The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-13
A TALE OF TWO DOGS.
a Deaf and Dumb Gmnine-A bog WI s
Made - Race Track.

A Deaf and Dumb Cmnine-A Dog who
Made - Race Track.
From the Owensboro ,kyp Messenger.
When l was "a hoy there was IA man
down i'm our neiRhborhood that had "a deaf
and dumb dog. He WAS u great, big,
brindle fellow. He would lie on the grass
i'm front of the house, and when you rode
past would come sailing over the stile
rolling his great tail, and going through
all the motions of barking withouta sound
coming from his open mouth. When he had
gone with you as far an he thought proper.
and finished his ~pantomimics, he would
give himself u self-satisficd shake. give
his tail u ainbow curve, and go back to
his bed ON the grass Ia wait Tor the next
passer. He was u terror to the dogs OF the
neighborhood. They could never under
stand his quiet way of transactinR bust
ness. Dogs like to stand and paiaver, and
assert their n"h,ewsn'en Hs There was n"
Immediately. finished off his dog, and
went back to d Byron SAYS -.
BAY decI~d- moutl,esi welcome rs We draw near
Their was no poetry about Dummy. He
was - business dog. He never bayed deep
mouthed welcome, or anything else, and
when you came his way yoi must come
cautiously or You were his meat.
But Dummy was "a good dog. He never
had any rows with the moon and his howl
iugs never kept you awake of nights.
His mistress never took him mp in the
carriaHe when she went out for a drive.
lshness. All he wanted was plenty of pot-
liquor and "a light now ana then on the
dead square.
No one could have known his inflrm-
isiss better 2 s%s. ,fan g Da%nns; yet ,i% me s" Under thSm a
feelings. When the soft silvcry notes of
the dinner horn woke The noontitle Hour,
calling man and beast from labor tn re-
f~reslinent. and the shouts of his compan.
shouts of approval, Dummy would
sit with upturned face and treWb.
ling lips, while grea. tears would
How his great heart must have sweilc'!
within him! Sweet expectations clothed
his friends. as their voices swciied the
glad and happy music: Rivers OF pot
iiSnHr ~ "nrid @ no, " sound on. little an not. en OF
ter tears. 1t would nave been bad for a
/ have "a lady friend at home that has a
dog "a pretty, graceful creature. She calls
that name. starvis is a brave fellow MhsH
me Is on his own ground and n fence he
tween him and the other dog. He has
made "a racetrack for himself along the
front fence. Were You to see him on hi-
wild and desperate charges You would
tear the other dog into fragments. Bu'
he never does. He always allows the
other dog to escape.
ducts himself i'm u most modest manner
and is very polite. He will yield the RICH
amount of scraps to bc eaten, and no dos
in the world could perform that duty will
more than Sturgis. HIS ,Iut,
is divided between the race track and th'
scraps.
!. He charges ont to break down th.
fence. and scare "A dog half tn dealt
and then returns tai finish tn
scraps. An ordinary dog woul'
Become confused. and neglec
, one of these duties. hut as business az
=, cumulatcs he seems to rise to the occa
sion. Sometime b. can scarcely .wailo'
. before he il called upon to charge.
\ never saw him confused but once.
country dog had lost his wagon. and wal
dered round In that part of town. whe