Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
NEW SERIES.-VOL. |. NO. 43.
"The Pup as was Passenger"

He was very small boy, all in tat
ters, and his clothes were dripping.
In his arms he held miserable little
dog, and both boy and dog were
shivering in the cold January wealth
er. This is about what he told me:
You see, Mister, Bill Bostwick and
noe was playing by the river, bet
ting cents on the chunks of ice, a see-
ing which one would 60 first over the
dam, when this ERE little dog came
trotting past. Says Bill to me-says
he. Let's have this ere dog for pas
senger.' So we took him and put
him on a real big hunk of ice, and Bill
who is an everlasting mean kind of a
boy was for showing him off into the
water just so. but wouldn't. had
a bit Of twine in my pocket, and l
hitched it to jagged bit Of the fee.
so it couldn't get Off Oh. we had
lots OF fun at first with that ere pup
as passenger. But Bill is an awful
onary boy. Mister. so when'it was
his turn to play towhorse with the
chunk OF ice and the dog for a pas
senger. he just let the cord slide on
purpose, so he did. Then pitched
into that ERE Bill Bostwick and guv
him fits. But you see there was the
ice, and the pup as was passenger,
sliding down that ERE river like
thunder felt shure the passenger
was going to be drowned; as hap
pened to know that pups mother
felt kind OF sorry, so went again
for Bill Bostwick, and went for him
good. Just then the cake of ice. with
the poor pup yelling and kicking on
it, was just over the dam. | dursn't
look Mister That ere night, tho I
must have slept good. that pups
bowling l kind Of dreamed about.
Well. after breakfast L ventured to
look out on the river, and there was
the pup still yelping, just like Moses
/ i'm the bullrushes. The ice had kind
OF sot during last night, as it was
cold, but wasn't yet real hard. / just
skinned across that dam on the logs
-sakesl but it was slippery, and !
tumbled i'm over my head twiste, and
was just able to get that pup OF, As
was passenger. by the scruff OF his
neck Now. Mister, I am going to
keep that dog until he is crowd up,
and just as sure as ever Bill Bostwick
whistles to him, am goingto teach
him to bite Bill, and il he is too small
to do it. 1 amt too little TO lick two
boys like Bill. 1 cay, Mister, il you
know OF any society as gives medals
to boys as saves dogs lives, send 'en
to me, as my name is George Wash
ington Ostergood. of Perry, Iowa"
A Yorkshire man having killed ;
pig, and not wishing to divide with hi.
neighbors. as was the custom, said t
his man. who was a son of the Emerald
Isle:
Pat. if / give piece of pork t
those who have given to me, I'll hav'
none left for myself. Can you tell M
what to do?"
"Bedad, sir, it's myself can do tha
same"
Good! Now. then. what am to d.
about it,"
Faith, sir. and whin the craythu
is claned, just be afther hanging i
against the door, where livery mother
son of them will see it; thin early il
the morning. before any one is about
get up and take in your pig and hide j
away. Thin whin your neighbor
come. just be after telling thin it wa
shtole."
a capital idea, PatI" exclaimed tn
Yorkshire man.
, So when the pig was cleaned, it wa
hung up outside, So that the neighbor
might see it. The countryman anxious
ly awaited tire approach Of night, ant
at last retired TO bed, but not to SLEEP
Pat, under cover of the darkness of tn
night, crept around the house. and stol
the pig.
The Yorkshireman's chagrin. when
at early dawn he arose to hide AVA
his pig. but found no pig there, can b
better imagined than described. Pa
came in with his TOP O the mornir
to We, sir" and with knowing winl
said
Master. how about the pig?
a "Well, Pat, the pig was stolen in rt
!, ality."
3 Faith, that sounds just as naturs
: as if you had lost your pig" said Pa
D with another knowing wink.
But, you blockhessd, 1 say the pi
,cas stolen"
e Faith, and the sorra bit O. m
j. thought you could act so well. Jus
5 stick to that; it's as natural as life."
{ But" roared the now irate Yort
shireman, 81 tell you the pig va
v stolenl'
"Och" said Pat, "stick to it. an
e yer nabors will behave you, and sorra
bit of it they'll get. Faith. l didn
n think We could do it so we'll"