Nebraska advertiser., 1866-11-22

his intinlt mercy-and coming on so
smart. that with the blessing of Provi-
denee she'll get well yel-und Smiley,
before he Thought. says We'll, III risk
rwo.anda half that she don't anyway I"
This-yer Smiley had mare-all the
boys called her the 6fteen-minute nag /;
but that was only in fun, you know, be-
ca use of course, she was faster than that
and he used to win money on that
horse, for all she was slow. and always
had the asthma. or The distemper, or the
consumption. or something of tha, kind.
They used two give her two or three hun.
dred yards the start. and then pass her
way; but always at the fag.end of the
race, she'd get excite d and desperate-lIke,
and come governing and spraddling up,
and scattering her legs around timber,
sometimes in the air, and sometimes out
10 one side amongst the fences, and kick.
ing up more dg>!, and raising more rack
IL.
ct with her coughing and sneezin and
blowing her nose and always ferch up
at the stand just about neck ahead, as
near a. you could cipher it down.
And he had little small bull pup.
rha; to lcrk at BIN you d mink be warn't
worth a ceui but to set around and look
Ornrry. and lay for chance TO steal
something. Bul as soon as money was
up on hun. he was II DIFF rent dog; hts
under jaw'd begin 10 stick out like !hr
for castle of y steamboat, Hhl his teeth
would cover. and Shin" savage like The
lurraces. And dog might uckle him.
AID bully rag him, and tue him. aud
throw hun over his shoulder two or three
times and Andrew Jackson (Which was
rhe name OF The pup would never lei on
but that he -Sail,li d. aud had expec
I'D mUihIng elSe-and The bets being dOu-
hled on lhe other side all the lime, unll
tie monty was all pP-ard hen all OF
sudden le would ernbtl.r other dog just
hy the i,Inl of his hlnd legs. and freeze
10 Ir-Lor chaw. yuu Understand, but only
grab and hang On MI you llro"td UP the
sponge if II vas year. Smiley always
CAME our wihret on that pun. I'LL he har
messed deg once lba, didn't have any
hind legs brrau>e they'd hten sawed cfi
IN a circular saw; aid whtn the thing
had gone along far enough. and The mol
~ was all up, and he came TO make
snatch for his pet hold. he saw in min
ule how he'd been imposed upon, and
how the other cog bad him in the door,
50 to speak, aid he 'peard surprised
aud then he locked sOrrer discouraged
like, and didn't Try II 10 more to win The
felr. ard so &c got ,luckrd out bad
He gave SmIl, y io,k n much a. to say
Lis heart was trokr, ard il was his fault.
for putting up dog that had no hind
tgs for him TO take hold Of. which was
his main deEtrderce III fight; and then
be limped tff piece, end laid down OEd
died. 1t was good pun, was that An
drew jackson. and wouIG Lave made
name for himself if he'd lived. for the
stuff was in him. and he had genius
know it, because he hadn'! no o. Jpo'tuni'
ueo to sPegk of, ard II don't stand TO
reason that dog could NAL / +. snch fight
as he could under ,hefH circumstaI ces.
II he hadn't no talent. |, always makes
me- fe el sorry. when think of that fight
# hzen, and the way 1t turned ont.
Well this year Snii., had fai terriers
and chicken cCcLs aud tom cas-. and all
ihem kil d OF ,hinps till you couldn't rest,
and YOU couldn't felct Eolhiug for HIM TO
bet on, tut he'd match you. He ketch-
,d d frce one dav. and took him hoine,
aud ,aid lie CaL ls8tCd To educate hIm
aud 20 he never d dane rorhirg for !hrte
n'n,l> I Gr set IN hIs back yard aud learn
4 at 'rug TO jump And you bet be did
learn tim too He'd give h'm a hIile
bunch behind, and ,hr next momen: you'd
>ee that frog whrIipg IN the air like a
him turn one suJmerSet.
1T may b. a courl- if he eor a good start
aud CON. down lir-fun--d and all right.
like CIT II got him up 50 in The mat,
,-r Of ketchng hies, aud kep hun in
practice so constant. that he'd hail fly
every time. "a far as be clnid zee him
SmIl-y said all frog wanted was edu-
ca,i,n. aud he could d. mn,t anything,
and | believe him. Why | have saw
him sell D,niel Webster down here On
the q ,or-Danirl Webster was lhs name
of tie irog-and sing out. Flies! Dan.
ieG. flies - anI quicker'n you could wink
he'd spring straight up. aud snake fly
off n the counter there. and Hop down on
the floor again as solid as COB of mud,
and fall 10 scrSaehinE the side OF his head
with his hind foot. as Indifferent as if be
hadn't no idea be had done any morn