Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-12-11
Mlisfella
Hollenback's Bull Dog.

bull dog about the size OF yeariing calt,
and the whole neighborhood has to walk
on its tip toes aud put on respectful look
when that dog is turned loose.
The other night Mr.. Hollcnback was
telling a crowd in a corner grocery what
prize medal of dog he had, and how
he could prance over anything in Detroit,
and young man named Madden. who
owns fiddle and fiddles it most of the
time, said he'd bet money that he could
make the Hollenback dog quake and trem-
BILE under the power of music. He said
he never saw dog which couldn't be fid-
died out of countenance in five minutes by
the clock, and he had tried lots of them.
Mr.. Hollenback grinned with delight,
and it was arranged that the young man
should try it right away. Madden got
his fiddle and the crowd went over to
Hollenback's.
The dog was called into the kitchen, and
then the crowd slipped out, one by one,
leaving Madden alone. "Crossed-eyed
Terror" is the animals name
didn't know what to think of the proceed
ings, and he sat up and gave Madden
look in which border ruffiansm, inquiry,
deceit and establishment were about equal
ly mingled. The fiddle was poised and
the young man commenced fidding sad
tune, something like "Mother is Dead"
The dog arose at the first note and bent
a very earnest look on the fiddle. He
bad probably never seen fiddle, and was
IN doubt as to whether it was new kind
Of dog or an Internal machine As the
tune began to draw out longer and long
or, Cross-eyed Terror took step forward
and gave utterance to a growl which
made things tremble. Madden looked
fixedly at the animal and sawed away until
it became evident that he hadn't better
keep that tune much long, and he chang
ed off on to something lively. The dogs
bristles rose up and his eyes assumed
hungry look. The young man changed
to a chant, and the dog came little
nearer, and his under lip fell down like
the end board of u coal-cart.
A man who was looking through the
kcy-hole of the door remarked that he
wouldn't be there for forty million dollars,
and the excited whispers Of the crowd
seemed to excite the dog. He uttered
several more growls, and in his own Ian
guage inquired; ''What do you take me
for, anyway 2" Madden had faith. and
struck 1.-THE Green Shores of Ireland"
He hadn't even cited the green shores
before Cross-eyed Terror laid hold of him
by the hip and gave him scientific toss.
Next moment fiddle and dog and howl
and growl were all mixed up together. -
Madden shouted for the crowd to rush
in, and the dog growled out that there
was private cotillon, with no admission
for outsiders.
The young man lived about year and
half in less than u minute He went
over the stove with a whoop, around the
table with yell, and felt his coat tails
60 off as he stopped for an instant to
raise the window sash. The crowd rush.
ed in as soon as they understood what
was going on. They found Madden ly-
ing on his face and the dog was trying to
get a hold somewhere so that he could
lift him up and administer the terrier
shake" They pounded the dog with
chair, kicked his ribs and yelled for him
to let go. and finally they had to throw
a pail of cold water over him. Mr.. Mad
den could hardly get up, and when once
up he couldn't sit down He had bites
all over him and few thrown in ''to
boot" and the largest piece of his valua-
BILE fiddle was just the size of an Arizona
tooth-pick.
An English writer says, II believe
that there is taste for music in every
child born, and that if it disappears in
after life, it is for want of cultivation.
Was there ever yet a baby that could not
be sung to sleep? However this may be,
to play some one instrument is Of more
value to man than at first appears. To
the character it is reGner Music is
the medicine of the soul; it smooths the
wrinkles of hard life of business, and
it lifts us from thoughts of intrigue, en-
tcrprise, anxieties, hatred, and what not,
to calmer, more heavenly frame of mind.
To man himself therefore, the power to
play is of use. He may not always have
sister, wife, or daughter to sing or play
to him; he may not always be within
reach of the opera and concert-rooms =
aud then, too, half the enjoyment of music
is gone, when you cannot enjoy it as you
hist and of what kind you need, gay or
grave, as your fancy lies. 1t is an in
diligence to pure mind and one of those
few indulgences which are free from
harm"
WHOSE Boy is THAT?-He may be
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