The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-24
A NEWSPAPER DOG.
Death OF a Remarkable Canine-a Curl
GUS Q~usdruped Well known 20 Print.
ers all Over the United States.

tfrom the Pittsburgh LEADER
4 ssd event Occurred In the Leader
composing-room about 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. At that time the men
were gathered in groups. with bowed
heads and sad faces, watching the DEATH
struggles of poor Prince, the well known
newspaper dog OF rittsburgh-a victim
to anti-discrimination in the bologna
business as carried on by the police
against worthless dogs. At least this
10 the supposed cause OF Princes death,
as he had,all the symptoms Of sausage
with too much "dressing." And, by
the way, If the policeman, or whoever
administered the fatal dose to "that
dog" had fallen into the hands of the
printers abo,t that time, he doubtless
would have imagined Sitting-Buil was
interviewing him with a dozen or two
of Sioux Indians. There was not a lit
tie wrath mingled with the sorrow wei
the loss of the favorite in this igno-
minious manner.
Prince was a peculiar dog; there
didn't seem to be any other dog like
Prince; he was likely the ouly one Of
that kind made. Prince kept house by
himself, so far as the rest of the canine
race was concerned. He appeared to
seek u close and exclusive companion
ship with the printers. He knew them
all, and could pick them out of a crowd
anywhere. In going in and out Of the
different Offices, he would generally
take a survey Of the crowds standing
abott the doors, and II there were any
typos among them he would linger with
them, in token of recognition, for a few
minutes, previous to going up stairs or
taking n walk to some other Office in
his rounds. During the day, from early
morn to shutting-up time, Prince made
the Leader Office his Headquarters. At
lunch time, between IL and / o'clock,
ne seldom failed to be on hand. He
would visit the "case" of each man fy.
his r%ations, which were cheerfully be-
slowed on him. II a man was too much
absorbed in his ''grub" to notice him
with due respect, Prince, after waiting
q reasonable time, would make his
presence manifest by a peculiar noise,
something between a grunt and a bark,
which always had the desired effect.
lie was epicurcan in his tastes, too, was
Prince. Nothing but meat-and cheese
and eggs in an emergency-would suit
him. Bread was an abomination in his
sight. Perhaps had he been less fas-
tidious in his desires he would have
escaped the fatal sausage-which con.
tains n moral for other dogs. When
Prince found n printer had no meat
among his ''provender," he would i'm
mediately seek the next man, and so on
until the appetite was satisfied, when he
would proceed to the water-cooler for
something to drink. If nobody was
present to serve him, he would attract
attention by his peculiar bark. After
satisfying the wants of his inner dog he
would spread himself out for an after
noon nap.
Prince seemed to know thoroughly
the rules of printing offices; he was
never in the way; always sought aplacc
to lie down where he would not disturb
nor be disturbed. He knew that the
proper place for a good many newspa-
per "tales" was in the waste-basket,
and there he generally put his "tail,"
lying ~contentedly and peacefully amid
murders and suicides, Sioux and Sitting
Bulls, poetry and politics, marriages
and deaths, and "all sorts" of ''person-
ais" and other miscellaneous articles
that 60 to make up a daily paper.
In the evening Prince would HE HIM
self away to the offices of the morning
papers, where he would spend the night
TRANQUILITY, feasting on the midnight
lunch of the compositors. The print
ing-ollicc was his home. He would
sometimes go visiting with the men to
get a ''square meal" but never to stay.
He appeared to be uneasy when away
hum MS liNoiiuC uhuItsS iltt uObllbS
would keep him at a printers house
longer than the typos return to the Of
fee. He occasionally visited the resi-
denco OF Mr.. John L~oughrey (of the
Commercially, in Allegheny City, who
first owned him, and it is related of him
that one morning early he sauntered
over to the North side, and scratched at
Mr.. LIS door. Mrs. L., on opening the
door, found that Prince was accompa-
MED by another dog. Mrs. J.. admitted
Prince, but left the strange canine out
in the cold. Prince didn't like this, and
Immediately joined his "chum" outside
an lett i%nstantcr.
Sometimes, though, for n week or
two at a stretch, PRINCE would become
disguised with hims@'f or something
else, and go off on II ",um," rs the
"boys" call it" carry the banner"
with the tramping t%ypo-that is flor
the benefit of the uninitiated), he
would pick up n precarious living on
the streets with the homeless and
friendless. He knew all the lunch
routes to a perfection, and, unlike most
tramping typos, could always command
at least Il "scent y to build up on for
a little " su'thing to take" He could
often be seen on these soft" occasions
sitting alongside of some hungry tramp,
looking as forlorn and miserable and as
much scout of sorts" as his human
prototype. Prince was thoroughly ia.
miliar with all the slangi in vogue among
the craft-sueh as, SCOT Il twenty
flyer about your clothesP" "Cant
y'u save my life?" etc, etc.-and would
always fall into tho "procession =" with
the rest of the crowd for his beer--or,
rather, his pretzels and cheese or red
herrin'.
There was not n particle of foolish