The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-02-20
THE TIMES, NEW B1ooMF1E1D, PA. FEBRUARY 20, 1877

of his tail. When the rufiian spoke to
him, he wagged the whole of the last
half of him.
"I've brought that there dog" was
the observation made by the ruffian,
"and I'll finger them there stamps, I
reckon"
"My friend, - said l, that is not my
dog''
f" Yes, 1t Is, though"
But 1t Is not"
Don't tell you 1t isy Didn't you
say the tip of his tail was gomez Well,
just look at him, will you p'
"I won't have him, anyhow"
You want to cheat me do you? l'l
fix you. S-sick him, Bull ~ said this
outrageous rufIian, as the dog flew at me,
giving me barely time to get inside and
shut the door on his frontispiece. guess
i squeezed the nose off of that dog. But
the man cursed me about five minutes
and then flung brick at the door and
went away.
In less than twenty minutes another
ring. Small pock- marked man in red
shirt this time. And speckled dog
that looked as If he had been out with
out an umbrella when it was raining
ink. Says this victim of the smallpox:
You know that dog you advertised
for. Well, here heis."
"Oh, pshaw |" said L, "y you know that
ism t my dog"
Your names Quill, amt it?"
" 1t is" said 1.
"Well, then, this here is the dog. He
is the best ratter you ever seen. Sling
them around like he was amusin' hisself
he does, and"
But he amt my dog
And he's bully watch dog. Look
at him Look at him now-he's watch
ing now Why, he'll sit there, and
watch and watch, until he goes stone
blind, he will. He'll watch all night il
you'll only let him. You never see q
watcher like him. III jest chain him
up while you go in and get the ""
"No, you neednt,i said /. "I'll
blow his brains out If you don't take
him away"
"Well, say, stranger, I'm little
strapped to-day; jest lend me five or
him till morning, will you I'll pay
you tomorrow"
See here, now, you just get out o.
here, or I'll take the hide off of you,"
said, for l began to get excited, you
know.
Aw you amt worth a cent, you
actually amt" said the pock- marked
man, as he walked off, after clipping thu
dog over the head with one of my fence
palings, and then putting his fingers W
10 his nose.
Not a minute after up comes mar
with mastiff as big as a small horse.
" Say, boss, want that five," was al
he remarked by way of introducing tn,
subject.
"Well, you can't get it; and if yol
don't leave I'll call the police" l ex
claimed in despair.
" Watch him, Zipl' said the man in
stantly; and the dog flew at me, threw
me down, and bit a slice of muscle on
of my leg, and disigured my nose fo
life. Then the assassin who owned hin
called him off and went away laughing
l didn't answer any more rings tina
day, but about four o'clock in the after
noon i looked out of the second-stor,
window, and the yard was full of mel
with all kinds of dogs,-black dogs whit
dogs, yellow dogs, variegated dogs, flea
bitten dogs, dogs with tails, dogs withou
tails, rat-terriers, bull-pups, poodles, fox
hounds, spaniels, Newfoundlands, mix
ed breeds, pointers, settlers, and multi
tude of other varieties, all growing
yelping, barking, swapping and jumpin
about until there wasn't fiower-pot LEI
in the place, and the noise was wors
than menagerie at meal-time.
i haven't got my dog yet. / don
want him either. 1 don't care if l neve
see another dog between this and the 81
lent grave. only wish that all til
dogs from here to Alaska were collecte
into convention, and had hold of tina
man with the mastiff, and they Nigh
gnaw on him until he hadn't a morse
of meat left ON his skeleton. That is Al
I want in the dog line in this world
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