Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-27
the JOSH BILLINGS PAPERs,
THE NO FOUNDLAxD.

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In uncivilized life they perhap
are more one ov the necessitys, a
they quite often are cooked, ant
eaten whole.
Among the civilized, If they evel
do git onto q bill ov fare, (ov which
hav mi own private doubts,) they
are more artisktly handled, ant
enter into hash, or sassage, not q,
the leading artikle, but more. tev
kreate a good average.
But am not now disposed te
treat ov dogs az vittles, but as the
companym ov man, hiz pet, and hi1
partner.
The nu foundland dog il a natif
ov the place WHARF the noble kod.
fish IL kaught.
lie don't liv in the water, like the
kodfsh, but unlike the kodfsn, ivs
on the land.
Hiz principal amuzemant IL say.
ing life, and am told that thare il
hardly a man, ora woman, in all
Nu foundland, but what hax had
their lives saved several times by
these wonderful dogs.
They are taken from NJ found.
land to various parts ov the world
and are kept for the purpose oy
dragging the drowning from a
watery grave.
Yu will find them in mountainous
countlys, WHARF thare aint emmy
water, but little brooks. Here they
don't hav mutch to do, in their line
ov bizzness, and git very fatt.
But H. am told, that even here,
they don't forget their natur, and
kan often be seen looking down in
to the wells, after drowning men.
| This shows the CRATE power ov
instinllt, and the force ov bizzness
habits, alwus looking for job.
1 never hav had mi life saved by
one Of theze noble kritters, but am
reddy tew havit done, at emmy time,
at the usual rates.
Life IL sweet, and it il cheaper
tew hav it saved by dog than bi a
dokter.
But these dogs are all hydropaths,
and thare IL sum pholks 80 kussid
sentimental that they had rather
die than be doktered bi ennything
else than an old skool allopath.
I am just phool enuff, if I wax in
the pond, just at the pint Of deth
on ackount ov too mutch water, and
thare waz a M foundlend dog
standing on the shore out ov a job,
shoald let him handle the case,
rather than send four miles for a
regular dokter.
I may be all wrong in this, but if
the dog hauled me out all right, I
should hav time tew repent ov mi
blunder, and next time send for a
physician with diploma.
1t IL never too late tew repent ov
a blunder, not if you hav got plenty
ov time on hand that you don't kno
what to do with.
l never hav owned a NufOundland
dog, but just az soon as I git able
tew board one, without skrimping
mi family, I mean to buy one, or
borro one, just for hiz bord.
I don't kno ov ennything more
magnificent than tew hav a CRATE
illustrious Nufoundland dog tew
follow VII in mountainous
country. a...
I liv at Pordunk (the home ov
the Billings family and Pordunk il
not wet place.
Thare IL sum good wells thare,
and two grocerys, but the water
privileges at Pordunk are used only
az beverage.
Thare IL only one Nufoundland
dog now at Pordunk. and think
the town would support two.
I don't suppose should hav
work cuff tew keep one ov thase
nobel animals bizzy hauling drown
ing men out of wells, but in the
spring ov the year, after the gardens
waz made, i could lend him out tew
the nabors tew run in the gardens.
Idon't know ov emmy thing better
tew keep the angleworms, and early
lettiss, and beets out ov a garden
than full-grown Nufoundland pup.