St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-19
A Visit to Your Neighbor.
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1t i pleasant 10 pay Il visit /" the
house Of a man who keeps two or three
dog. Thr dogs always fly AT You in
the most fcr"ciuu> manner aS soon IL
\uu enter the yard. and Just ~ y"u
have made up N"ur mind that N"n aIc
going to hc torn limb from limb. the
owner appears. and H. You wipe the
prr>piratiun from your brow. he laughs.
and ~IN~ the dogs ale perfectly harm
less. except when any one rc>i>tS them.
Then Nou >it down in the porch. and all
three of the dogs smiil at l"ur Ices until
You are afraid to move. If Nuu can
summon up courage enough to pat one
ON the head. the other two instantly put
their furclrg> on yuur lap. and cover
Nour trousers with dirt. while each
struggles to crowd the other off. After
Il hit. the third dog tries to jump on
Nour knee. and they threaten Ia have
a fight about ii. while you are afraid To
encourage one for fear of making the
other two mad. When they have
paved about six dollars worth of value
out of Nnur pamtalnuns. and covered
them with mud. the owner imtcrtrrc>.
and sends them all away. After tea.
vour host cNcUSrs himself for half an
hour. and y"u 90 ont to sit upon the
porch alone. Presently the three dogs
come bounding up. and they all begin
tn smell you aS earnestly aS if they had
never performed the operation before.
Then they lie dawn. hut a> soon as y"m
move Your chair ar feet, they spring
suddenly up, and appear to he deeply
interested i'll considering you.
You think you will take walk in
the garden, and the whole three follow
close ut Your heels, while You are cN-
pcctimg every moment To have the calf
of yoIIr leg bitten ont. 1t is sUrpriSin =
how gingerly Il man walks with three
strange dogs close behind him. He
wouldn't run OF dance IL hornpipe for Il
million dollars Il minute. and found for
the rest of his natural life. Directly
the dogs engage in Il fight over Il bone.
and yuu embrace the opportunity to
hurry back to the house. just as you
break into Il trot, yOu are surprised tn
find that the brutes have made up their
quarrel. and are leaping AT YOU and
harkimg, half i'll fun, and halfin earnest.
You slow up. and get back i'll the porch.
When Won put your hand on tn" front
door-knoh. all three dogs stand around,
and utter ominous growlS. Then they
suddenly seem to he impressed with
the idea that something i wrong. and
they all begin to bark Savagely. and Ia
make dashcs at you. The door l.
| locked. and. in alarm, you climb up on
| the porch chair. This convinccs the
dogs that something absolutely must
/ hr wrong. and they begin in downright
earnest to try to grab you by the leg
just as the big yellow dog succeeds in
getting hold of your boot, and squeez-
| ing his teeth into your flesh. your host
comes up, calls off the dogs, and Is
very much amused to find you so badly
scared about 1.-TWO or three unOtfending
dogs that wouldn't hurt child Then
you want To 90 home !; and when you
once get inside the gate, You register {
solemn vow never again to visit any
man who has So poor an idea of the
demands of hospitality as to keep lo
of beastly ours about his house To annoy
and persecute his friends.