The Van Buren press., 1869-06-29
VAN BUREN, ARK, JUNE 20, 1869.

knees and lamenting the entire loss ofhis
tail. When the rullian spoke to him he
wagged the whole Of the last half Of him.
"Tve brought that there dog" was the
observation made by the ruilian, land
I'll Engor them there stamps, reckon y
"My friend, that is not my dog"
Yes it is, though"
"But il is not"
Don't tell you il is' Didn't you
say the tip of his tail was gomez Well,
Just look at him will you?"
"Well, l won't have him, anyhow"
"You want to cheat me, do you? I'll
fix you. S sick him, Bull y said this out
rageous ruilian as the dog few at me,
giving me barely time to get inside and
shat the door on his frontispiees !
guess ! squeezed the nose off ofthst dog
But the man cursed me for about five
minutes, and then flung a brick at the
door and went away.
In less than twenty minutes another
ring, Small pock- marked man in red
shirt this time. Had speckled dog
that looked as if he had been out without
an umbrella when it was raining ink.
Says this victim of the small. .pox:
You know that dog you advertised
for? Well, here he is"
90 pshawn' said L." you know that
isn't my dog"
"Your names Quill, amt it"
ut is said |.
"Well, then, this here is the dog. He's
the best ratter you ever seen. Slings
them around like he was amusin' hissclf,
he does, and"
"But he is not my dog"
"And he is bully watch dog. Look
at him. Look at him now-he's watch
ing now! Why he'll sit there and watch
and watch, until he goes stone blind, he
will. He'll watch all night you only
let him. You never see watcher like
him. I'll jest chain him up while you go
in and get the "" /.
"No, you needn't" said l. "Tll blow
his brains out if you don't take him
away"
"Well, say, stranger, I'm little strap
ped to day jest lend me five on him this
morning. will you? I'll pay you to NOR
row"
See 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.
cav, you amt worth cent, you &C.
tually amt" said the pock marked man,
as he walked Off, after clipping the dog
over the head with one of my fence pal
ings, and then pntting his fingers to his
nose.
Not a minute after comes up man
with a mastir as big as small horse.
"Say, boss, / want that five" was all
he remarked by way Of introducing the
subject
"Wen, you can't get it. and il ysu
don't leave I'll call the police" ex
claimed in despair
"Watch him, Rip" said the man, in
stantly, and the dog flew at me, threw me
down, and bit slice of muscle out of my
leg, and disfgured 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 four o'clock ih the after
noon 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, varisgated dogs,
flea bitten dogs, dogs with tails, dogs
without tails, rat terriers, bull pups,
poodles, fox hounds, spanels, New.
fouudlands, mixed breeds, pointers, set
ters, and multitude of other varieties,
all growing, yelping, barking, swapping
and jumping about, until there wasn't a
hower-pot left in the place, and the noise
was worse than menagerie 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 the si'
lent grave. i only wish that all the dogs
from here to Russian America were col
lected into convention, and had hold
of that man with the mastitf, that they
might gnaw on him until he hadn't a
morsel Of meat left on his skeleton.
That is all want in the dog line in this
world