Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-12
JUDGE VAN sRuNr's DOG STORY
a New York Canine That changed
Ills SnDts,

80 ANNaN
Ills Spots.
\. Y. Telegraph: Speaking Of dogs"
said judge kruut, "thc~ dogguudcSt dog
story | ever heard was told me when [
was out in WoStcheStCr county this sum.
Nor. There we're two farmers ont there
that began wrSHgling over a line fence
WHOM they were young mon, aud at mid.
Tie W they had Olp tn bc l~lmuStswOrn
enemies. One of them owned X bulldog
and the other was the happy poSscsSor of
u beautifully marked coach dog that
prsnced along under his masters wagon
as he drove to town, and gave the whole
turnout an air of intense re-.
spcctability. One day the man who
owned the bulldog was standing out by
his gate as the owner of the coach dog
drove by, and the happy and Contcntcd
look on the face OF the man in the wagon
and the dog under it drove the iron deep
into his soul So he cried out. Sick
him, Bige, to the bulldog, and the dog,
having been looking Mt the same scene
with about the same feelings, madcthrec
jumps, and the beautiful and contentcd
dog with the elaborate coloring was
writing iu the dust, while the bulldog
was fcaSting on his ear and looking hap
py rs II II who has drawn the lucky
number Mt a turkey rattle. Ii it hadn't
been that both neighbors were pillars in
tho church and prominent in the com
munity, there would have been quarts of
blood she'd before the owner of the bull
dog pricd his CANNES jaws apart and
liberated the spotted pup.
THE BIRTH Oh AN IDEA.
That night when the coach dogs
owner sought his couch he turned rest
lcSsly over the geese fe lthers until his
fathers clock in the sitting roum had
bucklcl down to the WORK OF toliing oil
the hours OF Il new born day. Then out
OF the darkness came the nucleus of \
marvellous idea that, as he rolled it like
u sweet morsGl among the organs OF his
brain, budded and bloSSomcd into per-
feet aud beautiful proportions After
this the tossing ceased, aud the snoring
of the man blended in sweet unison with
the ticking of the clock.
when the morning train left for New
York ncXtday II OF it's passengers was
the man to whom tho idea was born.
When he walked hOmeward at night,
with Il low-si2ed, sluare-jawed, and
ut his heels. he hummed n lively air, and
NJ he hummed sWeetly. The envious
neighbor and mis- envioIs dog standing
at the gate saw the sun pass over the
Westminster hills when "A wagon with Il
spoCted do : crailing at the end of II piece
OF wool Irvine tied to the forward axle,
drove into the road. As his eye rested
Ol MS litlSibuI anu i1lo ute HC SillilNN
and said Good morning" The bull
dog heard the sound, and turning, saw
the spotted dog under the wagon. He
licked his chops IN glecful mood, and
moved his tail Alright.
WAITING 20 FRAY"
"The v~arioglted canine paused and
for the fray, while the man, Irvine and
wagon moved on up the roud without
him. When the bulldog saw that he did
not whine for mercy he slackcned up IL
bit and wondered whether he had not
bitten off Il large chunk of mottled GU
nine than he was prepared to masticatc.
But there wasn't much time TO think of
things like this, and 50 he shut his yves
and opened wide his mouth and rushed
ahead again. The reception had lasted
only about two minutes when the most
disappointed and chawed up bulldog
that one would encounter in Il lifetime
crawlcd away and hid himself in the
corner of II tcn-rail fence. Then the dog
witt, the dotted skin shook his sides and
trottod happily along and overlook the
wagon. The man got out and Rugged
him, while he laughed until the tears ran
down his Eunbnrned checks. Then he
took him to a reighboring pump. washed
the spots away, aud sent him to his New
York home. If the entire population of
Westminster had criei Sick him, Blge'
after that day it would have been as so
much waste of wind. The cure was of Il
permanent character"