The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-09

hundred nights hand-running in the
Orphans Friend, or Innocence Avenged
in the old country, and his grandson
learns most anything at one showing.
Fond of him I? OF course I am ] have
seen tight times, but | would Just as soon
think OF selling Il child of mine as of part
ing with him. That dog would steal for
me il told him to-
Are you kept pretty busy?''
''Pretty much so, though alone as q
business it would not keep me. At night
| am :; scene-shifter. Americans have to
be educated up to my art. There is get
ting to be private taste for it. Christ
mas week | sold four dogs at u good
price They were all good romping dogs
1t takes Il good deal Of patience to in
struct a dog thoroughly. 1t amt hard to
make him fetch and carry, nor to jump
through Il hoop, but when it comes to
balancing, and playing dead, and Grip
ples''-
"What's that ?"
Getting lame It's a matter of six
months. A good letter dog that makes
no mistakes is good for a years work.
How is the letter trick done ~
well there is lots of humbue about it.
/
and no. Though Eve seen dog rs could
| letters is rubbed with some kind of smell
ing stuff, and the man makes signs to the
dog. That poodle's father knew two
letters certain, o and |, and never made
Il mistake. Begging your pardon, sir,
not knowing your politics, he was most
entitled to Vote
"What is the price Of u regular first
class performer, such As would llaw at a
! circus ?"
you can't put any fixed price on a
star dog. | have been offered $500 for
Billy here, by a professional rs was going
to the Brazils. a good dog, one that
could play in the 'Montargis' piece, and
had good size, and looked the part, | see.
was sold in Manchester this summer for
goo. Three years ago, Bills half brother
was sold by me for ESQ. He went to
California. The last I heard of the party
was that he had retired from the business
and was running for the legislature. |
hires out dogs sometimes. [ have got
two travelling now with aminstrel troupe.
| get So for the month for the two, be
sides guarantee of 800 in case they are
not returned"
Don't they sometimes throw up their
engagements and come back to you?'
$50 they does, and it is u very trying
part Of the business, and expensive tele-
graphing over the country about dogs.
OF course. | have to whip them, and keep
them until called for. There was one
dog | owned once that broke loose twenty
times | couldn't break him Of it. At
last he would run up the steps, look over
the threshold at me OF keep the other side
of the street, Just 50 rs to have a sight OF
me, and then, kind Of satisfied, would
| clear ont again. That little retriever is
Just worthless when away from me. and
she is a very intelligent dog. Dolly, my
slippers, pipe, tobacco, and a match. :
These orders were given very quickly,
and the dog scampercd around she room
| and brought what was wanted, one thing
after the other. ''Talking about dogs,
can train Il dog to be u regular fire eX-
tinguisher. they scent fire and smoke in
a moment. | had :; big dog once who
could put out an ordinary fire in Il
moment; he would roll over and over in
it, even though it burned him. until he
put il out"
You seem to he an enthusiast; have
you read much of logs ?"
"Oh, yes, sir. There is no reading
likes SO well. Mr.. Bulwers romance
dogs is poetry dogs. but no equal to Mr..
Dickens dogs They is true to the life.
and if dogs could speak, for they do think,
they would talk just like Mr. Dickens
dogs. Only one thing, sir, and if You
don't think it Il liberty shall presume to
remark which it is in regard to dogs, do
! ,l,.,+ 4 4.
they never will perform their tricks anl
carry a good tail, Now, to make YOU
understand, do YOU see that ycllow-s spot
ted dog? That dog knows we are talk
inc about him, and he's bordering on rs.
Dogs does a deal Of pondcrng That
dogs IN inventive dog, sir, and is capabl,
of striking off for himself Il perfectly
original line of characters, only, sin, whcl
up to the beauties Of his part. hinspired
may say, regular hinspire'l, he will drop
his tail. Some dogs draw their tails NOR,
than others; some carries them RIGHT be
tween their legs. which takes ever SC
much away from the Traction OF the piece
May be, sir, You don't know much abou
plays where the dog is the actor. The
4temale lady character says: "Oh my
dog my faithful dog, how ioyously he
bounds this way! We are saved We art
saved! lie comes! He comes ~ Now t.
see dog come in with his tail down lil,
a whipped eur takes all the life out Of the
piece. Dog human nature notwithstand
ing any of the arts Of man, will show itse
there. Once | got acquainted with Al
Italian. He lnowed most as much as an7
man | ever saw on dogs. He had a biz
spaniel dog, as was 4 most natural dog
| seen that dog perform I, dozen times.
and that dog had no drop in his tail
though his play was cowed like and not
free. OF course his master would not
let me handle him. But paid fren,
OF mine to have that dog sent to me once
just for ten minutes. and found it out
The dog was nicked, sir; the muscles a
the Joint of his tail had been clean cut, s,
that he couldn't drop or wag it if he tried
That amt true art, and Pm above it
It's the ambition of my life, however
to succeed on that one point. | suppos,
If L had 4 very young puppy, and trained
him up alone, apart from any other dog
and we neither of us ever lost our tenn
pers, we might succeed. In the mean
time, as You see, | satisfies my craving
fer perfection with short-tailed dogs
Nature and her defects amt us pcrccptiblt
in n bob-tailed dog"
"Win you allow us" we said, ''tC
thank you for really you are Il conscien
tious artist; it is difficult to meet such. v
"Thank you, Sir" was the reply ''Tht
living | pick up is one thing, and the
satisfaction | derive from my calling i.
another 1t amt often ! am appreciated