The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-21
THREE YARNS FOR A PRIZE.
Nbppprrs 1oij mt Blizzard Time TN the
Vicinity of Gotham.

the ye,c round 10 bis friends FOR sport or
recreation. Tho late blizzard caught some OF
them don there unproyided win means OF
indoor amusement They were imprisoned
nearly n week, during which time 4 small ole
house was their only change from the soil
tude Of the lodge. One day the crowd was
yawning in the ole house. Al things had
become c~hcstnuts.
II can tell you ii story about my dog that's
new. anyhow" gaspcd Charles Parker.
II can beat II for a prize" said Ebenezer
DE- Witt.
"You fellows don't know how 10 lie" put
in A. j. Prime. 1T takes n lawyer. sell
dom lie myself, but If theirs u prize in it, go
ahead"
well, this dos. gentlemen" began
Parker. Mloftily, 'beat any rabbit dog that
ever lived. He was faster than the wind.
Once, on a hot trail, he ran nose up against
n scythe. which haa been left blade upright
in a field. lie was going at q terrible pace,
and | knew what would happen; 50 stopped
down by the scytho in preparation. Sure
enough, the blade parted him down the mid
die. dividing even his tail IL equal parts AS
the two parts tumbled over | clapPcd them
quickly together and bound them up in a
hunting coat. He was going 30 fast thatthe
blood hadn't had time to spill, aud OF course,
the halves grew together. But somehow one
half had Topped over just before | joined
them. and when Jack got well he he'd two
Ices Oh the ground aud two sticking TIP IN
the air. He was a curious dog afocr that
When he barked halt a bark would come
from the part OF the mouth tGat opened up,
and the other halt zane from the part that
op.ncl down. This defect annoyed him, and
be practiced 70 remedy It, lie got 50 after a
while that, after choo-cnoolng for u minute,
Ike q locomotive getting undcr way, he
could run his half barss together into a cou'
tiuuous note like = fog horn RIA money
out If him 10y hiring him out mornings to Il
box factory ioT u steam whistle. The most
curious thing, though, was ~ sec him cat. l
cut his food into tiny pieces. He would take
one morsel with the half OF his mouth that
opened downward, and then turn q sort OF
L"audspring sideways to his other legs and eat
another mo.scl with his other hall mouth.
When real hungry hc. turned 50 fast he
looked ike a 200 revolution Is wheel in mo-
ton. lie never wagged his tai. The reason
was that the muscular efforts at wagglns, be-
In, equally balanced on each side, counter
acted each other. he was q better rabbit dog
than ever, for when he ran himself OF one
pair Of legs, he'd simply turn . sidespTlnS
and 20 it on the other pair Yon couldn't
tire him out It was a great blow TO me
when be died
Mr. Parker stroked his chin contcmpla-
g Tr N. IT,. Iii nH.ar1t..
Your dog was truly wonderful, but lie
can't compare with ny rawhide traces. /
bought tLsm new IN Jersey, and first used
tlcm 70 cart 9 load of wood up a hall Lille
hi. t. my house. IL was raining dismal.y
a. loaded tho wood on the wagon, and the
laNhidc traces got thoroughly soaked When
all wa, ready | mounted one OF tue horses
and lroye 20 tie house. When / got there |
found that the wagon hadn't budSed The
ur. traces had stretched the whole half milo.
uers aaia bad fix, aud as the SUI came Oh.
j.s- then, | sat down 70 think about II. Then
tie 5un got - hot went indoors, leaving tho
horses 't2ndng
When / came out q minute later tie
horses were straiD!ns 10 Keep from being
pulled down the hill. Looking down, ! saw
mg load Of wood %rumbling up the hill at u
io.!7 rate. / was puzzled AT first 10 under
.tand what was pulling them, but soon saw
that as the sun dried the traces they were
contracting al the saIne ratio they had
stretched when Wet, and as the horses held
the Ground at tue top Of the I'LL the wagon
had u come up to the horses. ! aftervard
formed n Company for lifting safes to tenth
story windows. Jay Gould pat IN the money
and I put in the traces. We both Got men.
the way | lost those traces vas IN trying TO
/ sound tue bottomless spring IN Pennsylvania.
We tied u weight 70 one end and dropped 1t
Ia the spring. As the weigh, sank into the
depths tho-, traces spun oft til az last they
became 50 fine q thread that q butterfly
chaucing % Ait against one end, IL snapped
short oil"
Everybody cried Chestnut ar the con-
! clusion Of this story. When the uproar sub
! sided Al Prime began.
.Gertlemen. Le said, II have had 10
thrilling experiences sucn a yours. But
tested some gunPowder once that proved
rather remarkable. | am sonetLing Of q
SPORTSMAN. as you know, and fond Of expert
menting with new brands Of powder. On
this occasion | put In q fair charge OF the
/ powder and plenty OF shot, and blazed away
M a white target about 100 feet away.
When the smoke cleared | didn't sec c marx
on the target. This seemed uncomfortable,
Tor natter myself that / can hit a three
/ foot target. | walked over and
/ looked al It. Not q scratch on IL.
} / filed O. pipe, lighted it. and thought about
It,. IL wasn't possible / could have missed 50
! completely. Just then there was q little
humming IL the air and a rafting on the
target / looked at IL and found I; covered
! al over with shot. This was strange. II
puzzled ne. But at last the truth broke
upOu me. | scratched my head and re-
marked to myself:
Great Scott, but that's slow powderI
The barkeeper Ca,ed blankly at the crowd
from q corner. The tavern cat meowed plte.
! ously, and strove to squeeze out Of a broken
| window into the cold, cold storm.
Daring last Tuesdays election at fonkers
| LAWYER A. j. Prime wore at the polls o blue
ribbon in his buttonhole. One end OF 1t was
hidden in his pocket. To a few Intimate
irionis Lawyer Prime showcdthe hidden end
Of the rlbbon. On it hung q brown leather
melal with q scarlet center; in letters Of gold
was engraved on II the motto:
BOSS LIAR. ::
lie had won the prize New YorR Sun