Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-12-26
DOGS THAT SHOWED GOOD SENSE
From the Vow York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
A little crowd OF seedy men were
gathered the other night about one OF the
ugly furnaces that detacsd City hall
Park, while the contractors were coyef-
ing the plaza with asphaltum. They
were warming their bodies IN the tarty
smoke that sireamed out of It,, and had
detefted the beats under the tree where
they had slept most oil the summer.
u saw queer thing happen here yes
terday," said one OF them. "a big
newfoundland dog, with n muzzle on
him, was following a boy along Mail
street, when little bull terrier made
dash for him and got death grip on one
Of the big fellows long ears. 1t WAS ali
done so quick that the Newfoundland
was being well chewed before he knew
what had struck him. He gave howl
and snap at the little brute, but his
muzzle would not allow him to open his
jaws, aud the bull terrier chewud away
like mad. All he could do was to turn
tail aud run, but the terrier did not loosen
his grip and went along too. They
dashed through the crowd, past the
fountain, and out on the plaza here,
where tho big fellow nearly ran over
pail OF smoking hot tar that was stand
ing for moment by the eide of work.
man, who had stopped to light his pipe.
Quick as flash the big dog stopped
and threw his head as high IN the air as
he could. This dragged tho little terrier
well off his feet, and nearly tore the ear
from the head OF the Newfoundland, but
when tho little brute came down again
he lit plump in the pail OF burning tar.
lie let go OF the ear quick enough then,
you bet, and as the big fellow trotted off,
shaking his head, | felt like giving hun a
cheer for his smartness.
"ch, give us a rest" said smother
man, 'you don't suppose it was any
thing but an accident, do you? Dogs
sin't got half the sense they get credit
for"
"well, l amt so sure of that" said
another, 81 amt got no love nor no
use for dogs anyway, but some of them
has certaiply got more sense than others
was trampipg in Pennsylvania last
July and was crossing field full of
green corn when suddenly two big dogs
took after me that | hadn't seen before
and wasn't prepar d for. They were
ugly looking brute3, and I thought the
best thing for me to do was to make for a
tree, about dozen rods away across q
little gully. I'm good Splinter and
soon reached the gully, but in crossing it
slipped, twisted my aukle badly aud
fell fiat, bowling with the pain and un-
able to 80 step further.
| In half minute the two brutes were
at the top OF the gully, barking like
mad and ready to tear me to pieces.
thought my goose was cooked sure, but l
did not seem to care, for | could only
hug my ankle and fairly cry with the
pain. The smallest dog OF the two, Q
big collie, reached me ahead of the other
but, to my great surprise, instead OF
sinking his long, sharp teeth IN my flesh,
stopped and looked me all over for q
second, and when the other dog. huge
mongrel brute, came and made dive
for me the collie showed himself between
us and pushed him of. The mongre
could not understand this and evident J
resented It, He gave snap at his COM
panion and made another dive for me,
but the collie got him by the ear and
dragged him of. Then the mungre
turned on the collie, but he had no show
there at all. and soon withdrew litilt
way and looked at us In or wing amaze
ment.
"The collie shifted at me little, evl.
IDENTIFY seeing that / had hurt myself
badly, and then went over and apparently
consulted with the mongrel, for they
both disappeared over the edge of tht
gully, and presently came back at the
heels Of man, the farmer who owned
them. He was not much better than the
mongrel, however, though he let me liz
there In peace Tor an hour or two, and "
and-bye l was able to limp away with I
whole skin and no more rags than
brought, thanks to the collie"