New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-09
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THE GOOD FORTUNE OF A CLOG.DANCER,
THE FRIEND OF DON NJ DICKINSON.

~ ~ i IIIL VAL Il 1919
THE GOOD FORTUNE OF A CLOG.DANCER,
THE FRIEND OF DON NJ DICKINSON.
HISTORY OF SENATOR EDMUNDs's BULLDOG
WHY THE CAPTAIN PIPED DOWN.
Washington. lee. SIT pains one TO hear that good
Bishop Oberl, IS somewhat chagrincd because tho
recent nomination by President Cleveland OF Mr.
Enight Assistant Comm S oncr OF Indian Affairs
made without first consulting Inn (oberly).
The Indian Commissioners reported disgruntlement
IS the more painful because II Is saId he takes the
high moral ground of the nominees unfiincss for the
important position 10 which the Executive has gen
erously assigned him. ! feel constrained to take
issue with Commissioner ObeTly In this matter. and
wholly upon Civil Service grounds, because under
stand tho assistant commissioners friends claim
that he formerly clog-dancer OF unusual and
conceded daring and ability. The opportunities now
opened TO the new assistant commissioner either to
improve his own saltaory porto names or u direct
those OF his Indian wards by frequent Inspections
Of their wardanccs and other performances Of
festive character sufficiently numerous, and
viii doubtless he frequently embraced con amorc.
and for this alone the appointment appears
to be a good one AMI H. the line OF reform.
1t is pleasant, moreover, TO know that tho whole
Enrght family IS dear to tho heart of The great Don
Manuel Dickinson. Postmaster General, and has been
made the recipient Of still further official favors:
the worthy ia her of the new assistant commissioner
holding the important position of chief topographer
Of the General Post ONCE. The younger Enrght is
reported as having remarked that the position referred
TO would just suit father, because he's engineer"
Captions and misguided persons having knowlelge
of the old genteman's antecedents have sated that
Ennght, senior, formerly employed as boss
TO superintend the loading and unloading of mud
scows upon the Northern lakes % If this is not
topography in It's widest and mosVporect ln'erpea
ton whai I'm the world IS II?
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE EDMUNDs BULL
DOG
BLOOD WILL TELL
The Vermont Senator has not yet put ths chapter
Of canine pedigree in book form. but h relaeS II 10
his Senatorial colleagues, and when the story i heai
they all agree that blood does tell. The muhu'
dog is the of the region stretching from the
end OF Observation-Disclosures. out toward Oak View
II has been limited that the real reason WHY senator
Edmunds moved from the populcuS legi"n OF Thomas
Gree TO the edge of the Northwestern section was
because the bull pup had devastated the circle OF lis
canine population, and was signing for new ne'gnuo.
hoods. II has "chawed up" dogs without num'ef'
and when an indignant owner seeks sailsiac'lon 'he
chairman Of the Judiciary Committee gravey explains
why the fighting qualities OF his dog are So pro
ro,nccd Briefly It may be stated thai this IS cause
of n retarded development. bat the full history Is
interesting. As told by Senator Edmunds II runs
as follows:
The animal was originally the property OF Boston
lady, member of the sullivan Cult, whose tastes
were something more nan fad. An English
friend knowing her hobby sent acrlss the ocean
bull pup with a fighting pedigree that began on one
side with william the Conqucror, and on the other
with King Canuie. Its Immediate ancestors arc
today the pride Of the sport-lovlng Brts1 PUBIC
But the animal which sent TO Boston, notwith-
standing It's lineage was traced on parchment proven
be simply a whining cub The starVeh sFCel
dogs of the city of culture chased 1t IN
and out the crooed unt the wrcched creature
was almost dead from fright. 1t didn't seem to have
an atom Of fight in its makeup and the lady to whom
f. had been presented concluded tina, hor friend had
been imposed on She happened to know that senator
Edmunds's family wanted pcaccablc dog and she
sent IT TO them with the assurance that It was
perfectly inodcnsive animal When II arrived The
canine community of Burlington had what might be
called picnic. They chased and BIT ard clawed the
stranger dog a. though it existed only for that purpose
All Il ever did to home with its tan between
rs legs and hide behind the woodpIlc in the back yard
This OF thing went on until the Burlington dogs
beginning to tire Of the sport and the prosecuted
English pup could at times venture on inc siree'
without being attacked.
One day when this immunity had encouraged II
TO stay ont longer than usual an Old time prosecutor
came whirng around the corner and with vicious
spring landed on the neck OF the Edmunds animal
The latter had ne chance 10 get away. is dlNtIHhiN
was twice It's size and could not be shaken OIL Then
as last IN, pedigree OF the under dog came out IL
had TO fight or die and It was not ready to die In
two minutes al that was left OF the big dog was
scuuyng away, yclping and bowling as 1t went inc
imported pull pup troted home quietly, but from
that time its peaccabe nature completely changed
In a week II had whipped every dog in Burlington
and had also made some small boys with tin cans
unhappy II no longer waited to be attacked, but
whenever another dog appeared in sight there was
a rush, a minglng OF tac elements and victorious
bull pup. When all It's prosecutors had been pun
shcd Senator Edmunds brought the dog with him to
Washington IIere It al once began the career which
has made It famous. II fights because IT can't do
anything else and the canine testimony that IL has
vindcaed its pedigree is overwhelming Senator
Edmunds is proud of his property and does not mind
the FREQUENT complaints Of other animals being
chawed up" He looks upon II as thc misfortune
Of the other animals that their pedigrees don't 90
back to william the Conqueror. Some day he is go
ing to take the pride of his household to Boston.
When he does this II is an chance that the City
Council will PEND the dog ordinances and the pound
master won't have any business to look after in the
way Of stray dogs.
II is gratifying to know that the cruel and unt0war
fate which has ovetakcn L" Tim" Tasney, the genial
Representative OF the With District of Michigan
whence a Republican VIII succeed him I'm the List
Congress-appesrs to have in nowIsc embitered his
jovial disposition. The fact that Ike Elisha Of old
his legislative cloak will fall upon the shoulders Of
his brother John Tarsney. OF the Representatives
elect from the State of Missouri, seems amply to
atone for any sense Of failure which he might other
wise experience Indeed this worthy Representative.
with that Icon sense of humor and retiring modesty
which distinguishes him al all times. unbosOmed him