Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-02-13
THE BowsER FAMILY.
SIR. II. Buys Dog and Mrs B. Tells
All About the Ugly Brute.

Ever since our marriage Mr.. Bowser
has been looking after a house-dog,
and a good share of our troubles have
arisen over this fact: On hundred
different occas ons | have asked him
what we wanted of a dog, and on
hundred different occasions he has rais-
ed his voice and replied:
''What do we want OF tog2 Did
you ever see family which amounted
TO shucks which didn't keep a dog?
Nature gave us the dog to protect US
TO be a sort of companion. There are
people who can strike terror TO dogs
heart by one look, but l am not one Of
those, Mrs. BOwser - no, thank
Heavenl"
Can't you protect US, Mr.. Bowser?"
Certainly l can and do, but suppose
am off my guard some night and a
burglar enters our house?"
And burglars the dogr"
That's i'll Sheer at the poor dumb
brute because Nature made him a dog!
Under the circumstances 1 have stated
we should probably owe our lives to the
faithful guardian"
He brou ht home dog. Ii was 4
dog with a certificate of character from
his last owner. He was guaranteed to
be yigilant, trusty, tidy, kind, and to
have a special hankerIug after the Life
blood of house-brakeTS. lie carried
his head TO the left, as If trying 10 see
his left hind foot, and there was a Sus-
picious Squiut in his eyes. He had
been badly knocked about from all ap-
pearances, but the boys who brought
him explained that this was the result
Of tackling an elephant and coming of
second best The beast grOwlel at me
and snapped at the baby as Mr.. BOwser
brought him in, and when l protested
against the invasion / was answered
with:
mo wonder he growIs! a dog
knows an enemy on sight. He feels
that you'd like to murder him, and he
properly reseuts It. Come here, Ram
boz
That night the dogs had the run of
the lower part of the house We had
no sooner got 10 bed than lie began to
howl. Mr.. Bower threatened him
from the head Of the stairs, anu then he
bsTked at intervals of five minutes for
an hour Mr.. BOwser Silenced him
after awhile. and l was Just getting
asleep when 1 heard the beast gurgling
and growing and worrying something.
| wanted Mr.. Bowser to go down stairs,
but he utterly refused, saying:
''IIe has probably got hold of burg
lar, aud | don't want to be appealed to
call him of. Just go to sleep and let
Rambo alone. We haven't been as
safe for years
Next morning the beast bit the cook
in the leg rs she went down stairs, and
the minute the door was opened he Int
out for parts unknown. We soon dis
covered what he had been worrying.
IL was Mr.. BOWSer's new winter over
coat, and il was reduced TO a roll of
strings and tatters.
You brought him homel" l ex-
claimed, as l pointed to the ruins.
II did, ehg' said Mr.. Bowser, as he
surveyed the heap. 'And you lay right
there and knew what he was at AMI
never said a word"
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 new dud for yearl''
owner told Mr.. Bowser that he Was
good deer dog. and ten dollars changed
hands on this account.
aBtfE d hat good is deer dogr" L
asked, when Mr.. Bowser e&PiiSS,i!ed &PiSiii!!ed-thlss thls
fact.
ITO run deer, of course"
''But where are the deerIn
"That's Just like you! You expect
to look out of the back door and see
dozenl propose TO go where the dfe-
are. Did you ever se5mnronwealth ''2