Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-06-02
The Difficulty about that Dog,
This was The cause Of falI the trouble

person who returns him to Jous QuiIL, No. "a,
Rickety Row.
! inserted the above in the Ddtty
F1ipfap, in the hope that | might
recover the animal, TO which l was
much attached. The Fiipfdp goes to
press at 5 a. m. At half past six |
was awakened by pull at my door.
bell. got out of my bed and opened
the window. As | looked out | saw
man standing in my front yard with
a mongrel dog tied TO a rope. He
gazed up and observed:
"Hello are you the fellow who lost
a dog 7"
eyes, am"
"Well, then, I've fetched him, said
the man.
/ then explained to this wretched
human being that my dog was a ter
rier, while his looked more like "a log
OF wood with half the bark OIL and
propped up on four sticks, than dog
OF any kind.
"Well, amt you going TO take him =
al wouldn't have him as gilt.
And l want you to move off now, or
I'll call the police"
"Now, l gness you think your
smart, don't your I'd bust you over
the jaw for five cents, would. You
don't know a good dorg when you see
him, you DON'T" and he went out,
after ripping the palings off the fence,
In about half an hour there was
another ring at the bell. l wont
down. There was a man with six
dogs Of variety of breeds.
HWh-wh-which of ems him, BIB
boss 7" said this fellow, for he stut-
tered as if be would strangle on a
small syllable.
"Neither of them"
"Y-you said his n-na-namo was j.
Jack, d-didn't you?"
eyes, that's it,"
"W-well, then, VIII wh-what 'ye call
th-that 2" says be, as be sung out
"Jack," and the whole six dogs
looked up and wagged their tails like
a lot of spawned oxen in fly time.
"Why, call itconfounded nonsense
TO expect me to take the whole six
dogs because they're named Jack. |
don't want to start sausage mill, you
understand. Mince meat isn't ia my
line"
"w.w-well, amt you goin' TO take
him 7"
"Certainly not, do you suppose l
am gibberiDg IDIOT 7"
"W-well, you sh.shan't have him
now if you want him. l w-wouldn't
trust decent d.dog with m-man
like you, anyway"
And the six CANNES fell into line
and trotted down the street after him.
l had not got fairly into the house,
before there was another ring. Seedy
looking man with a semi-decayed
yellow dog. His ribs stuck out 50,
that he looked as if be had gorged
himself with spiral springs.
"You advertised for dog, | believe.
Well, / caught him around here in
the alley, after desperate struggle.
Fine dog, SIR"
"Well, [ don't think heis. He looks
to me as if he wasn't well. He is too
ethereal for this world, young man,
depend upon it,"
"Oh not at all, sir. Only shedding
his coat, sir; all good dogs do at this
time of the year. See that, sir" said
this seedy Caucasian, holding up the
dog by the cuff of the neck. "See
how he yelps; that's a sign of pluck ;
that dog would fight a million wild
cats, he would, and lick 'em too, sir"
"Get outV l exclaimed, and the
dog put his tail between his legs and
ran for the gate.
"See that, sir see that 7" said the
seedy man, as he seized him, that's a
sign he's well trained; no raw dog
behaves like that, | want you to
know. Now, s'pose you fork over
that fve."
"Not muohl Idon't want him, my
friend"
"You wont do il? Well then take
him for seventy five cents, and say no
more about it. He's a valuable ami
NAL. You'll never get another such
chance"
~ tell you l wont have him"
"Meil, don't them" said this man as
he kicked the animal over on my
flower pots and broke three of them,
while the brute dashed madly down
the street.
Just then big rufilan in slouch
hat came up with a bull dog, sprung
in the knees, and lamenting The entire
loss of his tail. When tue ruiiian
spoke to him he wagged tho whole of
the last half of him.
Give brought that there dog" was
the observation made by the rufiian,
"and III finger them there stamps
reckon"
"My friend" said !, "that is not my
dog"
ayes, it is, though"
"But it is not"
"Don't tell you it isY Didn't you
say the tip Of his tail was gone Well.
just look at him, will you :"
"Well, | wont have him, anyhow"
"You want to cheat me, do you 2
III fix you. S-sick him, bull p said
the outrageous ruflian, as the dog few
at me, giving me barely time to get
inside aud shut tho door on his iron
tispiece, guess squeezed the nose
of that dog. But the man cursed me
about five minutes, and then flung a
brick at the door and went away.
"ln less than twenty minutes anoth.
er 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 IL was
raining. Says this victim of the
smallpox
You know that dog you advertised
for Well, here he is
90 psbawl" J" said ], "you know that
isn't my dog"
your name is Quill, amt itYo
at is" said /.
Well, then, this here is the dor.
ai. hes the best ratter you ever seen. |
sings them around like he was anus. |