The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-02-20
JOHN QUILL'S DOG.
THIS was the cause of all the trouble


tip Of his tail gone. Answers to the name of
" Jack" Five dollars reward will be given to
the person who returns him to John Quill, No.
"a Riekety Row.
inserted the above In the Daily Flip |
flap, in the hope that / might recover
the animal, to which was much at
tached. The Fliphap goes to press at
five A. NJ. At half-past six 1 was awak-
ened by pull at my door-bell. got up
and opened the window. AS 1 looked
out 1 saw man standing in my front
yard with mongrel dog tied to rope.
He gazed up and observed:
Hello Are you the fellow who lost
o dorgY'
Yes, 1 am"
"Well, then I've fetched him. said
the man.
1 then explained to that wretched hui
man being that my dog was terrier,
while his looked more like log of wood
with half the bark off, and propped up
on four sticks, than dog of any kind.
"Well, then, amt you going to take
him ?"
wouldn't have him as gift. And
l want you to move off now, or I'll call
the police"
"Now 1 guess you think you're smart
don't yOuY I'd bust you over the jaw
for five cents, would. You don't know
a good dorg when you see him, you
DON'T" and he went out, after ripping
the palings off the fence
In about half-hour there was anoth-
er ring at the bell. 1 went down. There
was man with six dogs, of variety of
| breeds.
Wh-wh-which of 'em's him, boss?"
said this fellow, for he suffered as if he
would strangle on small syllable.
Neither of them"
"Y-you said his n-na-name was Jack,
d-didn't you p''
Yes, that's it,"
"W-well then, wh-wh-what dye call
th-that 20 says he, as he sung out Jack
and the whole six dogs looked up and
wagged their tails like lot of spawned
oxen in fly time.
why, call it confounded nonsense
to expect me to take the whole six dogs
because they're named Jack. 1 don't
want to start sausage-mill, you under
stand. Mince-meat ism It in my line.''
"W-w-w-well, amt you going to take
him ?"
Certainly not; do you suppose Pm
gibbering idiot ?"
W-w-w-well, you shan't have him
now if you want him. 1 w-wouldn't
trust decent d-d-dog with m-m-man
like you, anyway
And the six CANNES fell into line, and
trotted down the street after him.
1 had not got fairly into the house be-
fore there was another ring. Seedy-look-
ing man with semi-decayed yellow dog.
His ribs stuck out so that he looked as if
he had gorged himself with a spiral
| spring.
You advertised for dog, 1 believe.
Well, I caught him around here in the
alley, after a desperate struggle. Fine
dog, SIR"
Well, don't think he is. He looks
to me as if he wasn't well. He is too
ethereal for this world, young man, de-
pend upon it."
" Not at all, sir. Only shedding his
coat, sir; all good dogs do at this time
of the year. See that, sir" said this
seedy Caucasian, holding the dog by the
cuff of the neck. "See how he yelps; !;
that's sign of pluck that dog would
fight million wildcats, he would, and
lick 'em too, SIR"
"Get out !" exclaimed; and the dog
put his tail between his legs and ran for
the gate.
"See that, sir? see that 2" said the
man as he seized him, that's a sign
he's well trained; no raw dog behaves
like that, I want you to know. Now
s'pose you fork over that five."
mot much; j don't want him, my
friend"
"You won't do it? Well, then take
him for seventy-fve cents, and say no
more about it. He's valuable animal.
You'll never get another such chance. -
tell you won't have him.
well, don't then, y said the man, as
he kicked the animal over on my flow
er-pots and broke three of them, while
the brute dashed madIy down the middle
of the street
Just then a big ruffian Ia q slouched
hat came up with bulldog, sprung in
the knees, and lamenting the entire loss