The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-04-16
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Old T'fses ago1sE Attack on asa
Engine.

II Uncle David Dobbs, Of Berwick, is ssiH
, OF the leading men III the hill tg.nnnts+Ft
Iof Alabama. He has had u varied exfssfi
snce Of life, aud is regarded by his l1eI siIl:
bors as an oracle. The conversation turned
on dogs 5ne other day. and Uncle David
lad his little story TO relate as followsi
"Gentlcmen," said he, with 4 stFsna
emphasis on the last syllable, Il n Nisha Sd
could have got acquainted with my cid
II dog Tige in his lifetime. He is dead nov.
,ut he was the bravest dog ever know IT
He was perfectly remarkable, and would
/ fight anything from a bar to 4 b,lll-engine.
When moved out to this State from Car.
linr, l fotch Tige wi me, and you know
railroads warn't common in those daTs.
1t war i'll '49, and when we struck he
us movers tuck the track while the wag ,;ls
followed the dirt road. Wall, Tige ad
never seed a ingine, and while we inns
was a malkin' down the track a train came
| along goin' 'tother way, meetin' of us,
Hit war the fast that Tige ever seed, and
| he had no idee oy giyin' the road. SO he
| ies planted hisself in the middle Of the
track and commenced to bark and scratch
back wi his him feet and his fore paws.
all bristled up like as how he was goin' to
tite. and | honestly believe he would.
and we uns lef the track. But TTge nc
wouldn't, but kept barking and scratching
ISt1t th3nT
wouldn't stor-came right along, only
blowin' two or three short whistles. Wall,
a meetin' was about to take place when L
called Iige off, and jes' as he LEFT it were
a short time too Late. The thing run over
his tail and sliced it off in three inches OF
his life. Tige didn't like that, and started
right back for North Car lima, leavin his
tail on the road. But this wouldn't do.
30 we cotch him and tied up his stump,
and put him in the wagon and drive OIL
westward till he got well and heeled UP.
When we got to the Bigby (Iomblgbee
River) thar war bridge over hit. Nheh
T;oe seed hit he looked at it kinder dubious
and bristed up and begun to scratch pack
ayin, for he thought it war railroad train
The first thing that we knowd nc mad
turned tail and started back to North Car
lima agin. But the boys cetch him and
took him in their arms and carried MN on
to the bridge halfway. Thinking that
we're enough they put him down, but Iis
at that iuncture wagon come lumberin'
- tin I,l,iI on nsGHP
nonsus racket, while my teams entered
from our eend. Tige looked both ways,
and t,,cn, would you believe it, he jumped
rie + of the winders of the bridge INTO
the liver, forty feet below, and out Oh the
wrong side. we couldn't do without Iige'
and sent back for him and brought hlm
over all right, and when we settled down
and made our clearin' Tige war thar, ana
always stuck to me. But, stronger, When-
ever we went bar hurtin or coon huntln',
eff anybody ever footed like engine Ilge
left the woods, sure. Whenever he went
to sleep on the hearth, ef one OF the chill
dren ever said foot! tootn he war sure to
growl in his sleep and bristle up. He wara
mighty brove dog. I'm sorry he's dead.
Bashful lover to his belle: "Would that
I had three kilogrammes of dynamite !"
ssWhy, monsieur?" '''ro break the ice
between usl"
Young T1ifa-"Now, George, you know
you've been drinking something too strong
for vou.'' George-"No-no-no! Twas
that Internal pllzzle-save mel"
Manufacturing clothing in Chicago
gives employment to 10000 people, and
the value of the goods made is SIS, ,O0O, 600.
This industry has doubled in four years.
A Kansas boy earned nice Bible BY
committing three hundred verses to mem
ory, and then he traded his Bible for shot
gum and accidentally shot his aunt in the
leg.
Young Lady-"See, my poor doggle
wants YOU to pat his head.' Parso,t-F
"Ah! yes. But might not the laying on
of hands be followed by the taking off OF
fingers?" #.#
4 Californian's matrimonial advertise
ment winds up as follows; Fortune no obs
ect, but should require the gals relations
to deposit one thousand five hundred dol@
lars with me as security for her good be-
havior.
Twenty seven years ago there were born
unto the family of William Marshall, Of.
Whitewater, Wis, triplets, two boys and
a girl. They were all three married, few
evenings ago, in one ceremony, by one
clergyman. .=....f
A sailor, giant of known bravery, who
was in q boat at the siege Of Copenhagen,
bent down his head while shot was flying
over the boat. ssFor shame; hold up your
head ~ thuntlered the officer in the stern.
"I will, sir, when there's room for it, !"
was the laughing response.
HWhy am made sandwich said
young Snobson, plaintively, ms lady sat
down on either side of him in the horse
car. because we are better bred than
you are,'' said one of the damsels, sweetly;
and Snobson mustered courage to squeeze
out to the platform.
| An East Boston lady was recently re-
qlested by the Board Of Health to have
traps placed under the sinks and basins In
her house, and when an inspector few
days later examined the premises it was
found that rat traps had been used.
s'Beforc give you an answer said
/ Aramantha to her lover, who had just pro
posed for her hand, II have secret to inn
part s'What is it, dearest?" he asked,
pressing his arm around her yielding waist.
She blushed and stammered, "My teeth are
/ false.'' 'sNo matter" he cried, heroically
aI'll marry you, in spite of your teethl''
j Some practical joker or eccentric reform
er in Louisville sent letters to a number Of
prominent society men in that city con-
tanning the mysterious legend: Beware,
young man; the Sunday League is watch
ing you.'' As consequence there is con-
4 siderable excitement among the aforesaid
young men.
i All, or nearly all, goods for China. froa
allparts OF the world, are sent out on com
mission. One American ship took C
Shanghai this year $4,000 gallons of re-
fined petroleum. Our pig lead is carried
over and manufactures by them into tin
foil for lining tea-chests.
II men who belong to churches would
not be 80 particular about carrying theis
umbrellas into the pews with them, bu;
would leave them ont in the veatibule
they would show more faith in those who
attend the same eharch. As it is, there il