The Osceola times., 1875-03-13
A Frightful Runaway.

A frigh,ful runaway took plac>
IN the northern portion OF the city
Ia morning or two ago. A iarx'
cur came tro,iing very leasurcly }
down the street, all in harness
and drawing u. sled upon which
in "a state Of supreme bliss, was tiIs
enterprising urchin, who had con
ceivcd the idea Of utilizing dog
power. They conducted them
selves with y rslm dignity,x tha'
b0y and dog, and, when J tie boy
met u couple Of other boys Of his
acq cquaintance, and stopped his con
veya,,cc for u little chat, there WA,
but u shade of condescsn.ion in his
manner toward those who had to
walk. The youth on the sled en-.
tered into earnest conversation
with one OF the boys on the ground,
and while the two were thus en-
gagged The other boy took occasion,
un"bsvrved, to pull out u piece Oi
string, aud attach an oyster can
firmly to the dogs tail, leaving in
hryxi enough between tail and can
to allow the ln,tera degree Of play.
The interview fually terminated,
and tho boy on tho sled started up
his dog. AT the frst move the AN
in.ni discovered that his tail WASH,
all right, aud "a, tho first rattle Of
the TN he took in the situation and
acted preci ely as other dogs have
been known to do u,.der similar
circumstances. lie just raised up
his hair along his back, curled his
tail under him, laid his ears over,
opened his mouth, struck up some
thing iron Wagner, and started I!
Com mo.iore : v Yanderbih, When be
takes a special train and lravelsslx.
ty miles an hour, doesn't make
naii 81 good time as that dog did.
tlc Strengthened himself out aud
gathers himself up in awful leaps,
and when he aightened there
wasn't an inch of space between
tho ground aud his abdomen, aud
when he gathered he looked ike u
haise shoe magnet three teet high
The boy gave one gasr when the
dog started, and then rightened his
Crap on the sized; he slid down into
the position known among the
youth ~ 'bcI,v-bustcrs, and there
nc stuck. The Professionalism,
can 10Y and sIei-wcnt down the
street like whirlwind, swcrving
.,eilher to the RI. .hl nor left. when
a wagon crossed The dogs he hew
under il, y I'd on such OCCASIONS the
bows hair would Aup up like the
wig ot the enc man-al u minstrel
show. Finally u coal wagon came
III sigh, and it became apparan,
that IL would be II close shave uu.
less the dog turned = little. But
the dog never swcrved-he was
too intent on reaching the end OF
the world. The wagon d dat cross
the street quick enough, there WAS
u crash against one of the hind
wheels, and a boy with, n bloody
nose and one runner Of the sled
remained in the immediate vicini
ty, while the dog aud the rest OF
the sled passed into the dlmmes'
kind OF pcr~peclivs.as The boy
came slowly back to where the two
boys whom he had met were, and
walking up to ,hszons who had
tied the can to the dogs tail, said
in u tone which shook u little,
but meant business tJobnny Glea-
son, l have got x'laiAey nose, and
'm tired now, but neat Monday
Pm go,n to just hex the everlsst
ing paddin' out o 'yoaG Ths boys
are betting on the next. Mondays
event, and the general IMPRESSION
is that the boy who owned the
sled is mad enough to lick Johnny
though the latter 10 two years old.
Or. There is also = gveat deal OF
discussion among them as To the
time made BY the dag; the only
boy who attempted to time the ".
tair says that the aog ram ni"s.se"
blocks in = minute .ANd quarter,
but all the rest Of the boys sssert
that lie ran thoWsMhd miles mn
tl,nur -rSt I,ouis Rpnublivuu.