The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-02-25
Some time ago in Cannon Street, City

Some time ago in Cannon Street, City
of London, was witness to an extra
ordinary scene. Going along the street
was an empty coal wagon, with a tall,
stout WAGNER, long whip in hand,
walking by its side. A heavy, power
full bulldog happening to pass, he made
cut at it with his whip, and struck it
smartly. The dog turned round in
stantly and rushed at the man, as every
one thought, but he never offered to lay
hold of him. and kept jumping at the
whip, which the man held high out of
reach. The man then began to beat it
with the whip, till the animal snatched
it from his hand and worried at it fu-
riously. Having regained hold of the
whip, he swung the dog round and
round, humping it heavily against the
pavement, till the crowd cried
s'Shame!'' The dog was then choked
off, and the whip returned to its owner.
The dog, however, as soon as loose, i'm
mediately returned to the charge, when
the driver, evidently not desirous of
continuing the contest, threw the of
Tending weapon into the wagon. The
dog now tried two or three Intellectual
jumps to follow it, but finding himself
baffied, trotted off crestfallen, amid the
ieers of the crowd" Done at last, old
fellow" The most wonderful thing
was that the animal could only see the
proximate cause, and not the real Of
fender.
j NJ. Dumont has dog, Pompier by
name, and his master is devoted to
smoking. Sometimes Nj. Dumonf gets
out of tobacco, and Pompier, knowing
where the tobacconist is, has five sous
, given him, when he straightway goes
, to the tobacco shop, buys the weed, and
returns with it to his master. Some
time ago Pompier had some money CIV
en- him for tobacco, but, meeting a
| spaniel just around the corner, the two
dogs had a game of tag, and the lsoney
J was lost. When Pompier came home
} without any tobacco he got sound
thrashing. Next day Pompier went out
; again with more monev for tobacco.
> Round the corner, sure enough, was
$ the same spaniel, trying to lure poor
r Pompier from the path of duty. Pom.
: pier did his best to resist tempta-
q ton, but alas! he was weak,
l and he fell from grace d second time,
t and the money was lost. Now, being a
: French dog, Of course some ideas Of SUI
e icide flashed through his brain, but be-
n ing moral dog, and rejecting dog
: withal, he looked carefully at the situa-
i ton. An hour afterward Pompier march
: ed into Mr. Dumont's presence with full
: ten sous worth of tobacco. OF course
s his master was satisfied. Next day thu
;, dog and his master took walk in the
: Luxembourg gardens. They approach
0 ed group of boys engaged il
playing pitch-penny. II say, you
. sir, cried one of the gamins, ''that is ;
d nice dog you have! Oh, recognize him
j shall tell the police all about it. L
Il you are not thief, your dog is. Yes
/ terday when we were playing here tina
d dog made jump for the pennies, COB
i bled them all up, and was off again lik'
e lightning'' cit is with regret add
e the authority for this dog story
a ''that am forced to state in the mos
p positive terms that Pompier was thief
IS OF course, it may be quite in order t
n insist that dogs are endowed to-da..
= with a superior order of intelligence.
e have nothing further to advance, no
J. do I wish to extenuate Pompier'
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