The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
A Painted Dog.

A man down in East End lavished n
small slice of his bank account, the
other day, in the purchase Of II coach
dog. He heard il was the swell go in
Europe TO W coach dogs. Every lord
of the realm owned one. So he bought
the dog ut II round price and brought
him home. Next day he got out his
coach. and tied the pup under it as q
preparatory step in the young CANNES
education.
Now there were two immensely in
terested spectators to the preparations
for the training. Two mongrel ours
next door were watching things. and,
Selling up the carriage pup, they finally
winkcd ut each other, and said. in dog
language, 81 guess we're about one
pound heavier than that brute; let's
chew his hide off,"
The coach started, and the coach dog,
which being attached by a chain. u a
natural consequence started. too. just
Us the coach was gaining impetus. the
mOngrel ours made II dash at the thor
Oughbred, and the next few seconds
were fraught with frightful bowls. yclls
and shrieks. BY the time the cOaclicr
got down Ia the rescue of his blOOded
pet the damage was done. The dog
had plenty of coaching for one day,
and he concluded he would not go all
other step unless the chain and axle
dragged him. ''S'mOthcr day, them"
said the owner, as he ran his coach in
the stable, and put his pup on ice to
cool off. Next day was but a repetition
OF the former days trouble. The mon
grels were ''laying" for the hiSh-fangled
quadruped, and they licked him again.
1t now became a matter Of fighting
two dogs with one, rather than train
ing II coachcr, and the gentleman grew
dependent. One day he met II friend.
A happy thought struck him. Would
his friend lend him that bull dog for
just one day. He would. Bull was
taken to the coacher's house. and an
artist called in. Brush and paints were
brought into use, and in less than o
jiny Bull was Il fac smile of the coach
dog. Without waiting for paint to dry
on Bulls hide. the experimenter hicd
him off. and rugged up his coach. Then
Bull was led out and tied to the axle
without a chain, but O wee bit of q
string that wouldn't embarrass him in
case of an ASA ult from an unknown
foe.
Tho two mongrel dogs. rs usual, were
watching things with smiles on their
benign faces.
Said one of them: swell, the gol
darned fool! does he want us to eat
that dog?"
IL guess VIC might as well kill him
tts, t.">. ~ co;l fl,n aftnr Isnls,,~ tso
chops.
..Might rs well chew off q couple of
his legs, at least said tho first, ''for
he'll never tumble till we do. Look out;
here he cOmcs!'
Then they jumped on him.
Such yelling Us that which followed
fast and furious vas never heard be-
fore. This time the driver did not
leave his seat to interfere. The painted
thing under the wagon seemed able to
take care of himself. In two minutes
by the clock he had chawed one leg off
the southeast corner Of the largest
mongrel, and had pulled an ear out by
the roots from the head of the other.
While Bull was picking his teeth with
his claws and splitting out flesh and
hair, tho wounded combatants dragged
their CORY rcass from the field, try
ing to gather their bewildcred senses
enough to wonder what in tho dickens
had come over that coach dog all at
once.
And now that coach dog goes out
every day, and when he Frances on the
street every dog on tho square goes in
and crccps under the house for fear he
will get sunstruck.