National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-01
FRANK CLEARY SELLS A "DoRG.".


The auction rooms of Messrs. LatIner Cleary,
corner Of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., bears a resemblance at times TO what Holy
Writ describes as NOah's ark. 1t is true there
are many differences, one being that its contents
are not foated away, but removed by furniture
wagons, Peppers express, shoulders, &C. and
other that the house Of Frank and Mark is not
made Of Gopher wood, but of brick and mortar,
painted white, and on its gable end q huge sign.
Saturday is the harvest day for this firm, when
may be seen thousands of persons standing in the
vicinity, listening TO the musical voice of Frank
CleaTy, selling old and new furniture, and, in
fact, everything from needle to an anchor.
CHEERFUL PRANK.
Frank arose cheerfully on Saturday morning,
and after his usual deVOtiOns, which generally
last from to 10 o'clock, the hour arrived for be-
ginning his sale He took his position on dry
goods box in front Of his store, and exclaimed:
Ladies and gentlemen, now offer n handsome
walnut bedstead; what am bid for it? 1t is
nearly new and has seen little service: made by
one OF the best furniture manufacturers in Balu-
more. Now, ladies and gentlemen what am
bid for II? Give me a start. All goods are war
rsnted as represented An old lady in the crowd,
who had taken q position early in the morning by
the side OF me bedstead, and who had made up
This was too much for Frank, and with an ''ugh!"
he started off with the thrty-dollar bid. "Thirty-
FIVE" exclaimed another voice. Forty" said the
old woman. and l have forty dollars" said
Frank. "FOrty-five, did hear your But there
being no response, he continued on the "forty''
Are you all done? Forty, once! Forty, twice
Forty, third and last time! Gone! Cash to that
old LADY over there"
'DoRG" ON THE STAND.
aTbis was followed by other articles of furniture,
crOckeTyware, bed-clothing, mattresses, carpet
ing and sundry other things until he was about
clUsing the sale, when a stalwart man with a
chain in his hand and dog at the other end, came
up in hurry and cried, "hOld on, Mr.. Auctioneer,
lswaDt you 10 sell this dog" The crowd gathered
around: Frank grabbed the dog by the back OF
the neck and held him up so the crowd could see
him. This dog was yellow, of medium size, brown
eyes and rather an intelligent cOuntenance. He
had evidently been we'll bred, although he had
cut-aWay tail. which he endeavored to keep in
is proper place while going through the eXamin-
atOD-mOre strict than that inflicted by the civil
service board. He was punched In the side, mouth
examined, ears pulled, strOked, patted and had
hundreds Of other thingsdOne to him, all of which
be bore with the greatest fOrti:ude. Frank, after
holding the dog for fully one half hour, began to
show signs Of becoming weary, and soon his face
colored up to such degree that one of the crowd
cried out Prank. drop that dog or you will burst"
The canine was placed gently on the dry-goods
box at the feet of Frank, and with a quiet oath he
asked If any person was going TO bid on the animal
CHEAP sAUsGE MEAT.
HE was started at twenty cents, but before
Frank could call the bid some one in the crowd
asked if 1t was n sooner dog, to which Frank re-
piled, Judging from bis extremity, he was a Sey-
mOur. The sale began, and ran up to htty-fVe
cents. and was about to be knocked down, when
a walking brewery came up and throwing his
hands in the air, said: "Myster do you know how
old that dog is?" Frank was unable to tell his
been about two years in this country, was unnat-
uraliZed, and he came from q respectable family,
and IL he was entitled to the ballot he would vote
the Democratic ticket. This latter recommends
tiOn took the TeutOnic gentleman, and he raised
the bid five cents, and the dog was knocked down,
but taking him home was another thing. The
sixty cents was paid over, and with all the grace
imaginable the purchaser attempted to take the
prize away. This was strongly objected to by
the dog, and showing bis ivorys, at the same time
making for his new owners eXtremities, caused a
general scattering. The attempt was renewed by
the new owner, but Of no avail a. that dog had
made up his mind to fight it out that line If it
took him until the civil rights bill passed. and
moreover he had determined not to change his
base no matter how strong the enemy was.
A DISAPPOINTED TEUToN.
The owner began to show signs Of anger AID
the original owner who stood by and witnessed the
scene, made proposition to the purchaser, which
was accepted, and the new and old owners in
company with the dog, struck bee line for Har-
yey's, where it was decided that the two would
20 together to the home Of the new purchaser
where the dog would be left. The last seen Of
the trio was in the vicinity Of the Chesapeake
saloon, where q halt was made and the matter
talked over, which lasted several hours, and the
dog or owner, considerably under the influence of
kind treatment, concluded to separate on the
most aBieHble terms, and the unthankful dog
ran back to his original owner, who stood on the
corner laughing at the scene, and the TeutonIc
gentleman Wended his way homeWard alone.