The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-25
start a sausage mill, you understand. Mince

!" Certainly not; do you suppose am
gibbering idiot!"
q W-w-w-well, you sh-shan't have him
now If you want him. 1w-w-wouldn't trust
decent d-dog with m-m-rnan like you,
And the six CANNES fell into line and
trotted down the street after him.
had not got fairly into the house before
there was another ring. Seedy-looking man
with semi-dccayed yellow dog. His rib,
stuck out SO that he looked as if he had
gorged himself with spiral spring.
"You advertised FOR dog, | believe
Well, caught him around here in the al
lev, after desperate struggle. Fine dog,
sir"
"Wcll, don't think he is. He looks to
mo as if he wasn't well. He is too etheral
for this world, young man, depend upon
"Oh, not at all. sir. Only shedding his
coat, sir all good dogs do it at this time Of
year. see that, sir" said this secdy Cau'
casian, holding the dog, by the cuff of the
pluck that dog would fight million wild
eats, he would, and lick 'em, too, sir"
"Get out - / exclaimed, and the dog put
his tail between his legs and ran for the
gate.
as he seized him, "thats i sign he's well
trained; no raw dog behaves like that, !
want you to know. Now, s'pose you fork
over that five
Not much. l don't want him, my
friend
"You won't do it !? We'll, then, take him
for scventy-fivc cents, and say no more about
it. He's valuable animal. You'll never
get another such a chance
! IS toll vc1 I won't have him.
+ "Wel!, don't then" said this man, as ne
/ kicked the animal over on my flower-potS and
broke three of them, while the brute dashed
madlv down the middle of the street.
/ Just then big Euffian in Il SLOUGH hat
came up with n bulldog, sprung in the
knees, and lamenting the entire loss OF MS
tail. When the rIlffian spoke to him he
wa@ccd the whole Of the last half Of him.
GIVE brought that ere dog" was the OBJ
scrvation made by the rutfian, land I'll
finger them there stamps, I reckon"
''My friend," said l., "that is not my
dog"
ayes, it is, though"
"But it is not"
"But don't tell YOU it Is? Didn't you
saw the tip of his tail was gone? Well, jest
look at him, will you"'
"Well, / won't have him, anyhow.
"You want to cheat me, do You? I'll
fix you. S-sick him, Bull ~ said this out
ragcous rullian, as the dog flew at me giving
me barely time to get inside and shut the
door on his frontiSpiece. ] guess | squeezed
the nose off Of that dog. But the man
cursed me for about five minutes and then
flung brick at the door and went away.
In less than twenty minutes another ring.
Small pock-marked man III red shirt, this
time. Had a speckled dog that looked rs if
he had been out without III umbrella when
it was raining ink. Says this victim OF the
smallpox:
"You know that dog YOU advertised for:
Well, here he ISL
"0 pshaw!" said I, "you know that
isn't my dog
"Your names Quill, amt it,"
alt is" said /.
"Well, then, this here is the dog. He's
the best rattcr you ever seen. Sings them
around like he was amusin' hissclf, he docs,
and
but he is not my dog"
"And he is Il bully Watchdog. Look at
him Look 1T him now-he's watching now !.
Why. he'll sit there and watch, and watch
until he goes stone biind-hc will. He'll
watch all night if you only let him. You
never see watcher like him. | guess I'll
Jest chain him UP while you go i'll and get
the W
"No, YOU needn't" said I. "rll blow
his brains out if YOU don't take him away"
"Wcll, say, stranger, Pma little strapped
to-day: Jest lend me five on him this morn
ing. will you: I'll pay you tomorrow"
"Sce here, now, you just get out OF here,
or I'll take the hide off of you,' | said, for
| BEGAN to Get excited, you know.
"Aw. YOU amt worth Il cent, you ac-
tually amt" said the pock-markcd man rs
he walked Off, after clipping the dog over
the head with one of my fence pailinSS, and
then putting his fingers to his nose.
Not 4 moment after, up comes man WITH
Il mastiff as big as Il small horse.
"Say. boss. / want that five" was all he
remarked by way Of introducing the sub
.sWell, you can't get it, and if you don't
leave I'll call the police | exclaimed, III
despair.
"'Watch him, Zip" said the man in
SANITY, and the do" flew ut me, threw me
down, and bit Il slice of muscle out OF my
lee and di>li"urcd my nose for life. Then
the assassin who owned him called him of,
and went away laughing.
/ didn't answer any more rings that day,
but about 4 O'Clock in the afternoon look
cd out of the second story window, and the
yard was full of men with all kinds of dogs.
Black dogs, white dogs, yellow dogs, yaric-
gated dogs, fca-Jittcn dogs, dogs with tails,
dogs without tails, rat terriers, bull pups,
pUOdlcs, fox hounds, spanicl>, Ncwlound-
landcrS, mixed breeds, settlers, pointers, and
Il multitude Of other varieties, Ill growing,
/ yclping, barking, swapping, and jumping
about until there wasn't flower pot left in
the place. and the noise was worse than Il
mcnagcric at meal time.
| haven't got my dog yet. | don't want
( him, either. ] don't care if / never see
another dog between this and thn silent
grave. | only wish that all the dogs from
here to Russian America were collected into
Il convention, and had hold Of that man with
the mastin, that they might gnaw on him
until he hadn't Il morscl of meat left on
his skeleton. That is all | want in the dog
line in this world.
Last October, NJ. Lcsplan reports to the
French Academy he inocuatcd himself
with the gray matter from the lung Of Il
consumptive patient just dead at the hos
pital OF GroS-Caill0n. The hazardous eX-
pertinent was made to satisfy himself and
! the profession whether or not tuberculosis
can be contracted by incubation. He tesli-
lies that no unpleasant consequences have
! us yet been experienced, six months having
passed since the operation was performed.
/ 4 New Orleans widow of Il week was
Woocd by an impulSvc sutton, who, after
obtaining her consent TO a marriage in Il
fortnight, borrowed ten dollars and deserted
her. She told her tale to the Recorder.
"Well," exclaimed the surprised official,
"this is little ahead ofanything ever heard
Of Yes, sir" replied the lady, at does
so beat all not that | care anything about
the money, but don't like being fooled"
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