St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-05
STORIES OF DOGS.
How the Hon. Tom OchiItree
Talked Il Dog to Death.


Il will give you few ancient anec-
dotes, which, ii you do not consider in
teresting enough to publish, you may
give to the Italians to roast, says c. J.
Peshall in Turf, Field and Farm. All
of the stories will be true ones: in fact.
some of them / can prove by my friend,
Col. Tom 0chlltree.
Sometimes the habit of indirect talk
Will lead to very serious consequences.
Tom Ochiltree had a pet dog, one which
he was very proud of. He also had Is
colored servant whose name was Sam.
sam was very bright, as we'll as very
0bedient boy. One evening. while pre-
pairing the table for the coIonel's
supper, and while the dog was lying
in the colOnel's lap, he delivered TO
himself monol0gue like this: well,
old Jimmie. you're very bad dog in
deed: yes, indeed! very bad dog: YOU
must be hanged tomorrow morning be-
fore breakfast. Sam must hang YOU.
Jimmie, tomorrow morning, with a
good strong rope, before breakfast: YES,
hang, Jimmie: bad dog; hang him be-
fore breakfast"
The next morning at breakfast the
colonel called for his favorite dog.
''Jimmiei Jimmie! Jimmie!' but no
Il
colonel then called Sam and said:
Sam, where is .Iimmie?'
"Whar's Jimmie? Why, you said he
was to be hung before breakfast, sab,
with strong rope, sab, and Use dun
hung him. He's ded, sah.''
1t has been said that this was not the
only animal the genial Ochiltree has
talked To death,
Some years ago there was a blind
beggar who used TO stand at the corner
of Wall and Broad streets, and accom-
panied by white brindle marked bull
terrier. The dog would hold little
basket i'll his mouth. Wall street
brokers and bankers, being usually
very liberal, would frequently put pen
MES into the basket. The blind man,
having great confidence in the integrity
of his dog, would only take the pennies
out once or twice during the day After
a while the poor blind man died. The
dog remained as long as he could at the
room occupied by his master. but being
driven out by the new occu-
pants he seized his basket and returned
to Wall street, and taking his
old stand continued to receive the pen
MES the brokers gave him. In this way
he accumulated quite fortune, but,
unfortunately, i'll an idle moment, he
bOaSted OF his increasing wealth and
very flattering business prospects for
the future. when he was pOunced upon
by some of the unfortunate curbstOne
brokers and was placed in stock COM
pany and sold to Jay Gould, who now
owns him. Dividends paid January
and .JulyD
| have a dog called Baby that was in
the habit OF going to the Hoffman
house cafe with me in the evenings,
frequently with others sitting around
table and nourishing stories with
brandy and soda If Baby could not get
a vacant chair she would lie at my feet
and view with great curiosity, yet
without much seeming satisfaction.
the various articles OF curio and
works of art. IL was during the time
that the great lgnatius Donnelly sprung
upon the nation the Shakespeare Bacon
controversy. During this time that
great wh0le-souled, genial and clever
dramatic author, Steele Mackaye, was
very indignant mt the aspersiOns cast
upon the character Of he had beeu alive)
or his friend, Bill Shakespeare.
The ghost of Hamlet would
not let Steele sleep, and those
who have had the pleasure of know
ing him, know that il he is not
asleep he must talk. consequently many
an evening was spent very pleasantly at
Mackaye'S quaint sayings on behalf OF
his dead friend Bill. Baby listened for
many evenings, and finally | noticed
that she had lost her hearing-she was
very deaf. i was very much worried
about her condition and took her to a
celebrated auris. who examined
her ears, and who. after examination,
informed me that she could b cured,
but he would have to perform an opera
ton; but Baby furiOusly resisted. So
took her home with me. but was to take
her back he next day, when the opera
ton was to be performed. That
evening, while sitting in my library,
Baby came to me, jumped into my
lap, and. in the most unmistakable man
ney, informed me that If | was
going to take her with me to the Iloff-
man house, and if she was to be com
PEELED to hear Steele Mackaye praise up
Shakespeare aud abuse Bacon (Which.
by the way, she is very fond of. she
would sooner remain deaf the remainder
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