The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-29

TELLS OF SOME REMARKARTE
DOGS.
AN UNEXPECTED BAEBECr-F
For The DemOcrat.)

(For The DemOcrat.l
perused a piece about a dog
esteriaY which reminded me OF
when | was farmer and conceive d
Jearnlng passion for dogs. | tC
crafty my elf bought bulldog fo
rabbi t., and asked ten Of my neigh.
OOrS to come over AMI hunt with
me. We set off about nine o'clock
and about ten we struck a trail
lhe way it happened was this:
broke a rail and tell ovir the fence
IN some straw AMI scared up hare.
A nelghbor shovel him to the dog
and he tore off Like mad, but we
soon overlook hun Oa a sGnd-bal
>cratch:n9 after fe s. Ic ns.dercd
his youth and tod linn to "try
touD1." He sprang in the thickest
thicktt | ever saw. And then il
seemed pandemon:um was let loose
N there-such growing, roaring
gruntlng, | never heard. "Come
on boy s." | SAID Hes got bear"
plunged into the thicket, the boys
right beh n me on run, The next
thing | knew | was Sprawhng in a
mari hole and the DO. s We're tumb-
ling in on top Of me. We popped
under and up like apples, We got
out tie way we fell in and ran out
OF the bramble5 b cause our pow
der was wet Boys" | said "what
must we d0?7 Get that hog ;"
said Jones, as one set up an ear
splitting squeal. 1t took us a half
an hour to get to the scene of the
rumpus and an hour to loose the
dog, for we had to kill him, b we
accidentally killed the hog about
the time We killed the dog. l don't
E5GoW whose it was, but we cue1
and eat ,lim II 1T there. We cl .
Ill some con }Imtnts. The death
OF the dog did not discourage me,
s. | bought q grey houHd. The
next day after got him, | heard
HIM bark NJ in b aEcA and went
to him, and when l found him he
was trembling IN every limb and
tail too, and barking at the biggest
frog | ever saw. The frog was sit
Ting ju~t across the stream. cOmpla-
Gently cIunchIng CrawtiSh. AS
the fog was so big Gnd loved frog
so we'll, | didn't think much of the
dogs freeing it. killed the frog
and started back but before | got
out Of the branch l fell III a yellow
jackets ncs-. They sWarmed over
me, | yelled, the dog ran up to me,
every jack t p tche d on him. That
dog flew from there, aud | have
never seen nor heard Of HIM since,
| got me- a hound AMI he sucked
several dozen eggs the fist night
he spent with me, so my wife killed
him the next day, ana picked his
meat to feed tranlpS with, but 1t
proved Il dead failure TDey liked
tn meat so well the ya-d was full
of tramps as long as it lss.9d. l
then got a fee. After | had kept
hlm awhile, | heard HIM on. night
about midnight barking like be saw
odd scratch himself" | got up
and told my wife to get up,I wanted
her along to keep me cDmi any !;
she was 50 SOW alb put getting up
| would not let heT Or IS. but lit a
torch and carr d her off icst :O.'
We got along we'll TIL we got to a
ditch. | got over safely, but a
grapevine bitched my wife's nose
and turned her in the ditch. |
pulled her out and We went on to
the flee. He was barking for every
breath. l bent over. saw what he
was barking at, a swarm Of min
nows. II lost nv ba ance, put cut
the light and there we were in the
inky darkness and tn re we had to
stay TIL day, f.r neither knew the
wy out.
"A dos caa see in the dark.
REN ROuT