til at last
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catonal cuss, got SO much worse than the dog,
that we kept the dog to watch the nj igger.-
Egad wasn't it full team? Strange low
| niggers will learn things.
And he was the hungriest dog ever
A pennywerh of beef didn't last him long
a ter dollar bill would last Democrat the night
before election. He had fine voice for beef.
And what the dog would not cat the niger
would. And the dog grew large and ponderous
about the jaws lie used to eat papers, books,
mats, vests, old hats, gloves, patent leather
| boots. window curtains and sfch He ate such
stuff for desert. That dog ate foil calf bound
set of Harper's Weekly one day, just account
of the calf. And he ate ten copies Of the
Chicago Tribune one day, but the lies in them
papers made him SO dog goned sick all that
week that be would have died if the niggcr IN
'em hadn't emeticked 'em out and he got
| well! But he never pihed himself to a shade"
hankering after Republican newspapers any
more. Anda kept on stealing We always
thought them Republican newspapers aided in
the development Of that complaint, for he was
sure to steal all the nigger earned for
He'G walk out on a rainy day, for his health,
and always come back with something be had
found. Once it was lady's veil. Then it was
a halt ham, with butchers knife sticking in
it. What he wanted to bring the kuifc with
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cut and run One day he came in with baby's
| cradle There were some blood on the edge of
it, and all that afternoon the bell man out
ringing bell and yelling "boy lost" John.
! Brown didn't go out for two or three days.
| Once he came in with wooden leg in his teeth.
That night a wooden-legged soldier was missing,
but, as cripple soldiers were of no account, he
didn't try to keep shy bit. lie brought us
! the leg, no doubt thinking it the kind of club
we like for the La Crosse Democrat And he
used to find money! He'd 60 into a store and
snatch Dbacks out Of a cash drawer just as
! handy! One day he came in with contribu-
ton box he'd stolen from the entry way of a
| close communion church.
IL carried the box behind the end of the
side board, broke it open-and looked sick!-
John Brown never stole contribution box
again, and after that, when we'd point to that
box and smile, he'd drop his tail, what that was
of it, and look just like Ben Butler does when
| havioa bis pictue taken And he'd steal hal
tiers, brides, saddles and such stuff And as
he grew older, he'd actually unhitch horse
/ and lead him across the line into Minnesota
! When any one would call out "John Brown"
! bed go for horse sure. And so had to
change his name. What to call the cuss we
didn't know. But as he had chawed up so
many books, and was always meddling with
what none Of his business and grew to be
sort of dogmatc, and radical about his bloody
f! jaws, We left off calling him John Brown, and
called him Charles Sumner. For while he
seemed to like it. He was an ambitious dorg,
aud to'keep his name good, meddled with SO
much that was. none of his business that at last
he got dog goned Gaming which so affected his
back bone that we had to send for Anna Dickin-
son. After she strengthened up his spinat
vertebre, he howled and ranted round so, we
had to change his name again.
| So We called him General Curtis. And that
seemed to please him nightly. He'd stand on
bis hind legs, poke the hair out of bis eyes, and
when he went out doors, strut about as though
/ be was going TO fight Pea Ridge battle. And
what notice he'd take of mnles lie became
enamored of mules, and often would lead them
to the outskirts of the city and hide them in
the bushes And he grew joto such taste for
cotton. Never was dorg so fond of cotton
/ TYaa't safe for half the ladies when out prom
enadiBg in full costume, to meet that dorg In
the street. 10 fact, he had such love tor cot