Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-09-30
break the dog of the habit of chasing

weight in gold to any ncighborhood.
People who owns cats in our neigh
borhood have got mad and throwed
scalding water on the dog until he
looks as though he was moulting like
a canary bird, and he has had one
leg broken by stones thrown by cat
proprietors, and he came home one
night with one end of him filled with
bird shot, but he never let up on cats,
and pa encourages him III it. The
other day pa and me and the dog took
a walk up street and we saw a brin-
die cat going across the street right
near where there was a lot of tropi-
cal plants on the bullyyard, just out
side the sidewalk in front Of a hand
some house. Pa called the dogs at
tcntion to the cat, and said, GO for
her, Tigc.' 'rige went for the cat
and she and the dog went whOoping
into the bed of tropical plants, some
of them as high as mans head. Pa
looked scared when the dog and cal
went in amongst the plants, cause
the man that owned them was out
sprinkling his lawn, and he knew the
man would be mad. Pa called the
dog, but he was busy chasing the cat
around amongst the plants, and il
was not more than a minute before
the plants were all broke down, and
the dog and cat were having mon
key and a parrot time. The man
who owned the cat was the first to
get there, and he owed pa grudgo,
and he asked pa what he set his dog
on that cal for, and pa said ii was a
darn lie, and the man hit pa on the
side of the nose, and kicked the dog.
Pa leaned up against the fence To let
his nose bleed in peace, when the man
who owned the plants came up and
asked pa what he sent his dog into
those valuable plants for to retrieve
another man 5 cat, and pa said it was
no such thing and lie could prove
il by me. The man asked me If my
pa did not set the dog on the cat, and
as pa had always told me not to tell
lie under any circumstances, | told
the man that pa said, Go for herr
Tige, and the man was mad, and he
sqnirtcd about barrel of water into
pa, and then got over the fence, and
smote pa on one cheek with his fist,
aud as pa would not turn the other
check also, as he had always told me
to do, the man took pa by the neck
and turned him around and gave
him another smote, and that was
what blacked his eyes. Pa started to
run, but ! stayed and saved the dog,
and promised to pay for the plants.
Pa went home and told ma he had
had the worst fight that ever was,
and when came home he asked if
the two men he whipped had been
taken to The hospital. Gosh, but |
was disgllsted with pa for trying to
make me believe lie was fighter.
But you'd a dide TO see the commO-
ton and cat hair in the bed of tropi-
cal plants, and to have seen how pas
countenance changed III minute.
lie was laughing to see Tige 90 for
the cat, and spatting his hands, but
when the cat owner struck him on
the nose, he stopped being ticklcd so
quick his watch run down, and his
face had a woe-bcgone expression,
like man who is short on wheat. Pa
says there is no comfort in keeping a
dog in large city, and he wants me
to 90 TO the sausage factory and rea-
lie on him. Bat pa don't get left
you. bet lie was down to the head
quarters of his political party before
night, showing his wounds and cloim-
ing that onlhis way home from the
torchlight procession the night before
with his torch and helmet, he was
set upon by about fifty political op-
ponents, who were drunk and nearly
murdered, and he wants the party 10
pay him damages. | think politics
teaches a good man to be star liar,
don't you?"
"Yes, said the groceryman, as he
wiped his hands OH a piece of brown
wrapping paper, after weighing
mackcrcl, "politics injure any man
who gets into the business. But did
your father denounce you for not ly-
ing him out of a scrape? Did he chide
Guy foRteling the truth ?"
"Wellhe didn't exactly chide me-,
said the boy, "but after we got home
he tried to show me that it was not
always best to be in a hurry about
telling the truth. He said person
ought to tell the truth, but he might
use some Judgment about it. lie
said if had evaded the question un-
til he had a chance to run, and get
out of the way Of the man who smote
him, would have maintained my
reputation for veracity, and at the
same time saved my pa from being
knocked silly. He told me to think
it over and hereafter not to be in such
Il confounded hurry to. tell the truth
lie said people were often placed in
an embarrassing position by having
too much truth going around loose
Well maybe pa is right and will
be careful hereafter, but telling the
truth is my best hold,' and the boy
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