Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-27
EY JOUN QUILL.
mis- was the cause OF ali the trouble


"Losr oa the l0th instant, small Tyrrier
Dog, with a brass collar upon his neck, and the
tin Of his tail gone. Answers to the name OF
Jack Five dollars reward vii be given to
the person vino returns him to JOHN QUILL,
No. Il RiCkety Row.
| inserted the above in the Daily FHptap,
10 the hope that might recover the animal,
10 which | was much attached. The Fhptlap
goes to press ut : A. NJ. At g. | was awaken
ed by a pull at my door hell. got out of bed
and opened the window As | looked out |
saw man standing IN my front yard with q
monprrl dog tel Ia a rope. Tie ga2ed Ip and
observed
Hello are you the lelow who lost a
dog"
ayes, am.
"WeI, then, I've fetched hita 2' laid the
man.
| then explained to this wretchcd human
being that ms dog was 4 terrier, while he look
ed more like log OF wood with half the bark
off, anl propped up on iour sticks, than dog
Of auy kind.
"We ain You a going to take HIM
II wouldn't have him As 4 gilt. And |
want you to move off now, or Ill call the Eo-
lice.
Now, | guess you think you re smart don
you? u bust you over the Jaw Tor five cents,
would You don't know good dOrg when
YOU see him; you don't" And he went ont,
after ripping the palings oft the fence.
In about half hour there was another ring
ut the bell | went down. There was = man
with six dogs; OF variety OF breeds.
"Wh-wh-whch of ems him, BIB boss,
said this fellow, Tor he suffered as il he woald
stranglc on small syllable.
Neither of them.
''Y.you said his n-na. name was j Jack,
d-didn't YOU
.Yes, that's it.
"W well, then, wh-wh-what dye call tn
that" says hc as he sung out Jack - and
the whole six dogs looked up and wagCcd their
tails like lot OF spawned oxen in fly time.
"Why, call it contoundcd nonsense to ex-
pect me to take the whole six dogs because
they're are named Jack, don't want to start
a sausage mill, you understand. Mince meat
isn't in my hue. a.,
"W w-wel, amt you going to take hun
Certainly not; do you suppose | am glib
bering idiot ~
"W-w.w well, you sh shan have him now
il you want him. w-w-wouldn't trust de-
cent dog with am m man ike you, anyway.
Aud the six CANNES fell into line aud trottcd
down the street after him.
L nau not SUl ldiIIS III " tue hOuSC bSiOlS
there was another ring Seedy looking man
with semi decaycd yellow dog. His ribs
stuck ont so that he looked as il he had gorged
himself with q spiral spring.
You advertised tor dog, believe. Well,
| caught him around here IN the alley, after a
desperate struggle. Fine dog, sir
We'll, don't think he Is. lie looks to me
as If he wasn't we'll lie is too ethereal Tor
this world, young man, depend upon it.
.'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 seedy Caucasian, holding
the dog by the cuff Of the neck "See how he
yelps, that 5 sign of pluck; that dog would
tight 4 million wild eats, he would, and HEX
EN- too, sir.
Get out r exclaimed, and the dog put
his tail between his legs and ran Tor the gate.
''See that, sir ? sec that p said the man, as
he seized him, that's assign he 5 we'll trained;
no raw dog behaves ike that, | want You to
know. Now, s'posc you fork over that five. =
"Not much | don't want him my friend.
"You won't do it, Well, then, take him
for seveuty-tiye cents, and say no more about
it. He's valuable ANIMAL lou IL never get
another such chance.
Il tell you, | won't have him.
"Well, don't then,' said this man, as he
kicked the animal over on my fower-pots and
broke three of them, while the brute dashed
mady down the middle of the street.
just then big ruftian in slouch hat came
mp with bulldog, sprung in the knees, and
l2mentlne the entire loss Of his tail. When
the ruiIan spoke to HIM he wagged the whole
OF the last halt OF him.
We brCustt that ere dog" was the obscr.
yatiOn made by the rufhan, 'and III finger
them there stamps, reckon"
My friend, sald |, that is not my dog. ~
"les, it is, though
But 1t is not
But don't tell you it Is? ladn't YOU say
the tip OF his tail was gone Well lest lonk
at him, will you?'
well, | won't have him, anyhow"
''YOu want to cheat ne, do You? III fix
You. S.Sick him, Bull !" said this outrageous
rutian, Is the dog few at me giving me barely
time to get inside and shut the door on his
trontispiece. guess squeezed the nose oil
o. that dog. But the man cursed me for abou,
i've minutes and then flung brick AT the dool
and went away.
10 less than twenty minutes another ring