Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-17
Mr.. Snife's Experiment With Green
Goggles.
BY THE FAT CONTRIBUTOR.

BT THE FAT CONTRIBUTOR.
Snitiie's who lives in the Third Ward
read in some book that in the Himalaya
Mountains, where the dogs are exceeding
ly ferocious, travellers provided them
selves with pair Of huge goggles, and
when they see dog in the way they put
them on and walk steadily toward the
animal without saying a word. The dog
bristles up and stares hard for moment,
and then all at once, it willis and sinks
away. Now, Sniff1ea, in going to and
from his home, was compelled to pass IA
house that had a savage bulldog among
its regular boarders, and it had often,
chased him block or two late at night,
baying deep-mouthed welcome as he drew
near home. Once he left quite hunk of
coat-tail in the dogs teeth as he jumped
his own fence, and Snitfies swore that the
next coat he had made should be ornas
mented with dog buttons against SINH
lar experience.
The expedient Of the goggles struck
Sniftles as an exceedingly happy one, and
he determined to try it. So the first time
that he went down town lie invested in the
biggest pair of goggles he could find, and
green at that, in case he might meet any
green dog in his travels that needed quail
ing. Snitfles went home earlier than usual
that afternoon, SO anxious was he to try
the new method on that dog. He met
several inferior pups on the route, and,
putting on the goggles, they Immediately
scampered away; but they might have
done that any way; you can't tell Where
one dog would, another wouldn't. Reach
ing the vicinity Of the house where the
bulldog put up, Snitfies adjusted the Cog
| giles and moved cautiously along, keeping
a sharp eye-in fact, a big pair of google
eyes-upon the well-known spot in the
fence where there was picket gone Che
could picket out in the dark, through
which he had seen his canine adversary
so often emerge. He paused about TWEEN.
ty feet away, tearing that if he was toe
near when the dog bounced out he would
not observe the goggles at all, and would
be far along in his repast before he coulo
call his attention to them.
Snitf1es waited, but no uog appeared
At length he grew weary of watching
and waiting, and began to whistle for
him. Then he said, "Come, doggy, doggy
doggy" il low gentle tones. and finally
as there was no response, he yelled out
''Come out of there, you son-of a gun bal
rel!r
AS this failed to fetch him, Snifle
walked boldly up to the fence and locke
over, and there lay the dog on the from
step summing himself, with both eyes shut
AS Snitfles contemplated him in langui
repose, he wondered why he had bee
afraid Of him at all, and felt ashame
that he had been such a coward as
run away from him in the first place.
>But I'll give the brute scare, any
how, thought Snitfles SO he walke'
boldly through the gate, all goggled a
he was, and gayea littll yell to rouse tn
creature up.
a The dog, awakened suddenly from
! p easing dream of tearing the watch d,g
f honest bark Of, some wayfarer,s leg
t seemed confused for r,oment. His fir:
: impression was that he was a performe
S in some amateur dog-show, and that
. big pair of opera glasses were levelled
: him from the gallery. Then he didn
l know but that a photographer with
5 double camera was endeavoring to take h
l doga1y type. But it wasn't long befor
/ his intellect came to the rescue. In tn
: meantime Snitf1es was staring as hard {
5 he could through his goggles, trying
: concentrate in his gaze all the stern in
timidation of which he had ever reat
l But to his dismay he saw a green bulldo
, of enormous size raise slowly up, fixing
/ pair of green eyes, in which there ws
, concentrated feroclty softened by CLEAR
: AID subdued exultation, full upon his owl
: Every thing appeared green to Sniffles
o that moment, especially his attempt
: frighten sucha dog. He rapidlylmac
t up his mind there wasn't any such
: breed of pups in the Himalaya Noun
e aims, or they would never have bragge
). over the success Of the goggles gam
|. He tried to back out of the gate, but
: fastened with a spring when he steppe
: in. The dog seemed to appreciate TIL
y fact, for he smiled grimly, showing
d double set of teeth that appeared
L Sniff1es excited fancy like the upper an
r lower set he had seen hauled around Il
). city on dentists wagon.
The cool deliberation of that dog W;
something awful. The brute final
raises up on his hind legs and sort
whips his fore paws around his body
k if to warm himself up for the work
e had in hand. Then he slowly advance
v with a regular butcher-boy air, ar
At Sniffles is unable to make any impressit
n upon him, though he goggles ever
b goggly Then came u sudden bound,
1t low, hungry growl, and shrek, and Il
le air was Immediately filled with fragmen
h of clothing, old boot-legs, suspender-bu