The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-24

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hat came up with bull dog sprung in
the knees, and lamenfing the entire
loss Of, his TAIL. When fhe. rnfian
spoke to him he wagged the whole
of the last half of him. sl.lgaa. f'ssg-;Ei
"I've brought that there dog,Hiwas
the observation made by the ,ruffian,
" and III finger them there, stamps, /
reckon. r ai s.,.IJh.,.a sfi hua --
"My friend,1 said /, sthat is not
my dog '''i'''t - -. -. ~. z.''
f..Yes it is, though" t..f
But it is not ..rgb I'd ... -... ~.
tDon't I tell you it is? Didn't you
say the tip of his tail was gone? Well
jest look at him, will You? oe. -,
Swell, l won't have him, anyhow
"You want to cheat me- do 1you2
III fix you. S-sick him, Bully ~ said
this outrageous rllff1an, as the dog flew
at me, giving me barely time to get
inside. and shut the door on his front
ispiece..i I guess squeezed the nose
off that dog. But the man cursed for
about five minutes, and then flung a
brick at the door and went away
In less than twenty minutes anoth-
er ring. Small pox-marked man IN a
red shirt this time. Had a speckted
dog that looked as if he had been out
without an umbrella when it was
raining ink. Says this victim of the
smallpox: -, - ,.-
You know that dog you; adyer-
tised for? Well; here he is.Y roIl3
so pshaw - said I, eyou know
that isn't my dog.'' , 4 R',5a =, ~, Up 8 !,
Kga,ES aAt y sii5 names Qnill' amt i it e,
tsSsss4Eell, then, this, here is the dog,
He's the best ratter you ever seen.
Sings them around like he was
amusin' hisself, he does, and2--"i 81 !.
"But he is not my dog"
"And he is a bully watch dog,
Look at him! Look at him now-he's
watching noWs Why he'll sit there
and watch and watch until heY goes
stone blind, hewill. He'll watch all
night if you only let him. / guess I'll
just chain him up, while you go. in
and get the "" .-...s4s-ss,...
".No, you needn't said I, = III
blow his brains out if you don't take
him away" liiIi5@'h ri =. 3asi N .b@
"Well, say, stranger, I'm a little
strapped to-day; jest lend me five on
him this morning, will yyoatP I'm pay
you to-morrow,y sji srg tml-V .bg
ifSee here, or I'll take the hide of
of yon,p I said, for began to get ex-
cited, you know. ~ 'i5D ~
LAW! you ain't worth a cent, you
actually ain't," said the pock7marked
man, as he walked of, after clipping
the dog over the head with one of my
fence palings, and then putting his
finger to his nose, 9.,i. .zuiesag7 ~ .dt5
Not minute after, up comes q man
with mastiff as big as "a small horse.
HSay, boss 1 want thatfVe, !" was all
he remarked by: way Of introducing
the subject 80 = :. - - ~. -
DWELL, you can't get it, and if you
don't leave Eli call the policeyS1 ex.
claimed in dispair. ot ''iJ.5t 81 = .iii'
"Watch him, Zipw said the man,
instantly, and the dog flew at me.
threw me down, and bit a slice OF
muscle out of my leg, and disfigured
my nose for life. Then the assassin
who owned him called him off and
went away laughing.
I didn't answer any more rings
that day, but about four o'clock in the
afternoon I looked out of the second
story window, and the yard was full
of men with all kinds of dogs. Black
dogs, white, dogs, yellow dogs, Yarie.
gated dogs, fiea-bitten dogs, dogs
with tails, dogs without tails. .irat ter
riers, bull pups, poodles, fox hounds,
spaniels, New Feuhdlands,, mixed
breeds, pointers, settlers, and a multi
tude of other varieties, all growing.
yelping, barking and swapping, and
jumping about until there wasn't q
flower pot left in the place. and the
noise was worse than menagerie al
meal time. ~, -
I haven got nay dog yet. 1 dom
want him either. 1 don't care if I nev-
er see another dog between this. and
4 the silent grave. l only wish that all
the dogs from here to Russian Amer
lea were collected into a convention,
and had hold of that man with the
mastiff, that they might gnaw on him
until he had not morsel of meat on
his skeleton. That is all I want in
the dog line in this world. .t't- H.