The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-02
A Good Dog story

Ii u0eS not Iuake any utucfcuSe NhSe1"'
your name is Keyser or not, If you want 10
buy dog there is one for sale cheap on
cansl-boat now Drawing the pillows some.
where east of Frankfort. The captain OF
the boat is an Oswego man, and 1t Is but one
short week since he spliced his malnDrace,
and let out the reefs in bis driver, anu sot
three sheets In the wind, and maze I'll ne
cessary preparations for a prosperous voy-
age. His wife sang write me Lestel,
Love-" In the cabin bis children plaSeo OH
deck: bis steeds aired their frames on Tue
tow-path his hand was on the rudder, anu
his mate was just recovering from ms iare'
we'll attack of deliriun trenae7as IN the tor-
ward cabin. The captain gaZed proudly
around him, and could think OF nothing ne
cessary to complete his happiness; but bis
wife wiser than be, thought they needed
doy-a nice NewtoundIand-to play with
the children. fish them out when they fell IN
the canal, and watch the dcck-hands when
the captain was of after groceries.
Coming through West Utica on Saturday,
the captain bought a nice Ne~foundland
dog. lie got him at a bargain; IN fact, nc
rot him for nothing, so to speak, because the
man who owned the dog was not around at
the time the bargain was made. The cap
tain had the dog, but still he was not happy.
The dog had a way Of barking at passing
crafts, and so drew upon bis captains boat
freorent showers of coal and wood. and ne
would dive down the steep steps into the
cabin suddenly, and upset the captains WIFE
Once he lit right on the table and spoiled
pound of butter, and he was altogether TOO
playful.
Yesterday the captain, who IS plouS
| man, tied up and put out his plank Just east
of the city, and started with his children 10
90 TO tho Park, and to observe the day after
| the manner of this vicinity. The dog started
too, and as soon as he got on shore he began
| to caper and wag his tail, and so wagSed
one of the children fiat on Its blessed back.
! The baby yelled, and the captain made some
tender remarks as he set it on its plous feet,
and some other remarks as he shook bis hst
| at the dog. The dog misunderstood the
man, and came running buck, full of fun,
and made jump to lick bis face. He missed
| the man, but he Knocked the other child
| into the canal, and the father, without wait
| ing to make any remarks, jumped in after It,
| The dog, being to the water born, knew
lust what to do, and he went cavorting
| off to get good Roadway, barking to him
self at every jump, and just as the man got
! to the top Of the water with bis darling
| child the dog took flyng.eap Of about
twenty feet and struck on top of the man.
| Well, the water that man spurted around
| was boiling hot with the oaths he sputtcred
| with it, and his wife pranced around on the
deck of the boat and flung pole to the old
man, which the dog promptly dragged and
pulled ashore, and that captain was nearly
drowned hsfore he trod the sod again.
The dog is an intelligent animal--very
| intelligent indeed; upd just as soon as he
| saw that mariners face he knew that some
thing was wrong, so he skunk up the
plank on board. The captain gathered
| what loose granite and lumber he
could in hurried but earnest search,
and marched up the plank, the grimuiest
figure of Neptune ever done i'll Mohawk
Valley mud. AS soon as he got on board
he opened a hot fire on the dog, and that S;i-
gaciOus brute went yelping through the for
ward hatch, and struck III the bunk where
the mate lay musing about the devil. When
the mate saw the dog lie thought the evil
one had come for him sure enough, and he
braced himself for one last fight, so that
when the captain jumped down in pursuit
Vt the dog, there was mutual misunder-
standing all around. The captains wife
looked down and tried to explain, but there
was confused whirlpool Of bunk boards
and hair. and bedding, and legs, and arms,
with an occasional infusion OF dog, that it
seemed idle to waste her breath in taking
such a circus.
To-day the bow of that fatal craft cuts the
water solemnly, and at the helm stands the
wreck of that captain, fastened together with
strips of plaster and smelling of liniment,
and ever aud anon he surrenders the rudder
to his wife, while he goes forward to ham
mer detected dog, which is for sale, or to
listen to the rawlings of the maniac confined
under the forward hatch. Utica Herald.