Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-26

Bryn Mawr-and If you would pro-
nounce the name Of this Pennsylvania
beauty spot as Adam and other Welsh
; men did, you will make the first word
rhyme with 'grin" and the second with
''hour"-is sore vexed with burglars
Now | have, personally, nothing to say
against burglars, as class, or as indi-
viduals. So far as / am concerned,
personally, they have annoyed me far
less than have many honest people.
They do not torment me with subscrip-
ton papers for every object under the
sun, save the one in which / am deeply
interested. They have never asked
me to give course OF free lectures for
the benefit OF their church, and then
told me- with great pride that their
pastor preached to five millions of dol
lars in the middle aisle every Sunday.
No burglar ever importuned me to buy
worthless book, for which had not
the slightest need or wish. published in
monthly parts, two dollars number,
until the volume was about half COM
pleted, when the house went up, and the
book ceased, and the agent brought his
check around on truck and offered to
complete the volume with another book,
of different subject size and type. No
burglar ever sold me a horse that ever
after went on his knees oftener than he
did on his feet, No burglar ever sold
me bill of goods, and after getting his
money delivered them after The occa-
sion for which they were ordered had
passed by. No burglar ever sat ~
pew and insisted on sing ing parts nat
he didn'ts-soW TO hymns which he-or
any body else-never heard before. No
burglar ever opened a car window in
my face, Tor his own selfish comfort. In
short, in all my intercourse with burg
lars, which has been very limited, |
have found them to be a quiet, palms.
taking class of citizens; stunning pub
licity, keeping their own counsel, taxi
ing things easily and avoiding, as much
as possible, disturbing the quiet and re-
pose of the parties with whom they did
business. ! want to say, not merely a
kind, but just word, in behalf of a
class of citizens whose virtues are
either denied or overlooked. II all peo-
pie were as thoughtful and considerable
in their dealings with one another as
the burglars have been in their trans
actions with me, this would be hap
pier world.
But that isn't just what set out to
say. This Reign of Terror in Bryn
Mawr the Beautiful has brought to my
notice two things; one of these is the
general worthlessness of mans faithful
friend, the Dog. Now, there are more
dogs in Bryn Mawr than there are
burglars. think that may be stated
as fact in connection with any town
in America, with the exception of Sing
Sing, perhaps. But the dogs of Bryn
hlawr are not common or unclean.
There are few If any plebeian dogs in
the village. Many of them have pedi-
grees reaching back to Tobit. And
the humblest dog with whom I am ac-
quainted drops his HIS and claims to
have come, or as he puts it ito ave
came, . over with William the Con-
queror. Others came over with Buffalo
Bill, and some came in with Mills Bill.
But they are patricians from Patrick
VILE They are expensive, rare, we'll
bred, intelligent, brave, vigilant,
trusty, powerful dogs. Bull terrier,
fox terrier, mastiff, Skye, poodle, black
and tan, Newfoundland, st. Bernard
greyhound, Flee, beagle, collie, dachs-
hund and shoat-every kind of dog that
ever bayed the moon or howled at the
place where the moon ought to be.
Well, there hasn't been, in all this
dark night of fear that has settl ed
down upon US, one burglar annoyed in
the pursuit Of his Investigations, by
dog. Not one. All the burgled houses,
30 far as / know, are houses protected
by dogs, the cheapest one of which-or
perhaps / had better say whom-the
master wouldn't sell for less than $50
an inch, running measure. In fact,
The burglars seem to prefer the houses
where dogs are kept Why, ! do not
know, unless it be that the burglar
knows that people who maintain dog |
gerry depend upon the dogs for protec-
lion, and the burglar knows what a
broken reed a dog is, when you lean
upon him. | always did insist that q
dog as q policeman, was merely orna-
mental. He lends picturesque char
meter to the lawn when he Is digging
for mythical rats in the pansy bed, but
90 far as protection is concerned a year
ling baby with the collie IS worth more
than oil the dogs in America. Still,
you can't always have that kind Of
burglar alarm In the house.
Then another thing. Frequently. I
Tread the lonely country road late at
night and alone am not burglar
myself, ! haven't the patience or Sc
eTetlve nature essential to success in The
calling, but ! am frequently out late al
aight On iofpge Qf my Own, plundering /