The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-04-15
The "Good .Dogs.''

The "ROO0 DOGS.
Some boys in New York, whose pa
rents are for the most part wealthy, or
at least in good circumstances, have
! formed noble society called tie
"Good Dog" !" the main feature of which
! seems to be the aIleviation Of the suf-
| fering of homeless and destitute little
ones Of the metropolis, The Sun gives
the following incident which occurred
few days ago :s,,s ~s,.5l aosi;Y5
81 say, are you asleep 7" ! 3T4a-e.,..
'sWotdo yol want p, ,f,.,g IN
ri want you to get up and go with
me-" - y. 80 '.a.-c.,s.f. ,ew
sWell, now, now that 'ere's rough,
that is can't 1 never get no chance to
sleep nowhere, no how? Wot have 1
been doin, of now !? IN
"I want you to go to a better place
I am Good Dog 80
"A good which ?'' ~: - =
"a Good Dog ?"
isYou don't look like one
tWell, am and I have come to
fetch you to a better place. Amt you
almost frozen a-lying among them
chips ?" Te
"You ain't, beak, are you ?"
"What's that Z" .ss-.=ss 7=-.t
GA policeman"
"Do look like policemen 2"
'No, you don't; but you don't look
like dog, ether
It's the name of society-The
Good Dogs; boys society. We so
out in the snow storms and hunt about
the docks and ship yards to see if we
can find the poor boys or girls that
havn't any homes, and whenever we
find one we take him to our room and
give him a bed, and hot coffee and
toast" o.o-,e.- I--t els
"We,l, that's rum go, that is
Wet do you do for it 2''
sFor fun. You see our chief, Ju-
MUS Welley, read one day in the news,
paper that in Switzerland (where they
have ever such high.mountaiusa and awe
full heavy snow falls) .hey sent out big
dogs to find frozen travellers. So the
next day he came to me and said he
thought it was a shame that the Board
of Aldermen don't send out dogs in
our snow storms to find dout- frozen
travellers. And then he talked to som
other boys; and at last johnny Dat
mer said, "Wouldn't it be fun to have
a society ard call it The Good Dogs,
| and 60 out ourselves IN the snow. aud
| hire q room 10 take them to, and give
/ them coffee aud toast7 So then we
told our fathers, and they gave us; mon
ey 10 buy things and to hire place,
I =, II 10 ho n
that's where want you to go"
So spake the Good Dog to the shiv-
eriug, houseless boy, " no lay coiled up
amid mass of chips in the desolate
| ship-yard. The contrast was very
great between them, and it was beau.
tifu, spectacle to behold the fur clad
child of affluence assisting the little
pauper at his feet No row of stock
holders boxes, with their jeweled in
mates, acted as frame to the picture !;
1 no diapason of orchestral m usic sent up
its wall of pathos through the air but
the falling snow engirded the actors,
ard the low wall of the increasing
tempest was the voices sole accom-
paniment. --...z---,--,
After making their way from the
dism al yord, and winding through many
an intricate and filthy maze, the boys
paused before neat two story building,
the lower door of which was devoted
to news vending and :he upper to the
accom- odation of the guests of the
i"Good Dog.n On mounting the stairs
and rapping upon the door, another
Good Dog in a spotted necktie made
bis appearance, aud ushered them into
very neat apartment, embellished
with red hot stove, upon which a
huge kettle of water was singing, and
in front of which reposed a .deligh tful
mound of buttered toast while puffy
little fellow in white apron, and with
4 1 a -fuvs uPParentiJ rcd het 90 she
stove, was engaged in adding to the
heap. At the further end of the room,
al small, clean table, three wofully
| seedy children were devouring, with
ravenous appetites, the inviting fare;
| while three other Good Dogs anticipat-
ed their wants, and gazed with delight
upon tEeir enjoyment. The new com
! ers Immediately took their places
among the others :and while the puffy
little fellow in the white apron scutted
to and from the stove, another good lit
tie Dog in a blue jacket announced
that the beds were all in order, the
newly-arrived outcast inquired, as he
guzzied his coffee, (which was Ju-
MUS Welley f'' And when that Good
| Dog was pointed out, and be. watched
his sparkling eyes, the little outcast de-
clared that "Jdnius was the rummiest
go wot he had ever met, and this was
the rulnmiest go wot he bad ever
seer" !" 9 -, -a.,sizi.. f.,,i "a