Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-03-19
pavidson,s pynamito PrOOf Dos

ER. Davidson of skin Creek. n. Y.
has dog the, he ~n very anxious to
s,, rid Of. lie did 70, have the heart
10 shoe, the polt brute. and the idea 70
poisoning 90. r,pul.ive - him. David.
son eoulda', bear TO .ee the dog die. and
he did no, wan, 10 zee him after be vas
dad. At l.., he hi, upon . plan ~hieh
he though, would do the business. and
relieve /, of ell complication. D.,id.on
r,m,mberrd hos. when he ~. boy.
dos. used TO III, up their voice. aud run
away from everybody when somebody
tied is.ks,ile. . tin can. or any foreign
.ppsnd.g. 20 their tail. DNid.on ~.
solved q a,iliI, that ,rsi, IN the canine
character TO remove hi. dog absolutely
md completely oa, Of tn ~.y Of uoub.
l.. ~i,hOu, having TO r,.or, TO methods
,h., carried ~i,h them more or less un.
ples..nine.. 20 himself
lie proeared from /. qa.uyman =
good sired dynamite cartridge IL had .
long and scout. fuse. DNid.in attach.
cd ,hi. e.r,rdse firmly to the dog. tell.
Ia The fuse. and then released the dos.
expecting TO see him 70 hi yi.ins for the
~ood. until IL falmin.,,d. and the n'oe,.
,,ry di..sm.iion Of the dos h.d Lllo..
"a. Hat the DO. did no, run. Oa the
contrary be follo-,d hi. master mote
elO.,ly than ever Davidson I'D into
The house. III. dos "a, dos on the
doorstep. and eyed earioa'ly. bu, ~i,h.
oa, Demonstration. the slow bu, sure al.
vsnesmsn, of the hre up the 'n.ks.liss
fuse D.v,d.on tried TO poke the dog
away -i,h a mop handle. bat the dog
only looked p'e..ed. aud tired TO ~ss
hi. tail D.sid.on kne~ that II the CO.
ts.rophe cane -hils the dog "a, on the
doorstep the house and II. Inmate. would
more than likely go with the dog. 80 be
Tan TO g, ht. gun TO shoot the dos
Then be h.pP.nsd TO think ih., killing
The dog sou do, stop the progress Of the
spark on the end Of III. fuse. and 30 the
only thing l,f, Zoe him TO do -. to 10
oa, and run and l., the dos fjllo- him.
trusting ,h., be nigh, be sbls to 50 f.r
og,run the dog the, when the cartridge
vent cif be -ould be beyond danger.
he r.n aud The dos followed. The
faster Davidson Il a the more fun the
handicapped dog seemed to think !, ~.',
and the closer be KEEP, by hi, m.''er'.
.ide. In Ia, be ooea.ionslly .pur,ed
ahead Of hi. master. and D.vidson could
see ih., the tire would reach the s,plo.
.ive ia = very short time. H- ~. too
much scared TO take ,h- cartridge of. OF.
TO pat out the spark. 90 he soush, safety
from the approaching en.i, by climbing
q tree and getting . near the top |. be
eoald. The dog stood =, the foo, Of the
tree. With bis fore paws up sgsin., the
uunk. looking ~i.,fally =, bis master in
the ,reeiop. The fuse ksp, on burning.
Davidson tried TO ".iek" bis dog away.
aud thre~ hi. knife and hi. poeks,book.
and everything else he had 10 bis pocket.
a. far away from the tree ss he ooild.
and begged hi, dog to "gO and fetch
en-" bu, the dOs elung. to the tree
BY and by be lay do~n. AL this did
no, occupy One.hfth Of the time !, takes
to tell IL. D.yid.on. Ia the tree. gave
up in despair. Saddsuly there came =
dull report. The sir was flled With tiy-
ing dirt, stick. and stones Davidson
va. bomb.rdsd by cloud Of debris ,h.,
rO.e up even to hi. lofty perch. lie
heard one prolonged vail Of agony. aud
knew IL vas the dog.
IL Was some time before D.sid.oa ven.
,ured TO uncover hi. fec. he having co.,
cred down aud bound him.elf ~i,h lesv,s
and boush.. lie looked down aud saw
|. biz hols in the ground ., the foot Of
the tree. No dog nor any par, Of 1t vas
anywhere 10 be seen. Davidson let him.
rvlf do-n from the tree and proceeded
home -srd. we'll pleased With the success
hi. little plan had met with after ell.
and vas eongr.,ul.,ing himself on !, ss
he entered hi. yard. Then be turned
cold .od had to grab the gate pos, to
keep from falling. oa the doors,sp ss,
th. dog. trembling and looking queer.
His tail aud piece Of one lex we're gone.
but o,hsr-is. he seemed to be robust and
healthy D.vid.on !, nov dOeioring the
dog and giving him the creates, care.
He say. $500 ~OuldO', buy him New
York Sun.