Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-04
Il DOCS LONG SWIM.
How He Beat HIS NInstcr 20 Castle
Garden.

Garden.
The New York Morning Journal spins
the following yarn: " Christian Augen-
scblager, German immigrant, who
arrived in the steamer Westphalia from
Hamburg yesterday week, met with such a
startling surprise when he landed at
Castle Garden that he tainted dead away,
and it is feared that he will have to be
sent back to Germany. under the law
which prohibits the commissioners Of
emigration FROM srseeiNna nsene immi-
grants. W.
When Augenschlagep went on board
the steamer at Hamburg he succeeded in
smuggling hisfavorite dachshund Butcher
into the ship. He had heard that there
were foxes in the state of Wisconsin,
where he was going, and he wanted his
hachshund to go into the foxes's holes
and pull them out.
The body of the dachshund was fully
% feet long, but the length of his legs
was not more than six inches. His body
was mixture of black and tan, and his
fore paws stood out at right angles with
| his body.
Everything went well with Augen-
schlager and his dachshund until one day
the burlesque on the canine species
escaped from the steerage, and was soon
after found by the cook in the galley,
helping himself to huge piece of meat.
Augenschlager missed the dog Just in
time to run up on deck and see the cook
drag Butcher by his tail to the ships side
and hurl him into the middle of the
| Atlantic ocean.
Augenschlager had committed an Of
Tense in smuggling his dachshund aboard
the ship and, of course, had nothing TO
say. He merely went below and wept.
1t was during the forenoon of Thurs
day, May 2lst, that Augenschlager saw
his dog thrown overheard. On stepping
ashore ut Castle Garden yesterday his at
tention WINS at once attracted TO dog
that lay curled up and trembling on one
corner of the dock and which looked re.
markably like his lost dachshund.
"Komst du hier, Blucheri" said
Augenschlager with half-stifled voice.
The dog responded by oroepinB up 90
Augenschlager's feet, for sure enough il
was Butcher.
Augenschlager threw up his hands, ex.
claimed "Mein Lieber Colt! IL is Blu
cher's ghost !" and then swooned. He
was cared for by fellow passenger, al
wassalso the dachshund, which had mani
Tested no surprise at all on meeting hii
master under such strange circumstances
: The unfortunate immigrants talk becam,
very wild and incoherent, and it ii
thought that he will become permanently
insane.
News of the remarkable occurrence,
spread rapidly, and finally came to til,
ears of Ernest Picard, who was passen
ger in the French steamer Normnndie
which had arrived II few hours ahead o
the Westphalia.
! Picard said TINT on the afternoon o
! Thursday, May 2lst, the Normandio rai
. into whole "school" of icehergs. Tn
| weather was foggy and the ship hid to o
( proceeded under low suil for severn
4 hours. While the ship was at stand
: still the attention of some of the sailor
: was attracted to II strange looking ANNA
A i'll the water, which was taken for n sea
b brought from the Arctic regions by ON
a of the bergs.
r Tho animal swan straight up to tn
a ships side, and u sailor got down mi,
T. easily pulled il in. The animal was thei
II found to be u German dnchshund, and
r what seemed strongest of all, he had il
Z his jaws beef's liver and lungs, com
4 monty called the "pluck."
/ The dachshund was Augenschlager'
t Butcher and the buoyant "pluck" wlc
he had stolen from the galley of the West
9 phalia had helped him to keep ailoat 70
II nearly six hours.
IS The Normandie, after getting clear q
Il the icebergs, passed the Westphalia, an
II Butcher was landed ut Castle Garden wit
g the rest of the passengers, in advance {
d those who came in the steamer from Han
burg. He refused to follow Picard, VIII
had adopted" him, and remained on III
r. dock, as if he expected his old master {
il arrive in due time.