St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-14
TROUBLE OF THE 8OWSERS.
The Old Man Comes Home With a
Dog
BACKED BY A CERTIFICATE.
Rampus That the Animal Raised---Runs
Away, and Another Dog Is
Bought.

and good share of our troubles nave
arisen over this fact. On hundred
different occasions | have asked him
what he wanted Of dog, and on
hundred different occasions he has
raised his voice and replied:
'What do we want of a dog? Did
YOU ever see family which amounted
to shucks which didn't keep dog?
Nature gave us the dog to protect us
to be sort of companion. mere are
people who can strike terror to dogs
heart by one look, but am not one OF
those, Mrs. Bowser-nO, thank heaven.'
Cant YOU protect us, Mr.. Bowser?"
Certainly can and do, but suppose
am off my guard some night and
burglar enters our hOuse?,.
"And burglars the dog?
That's it! Sheer at the poor dumb
brute because Nature made him Dog
Under the circumstances have stated
we should probably owe our lives to the
faithful guardian"
He brought home a dog. 1t was a
dog with certificate of character from
his last owner. He was guaranteed to-
be vigilant, trusty, tidy, kind, and to
have special llankering after the lite
blood of house-breakers. He carried
his head to the left as If trying to see
his left hind foot, and there was suS-
picious suuint in his eyes. He had been
badly knocked about from all appear
ances, but the boys who brought him
explained that this was the result of
tackllng an elephant and coming off
second best The beast grOwled at me
and snapped at the baby as MIR. B0wSer
brought him in, and when protested
against the invasion | was answered
with:
mo wonder he growls! A dog knows
an enemy on sight. He feels that you'd
like to murder him. and he properly re-
sents it. Come here, Rambo."
That night the dog had the run of the
lower part of the house. We had no
sooner: got to bed than he began to howl.
MIR. Bowser threatened him from the
head of the stairs, and then he barked
at iTtervaS of FIVE minutes for an hour.
Mr.. Bewser siienced him after awhile.
and was Just getting TO sleep when /
heard the beast gurglIng and growing
and worrying something. Iwanted Mr.
Bowser to go down stairs, but he ut
terly refused, saying: y:
'.He has probably got hold of &, burg
lar. and don't WANT to be appealed to
to call him off. Just go to sleep and
leave Rambo alone. We haven't been
as safe for years"
Next morning the beast bit the cook
in the leg as she went down. and the
minute the door was opened he lit out
for parts unknown. We soon discovered
what he had been worrying. 1t was Mr..
BOwSer'S winter OvercOat, and it was re-
duced to roll of strings and tatters. :.
You brought him home.o |, ex-
claimed as pointed to the ruins.
'.Idid, eh?'' replied Mr.. Bower, as.he
surveyed the heap. And you lay right
there and knew what he was at and
never said a wordp
''You said he was chewing up a
burglar"
"Then l was talking in my sleep. and
you knew it! Mrs. Bowser, you don't
get a new dud for year!" s'-:
The next dog was hound. The
owner told Mr.. Bowser that he was a
good deer dog, and sf0 changed hands
on that account.
"But what good is a deer dog?"
asked, when Mr.. BowSer explained this
fact. e.
ITO run deer, of course"
'sl3ut where are the deer@,
THAT'S just like yoni You expect to
look ont of the back door and see a
doZen! l:prOpose to go where the deer
are. Did,you ever see kinder face OH
dog?"'
~''He looks very simple-minded."
"Does he? Well, don't fool yourself.
You may owe your life to him yet. He's
better than forty burglar alarms" :.
The canine deserved credit for one
thing. He slept soundly on the parlor
sofa all night. On the second afternoon
he got out, and little terrier weighing
eleven ounces ran him three. times
around the house and finally drove him
into a barrel partly filled with plaster.
Ibid | buy him for a fighter" shouted
Mr.. Bowser, as [ related the occurrence.
ale ran, of course. bought him for
runner"
He whistled for Archimedes, as he
had named him, and the animal came
creeping in and hid under the lounge
When routed out of that he made dive
for Mr.. Bowser'S feet, just in time to
trip him up and let him down with a Jar
that made the roof shake. The scared
brute then jumped into the crib and lay
down on baby'S head, from which posi-
ton he was lifted to be flung over the
alley fence. /.
is that the way they run deer?' L
asked Mr.. Bowser.
't"Whose> fault is it?'' he demanded.
You had that dog terrified as soon as
he struck the house. 1t was his mortal
fear of you which made him act so. If
you don't have something awful happen
to you 1'll miss my guess"
1t wasn't week before he came home
with another canine. The beast was
understood, out. at the elbows and
down hearted. When / asked what he
was good for Mr.. Bowser replied:
''If- you knew anything about dogs
you could tell at glance. Hes rat
terrier"
:sDoes he terrify rats?"
'.Does he? In one week there won't
be rat on this whole sQuare?'
"WOuldn't it be as well to stand the
rats as the dog?'
CHATS you, exactly. That's speci-
men of your. mercy! It's a wonder to
me that such murderous feelings as you
carry in your heart don't meet with
fitting punishment"
The terrier didn't do anything re-
markable for the first three days, ex-
cept to fill up and sleep. The fourth
day, as we were eating dinner, we
heard a row in the back yard, and as
we got to the door we saw the terrier
penned up in the corner of the yard, tail
down and eyes rolling, and small rat
was keeping him there and having lots
of fun. The rodent skipped at sight of
us, and the dog craWied under the barn.
Iiaughed till / fell down, but Mr..
Bowser was very stern and dignified.
After he had pulled the terrier out and
flung him over the fence he came back
to me and said:
"Are you satisfied now?"
''That the dog is ratter?''
mo, ma'an. Satisfied that you have
once more, out of pure malice toward q
helpless animal. driven him from home
to a life of misery! It'sa wonder to mo
that you don't murder our chiids'
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