Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-12-02
Mntuurnl1s department.
THE BRINDLED DOG.

Yesterday morning soap.haired young
man ofeighteen was drawing big brindled
dog around the City Hall market, anxious to
find purchaser A corpulent old chap,
smoking long pipe and lodging the rain,
finally halted the young man, and asked
"My frient, how little you WANTS for dose
dog?" .
1.-TWO dollars will take him." was the re.
ply, "and better dog never stood on four
legs and howled."
"Vell, COON along NIT ME, continued the
old chap, raising his umbrella. He padded
a full mile through the pouring rain, the
young man and the brindled dog at his heels,
and reaching home at last, the dog was led
in, the old man reflled his pipe, and sat
down, and said:
"Now, my friend, ish doze goot dog"
"He's the best kind of dog" was the re-
ply: 81.
docs he keep tieves away from my house?"
"You bet he will. Why, he'd chaw up
man quicker'n FASH"
"Does he keep der bat poys out of my gar
temp
"Well, you ought to see him 90 for a boy
once. He's had his teeth into every boy in
Macomb county"
"Does he like my schildren ?"
"Like 'em? Why, that's bis great hold:
Nothing 50 pleases him as house full of
children"
The old man hesitated for minute, and
then asked:
"Can doze dog play on fiddler"
"Play on fiddle? Why-why-yes, sir,
he can. He plays seven different tunes on
fiddle"
1t was big lie, but the soap-haired young
man was bound to make a sale, if he had to
bury truth out of sight.
"Can doze dog play on horn in der prass
pand ?" asked the old man, after pause.
"On horn? Why, he has led the Mt
Clemens band for the last year. Yes, stree,
he can play on horn with any body"
The old man was little staggered, and
he waited quite a while before asking:
''Can doze dog write ledders for me to my
prudder in Shermany?
"Writef Write letters? p
"Yaw."
81 wish I had pen and paper here. He
writes the most beautiful hand you ever saw,
and he writes like lightning. I could hire
him out for fifty dollars month to keep
books, but dont't want to work him too hard.
Besides there's a mortgage on my farm, and
l must have money to raise il"
"Der brice is two dollarsY
"Only two dollars. He's worth hundred
if he's worth cent, but I'm forced to sell.
If you keep him till March I'll buy him
back and give you two hundred dollars for
him."
The old man smoked away for while, and
then asked:
"Can doz dog baint house?"
Paint house! I'd like you to see three
big houses he painted last week. He's as
good as three men, and he never wastes a
drop of paint. I'm in a hurry to catch the
train, and I'd like the money"
1.-TWO dollars?"
eyes, two dollars You'll never have an
other such chance"
The old man made motion towards his
wallet, but let his hand drop, and inquired:
"Can doze dog shump over der City Hall p
This was crusher. The young man knew
he couldn't beat it, and he replied:
"No, don't think he can. but I'll warrant
him to jump forty feet and catch fly"
"You gan dake doze dog away, my frent,"
said the old man.
"You WON'T take him2"
"No, zur I WANTS no dog what can't shump
over der City Hail."
"But you made a fair bargain, and said
you'd take him."
II can't help dot. Vens bay two dollars
for dog he shall be able to shump like a
pird."
And the young man dragged his brindled
dog out of the house and back to the market,
where he offered him for fifty cents without
getting a buyer.-Free Press.