The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-14
AIRY TONGIES.

Il Dogs arc almost rs numerous NOW at Big
Stone Gap as leaves on Il mountain side. There
are many varieties Of them, from The huge.
black-nouthed maStil;-and speak of him
with the greatest dcfcrcncc-to the petty pug,
with its scorntul nose and curlcd tail. But the
hunting dog prevails. There isGrovcr. Per-
haps YOU don't know Grover? Well, Grover is
dog of marked individuality. He knows the
town from one end to the other; and 81 indie
pendent is he that he will take oiirnsc at mere
tribes, leave home. deprive the family of his
company and remain away until he thinks
their hearts are full of penitcnce, or entirely
broken He seems, too to think that ali his
resorts belong to him; that he has summer
residence, Il winter residence, place to occupy
when he is in Il milf, and that all of them
are solely his. Whenever any other dog APP
proachcs his premises his tail and hair stand
on end, and he notifies them that they must
not come too near his sacred domain. Indeed,
he has had pacardS put up all over town with
the words: This property is posted He
gives orders 10 the servants and talks freely Ia
them about his favoritcS, rs well as those he
dislikcs. On one OCCASION he left home with the
declaration that he would not return until the
house was cleared Of visitors, and he didn't.
lie has been known to absent himself il week
because they gave him a "round' steak for
breakfast instead of tcndcrloin.
4 Then there is Lee. Everybody knows Lee;
and he graciou>lv switches his stump of tail
whenever friend calls to him, "Ilello. Lee
that is if he chooses to recognize the per-
son who grcets him and has nothing against
him. Lee is familiar and friendly, and so pop
ular that he might run for Congress and win.
Yet he is exclusive. He has but one place
which he deems worthy of the honor Of his
social visits, thnugh nc goes elsewhere on
business, and that is this office. few days
ago he called, tool, dinner and spent the night.
The next day he went home and MS much a.
told the house girl that he must have an extra
blanket on his bed.
Then there is Ryan. a blue blooded dog,
viii, IL pedigree as long AS your arm. and the
but by no means IL tcndcr-fuot: and hc goes
about much like q Roman Pr;rtor who takes
possession of new province. II on a hunting
expedition he will enter gentleman house
for the first time, go throughit, examine every
apartment as ifhc wanted to sec if everything
has been going on right during his absence,
scrutinizing the kitchen particularly, and APP
to his own use and benefit whatever |
is I'm sinbt from II roast of "A beef Ia Il chicken |
bone. After the hunt he will select the softcst |
place on the parlor carpet, proceed to pull all
the burrs from his long hair, scatter them
right and left, and look up at the owner OF
the premises with the air of dog who has
done public service. If the night is cold he
will insist ON occupying part of the bed with
his master, and, like Banquo's ghost, will not
'down."
A London dispatch contains the intelligence
that Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, while pre-
siding over the Court Of the Queens Bench,
vas suddenly stricken with paralysis, and that
here is no hope Of his recovery. 1t will be
remembered that Lord Coleridge visited this
country few years ago, on the invitation of
he American BAR Association. He was in
,ited to Louisville BY the bar of that city, and
pent several days at the Gait House as their
quest. A number Of prominent lawyers paid
heir respects to him and toasted him around,
II Of which was the proper thing to do. But
lie invited many Of them to breakfast with
i'm or dine with him on certain days. They /,