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

ton that tWant safe to let him walk the
street, nor stay in the sanctum, nor 60 to any
place. So We called him General Sicgel That
bothered him! He had tough time of it
Gracious, how he'd twist his jaws and bark
And he loved'to get into dog fight, too. He'd
whip any dog in the city. But it took him so
long to get into fight that he was useless
You see when We wanted him to fight one dog,
We d set him on another, and then he'd back
into the tother one, and then fight his way out!
But it took so long to learn his style, and then
twan't always convenient to get,up two fights,
changed his name again. 80.
He grew beautiful each day. In fact he
was handsome dog! And folks took 80 much
notice Of him, he forgot he was nothing but
poor dog, and he acted SO that We thought best
to call him Gen. Butler.
You never such a change come over any
dog. He grew cunniDger and cunninger every
day. He'd go to the butcher shops, rub bis
paws on the carcass dead beef, and come
home to make us believe that he'd been fight
ing And as he growled SO when he came and
never had any cuts or wounds on him We
thought he was getting to be terrible brave
But at last found him cut And how that
dog would strut And he grew mean He'll
drive small dogs away from their bone, and go
TO chasing kittens to some polnks out OF harms
way. And he'd snap and snarl at womeu-
always insulting them. And he had half
dozen pups he d picked up around the city, as
mean but not 50 smart as he, and these pups
would chase poor girls into some corner where
Ben Butler would scod at, bark at, and then
after yubbin his dirty nose over them, leave
them with some wound upon them. But when
he hrard gun Lord bless you, how he'd run
and hold his tail close between his legs. We
bad lots of trouble with him. When he saw q
al, ho o,,l 81
And when he saw telegram 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 the jewelry stores! Let that dog so
10y show window where there would be some
silver-ware, and be- stand there all day. And
he'd look into store windows, and break into
churches to look at the communion plates. And
he'd follow funeral for miles if there was
silver plate on the coffin. Most of the folks
always thought lie was one of the mourners.-
But when found that the graves dug,
aud day saw his kennel filled with silver
plates screws, etc, gnawcd from coffin lids. wo
knew what vehement mourner Ben Butler
was. A funeral procession just passed the door
and that is what the dog. .goned dog went out
for soquck!
If an body wants a red and brindle, square
jawcd pet of this kind, whose keeping will not
amount to over six hundred dollars a month, un-
less have pay his stealing, we'd like to sell
him. He is q sweet pet ust such purp as
some poor man who is not able to buy wiBdow
curtain or a book for his wife to read would
want. lie can eat horse and chase his rider
up tree any day, and were it not for bis
pcculiarities, would be fine dog He'll eat
anything, from an inkstand to linen night
shirt-from pound Of candles to a baby-from
a magazine to an india rubber boat, and grows
handsomcr every day he lives. Wen sell him
cheap. Tor particulars address, with revenue
stamp to pay return postage on the dog, which
is such a-handy thing to have about your most
dog goned truly.