Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-08
ADRUNKEN DOG.
An Authentic Story Which Goes to
Show That the Difference Between
Dogs and Men is Really super
fetal

Dogs and Men is Really super
| fetal.
arkansaw Traveller
Hes lost all respect for himself"
| said "a saloon-keeper, as large dog
| walked behind the! bar and be-
gan tc lap beer-drippings from a
pail.
The bystanders looked at the man in
Surprise.
TITS fact. Some time ago, when
| that dog came from the country, he was
gentlemanly and well-behaved. Now
| he can't walk the streets in peace.
Shortly after his arrival he went to the
bucket there and began to lap the beer
drippings. He turned away and grinned
with evident displeasure. but noticed
that he soon came back. Pretty soon
he became a regular visitor. and first
thing / knew he was drunk. He stood
around a while and sorter smiled. He
took another drink and went out, soon
returning with another dog. They
took a drink. and by way of
compliment shifted each other. That's
the way they tip glasses, you know. Well
they kept on drinking until they began
to quarrel. Finally they got into fight,
and had to put them out. Nextday Bob,
the dog drinking there now, came in.
He was so nervous that he could hardly
walk, and he looked broke up and de-
iected. l felt sorry for him. and gave
him some whislley i'll pan. You'd
ought to have seen him. He chuckled
and shook himself with thankfulness.
IL I, {y,r , ,,.,l,, 10 o,l ur1,
for more. thought I'd play Joke on
him, and I mixed him drinks. Then he
got bowling drunk. He went into the
street and tried to raise a row with
every dog he saw. A country looking
dog came along and Bob walked up and
stood in front of him. The country dog
didn't say anything. but walked quietly
around. A dog won't resent an insult
very quick when he's in strange place
Bob stepped in front of him again, and
! again the country dog walked around
Bob was splin' for u row, and he rubbed
against the country dog. when suddenly
the country dog hauled off and
knocked Bob down, jumped
on him and rolled him shamelully.
Bob got up finally and staggered into the
saloon, got another drink and raved. |
understood him, and just as plainly as
| any thing could be he swore he'd kill
the country dog. He snorted around
and turned over the chairs, and then
with whoop went out to find the coun-
| followed along. He found the country
dog lying under wagon. The strange
dog got up and looked at Bob, Bob sor-
ter bowed aad walked around. Then he
| came back to the saloon with mouth
| full of hair that he had found somewhere.
Il reckon you whipped him. said l, and
| he put the hair on the floor and walked
proudly around it. Bob, you can't fool
| me, said; the dog YOU fought was a
yellow dog. This hair is black. How
do you explain it?' | never saw any
| body look so mean. He hung his head
and sneaked away. Oh, but he's sharp.
One time he got on such spree
that he got the jm-jams l saw
him stepping over streaks of sunlight
and starring nervousiy, and | thought
and try to sleep, but every now and then
| he'd jump. While he wasn't looking
slipped up and put one of those black
snake whips near him. When he saw it
| he jumped about ten feet and howled
| He came around where | was and
seemed to be asking my opinion of the
affair. L walked out and pretended that
1didn'tsee any thing. That puzzled him.
| Finally he concluded that he must have
been mistaken SO he went to the far
end of the house and lay down again.
took UP the whip and tossed it on him.
Well, sir, you could have heard him
howl for mile. After this he swore
off. I'd ask him to take a drink and
he'd walk away. He held out for about
| two weeks, and fell again.
He came hmping in as though
| he had the rheumatism. He looked at
me as if to say. Whats good for this?
understood him and gave him a drink.
| Pretty soon he came back with some
thing the matter with one of his eyes.
gave him another drink, and after
| awhile he came book with his tail all
twisted out of shape, He could put up
| more excuses than any dog l ever saw
Look at him now. He's drunk as a fool.
He's gone, lemme tell you, and he's not
only ruined himself but he's dragged
several respectable dogs down with him
Why. sir, it would astonish you to see
how little confidence the dogs of this
community have in Bob. None of them
| except the very bad ones will associate
| with him. Go on away, now. You
shan't have anything else to-day and
the narrator of these solemn facts wiped
the bar with a rag and refused credit to
| a freckledfaced boy with pitcher.