The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-18

THAT FLEsM SHOWER.
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From the Chicago Times

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From the Chicago Times.l
1t is not altogether improbable that
Professor J. Lawrence Smith may be
mistaken in his theory in regard to that
flesh shower i'm Kentucky. and that fu.
ture investigation may not only dem
onstrate that the matter is not the
dried spawn of the Batraehan reptiles.
but that 1t Ia ordinary dog meat Of the
kind commonly used in making board
ing house sausages. To the ordinary
reader this may seem utterly improb-
able, or perhaps even ridiculous. but
there Is u gentleman residing IN the
West division who thinks the strange
phenomena. considered in connection
with another event which transpired
about the same time, is easily explaina-
BILE on the latter hypothesis. The in
dividual referred to has an extravagant
way of stating things sometimes. as il
must be admitted, and is withal some
what addicted to profanity. He is also
quite positive in his convictions, and.
although he has a bad habit of remain
ing out o. nights till an early hour in
the morning, his character Is such that
his yeracity need not be questioned.
The old gentleman has been very
much annoyed during the past few
months by couple of large and very
savage dogs owned by an individual re-
siding on a street which he has been
accustomed to traverse every morning
on his way homeward. Every morning
these CANNES have taken notice Of his
approach i'm q way that was not at all
agreeable, and frequently he has
managed to escape their savage
teeth and preserve his clothing
intact by summoning TO his
aid all tho courage. tact and
physical strength of which he il pos
sessed. He has frequently demonstrated
with the owner Of the aforesaid animals
but to no purpose. Again ana again
has he exhausted the vocabulary ii
swear words and emphatic adieetives,
both i'm speech addressed to the dogs
and their master, but without any alp
preciable effect. He has had to fight
his way past the savage brutes on each
succeeding morning just the same as
though he had never raised his voice I,
protest against it.
He endured this sort of thing for some
months. ms above intimated, until 7at
last he hit upon plan which has
worked successfully and his tormentors
trouble him no more. as one OF then
has gone TO where the wicked cease from
| troubling. and the other has taken the
hint and now keeps diligently out Of
sight. He had a friend that owned q re
volver-a real ld-fashioned navy which
carried ball like door knob and made
a report like n mountain howitzer. He
sought his friend and asked for o loar
Of the weapon. and when the PURPOSE
for which IL was wanted was made known
the request was readily granted. Armed
with this the aged Wcstsider started FOL
home on last "Wednesday morning, feel
ing n calm assurance and general sense
of security such az he had not expert
enced before for many months. As ne
neared the scene of his old time Difficult
ties the dogs came cantering out to meet
him, and for once he was glad to see
them. The larger and savager OF the
two spranE over the fence as he
approached. and. planting himself
sauarely i'm the middle of the
sidewalk, indicated by a peculiar say
age grUwl that he was anxious Tor his
regular morning amusement The old
man said not word. but calmly draw
ing the navy from the deep recesses OF
his left coat TAIL he presented the muz
zle az close to the nose OF his old enc
my as the excitement Of the moment
would permit, and fired. There was Il
flash and n deafening report and the
dog disappeared. There was, the old
gentleman says. a sort OF cloud before
his eyes for a moment. but 1t rapidly
vanished. passing swiftly over the city
toward the southeast. The next morn
ing's dispatches announced the strange
and unaccountable meat fall in Ken
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