Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-01-27
DOG STORIES.

DOG STORIES
u n. Dumont has dor, ~ =
J name, and his master b a - Z
smoking. Sometimes n. d "
lout of tobacco, and Pompisr1
where the tobacconist il, haf
given him, when he strightw1 oc8 Z
the tobacco shop, buys The - and
returns with il TO his masfo Gon1
time ago Pompier had soue - ~
en- him for tobacco. hut 1aee1f' IS 80
l icl just r0und tie cOs1iek, TIE tWo dog
! had game Of tag, and the money VA
Host. When Pompier came home with.
out any tobacco, he got sound thrash.
ing. Next day Pompier went out again
with money for tobacco. Round the
corner, sure enough, was the same
spaniel, trying to lure poor Pompier
from the path Of duty. Pompier did
his best to resist temptation, but alas
he was weak, and he fell from grace a
second time, and the money was lost.
Now, being a French dog, Of course
some ideas Of suicide flashed through
his brain, but being moral dog, and q
reflective dog, withal, he looked care
fully at the situation. An hour after
ward Pompier marched into NJ. Du-
mont's presence with full ten sous
worth Of tobacco. Of course his mas
ter was satisfied. Next day the dog
and his master took walk in the Lux
emberg gardens. They approached q
group Of boys engaged in playing pitch
penny. II say, you sir" cried oneof
the gamins, 'that is q nice dog you
have! Oh, recognize him. / shall
tell the police all about it. IF you are
not thief your dog is. Yesterday
when We we're playing here that dog
made jump for the pennies, gobbled
them all up, and was off again like
lightning" at is with regret" adds
the authority for this dog story, ''that
l am forced to state in the most posi-
tive terms that Pompier was . thief
Of course it must not be quite in order
to insist that dogs are endowed to-day
with superior order Of intelligence
I have nothing further to advance
ror do l wish to extenuate Pompier's
crime.
Some time ago, in Cannon street,
city of London, / was witness to an ex-
traordinary scene. Going along the
street was an empty coal wagon with
y tall, stout WAGNER, long whip in
band, walking by its side. A heavy,
powerful bulldog happening to pass,
he made a cut at it with his whip, and
struck it smartly. The dog turned
round instantly aud rushed at the man,
as every one thought, but he never of
fered 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 suatched it from his hand and
worried at it furiously. Having re.
gained hold of the whip, he swung the
dog round and round. humping it heav-
lily against the pavement, till the crowd
cried "Shame!" The dog was then
choked of, aud the whip returned to
its owner. The dog, however, as soon as
loose, Immediately returned to the charge,
when the driver, evidently not desirous
of continuing the contest, threw the
offending weapon into the wagon. The
dog now tried two or three Intellectual
jumps to follow it, but. finding himself
baffied, trotted off crest-fallen, amid
the jeers 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.
If being in possession of the "signs"
known only to the Brotherhood of Good
Templars, and observing the essential
qualification of total abstentiou from
all Intoxicating liquors constitute q
''brother," Mr.. j. Leake's Newfound-
land, (assuming of course that be does
not indulge in other than the usual
canine beverages } accordingto the New
castle Daily Journal, would seem to
have right to the full benefits of mem-
bership Of that brotherhood. This dog,
it is stated by the above journal, hav-
ing for some time past attended with
his master at the ''Pride of the TYNE"
Lodge of Good Templars, at Haltwhis-
tie, appears to have found out their
myst. rious rap for entering their
Lodge Room during their meet
ings. On the last lodge night be
seems to have fingered by the wav.
and his master entered the lodge with.
out him and closed the door. A short
time after the innerguard and part of
the members heard the well known
knocks st the inner door when the
guard arose and opened it, and the
black brute walked majestically in,
greatly to the surprise of the vigilant
guard, causing no small amusement to
the whole company.
A Rsdnorshire lady, who 1as mar.
ried in March, and came TO reside in
Yorkshire, England, recently paid
visit to her father, who. before she vas
married, had kept two or three sheep
dogs, of which she was very fond
Since then he has retired from business
and disposed of all but one dog. This
one met the lady with demonstrations
Of great delight upon her arrival at her
fathers house. and that night the dog
went distance Of seven miles toa farm
house vhers one Of the other dogs had
been sent. (the latter was blind, rot
kept ~ being IN old favorite.) In the
morning when the lady went 10 the
door che not only s>w The dog which
had given her such glad reception the
day previously, but also the old blisd
, oUe. which had evidently been brought
by the other dog to welcome her. Wien
! the second night came the old blind one
was taken back 10 iss home By the
same dog, which afterwards returued,
4 having Travelled n diseanrp of twc~<~-