The Critic and record., 1891-04-15

"A Southern friend of the Critic, who IS
q man of great experience and of fine
powers of observation, talked to me about
dogs; that is the dog of the Southern
negro. He said:
"When you come to study the matter
You will find just as much difference be-
tween Southern negro's dog and white
mans dog as there is between the coyote
of the pralries and the canine that comes
when a Senator snaps his fingers.
'The Southern colored man who is too
poor to have mule, OK, pig or fowls, or
doors, windows or fireplace in his cabin,
has dog. Sometimes four or five. When
he goes to town at least one follows him.
When you pass his humble home whole
family of CANNES will bark at you from
distance, or silently gaze at you from
the doorstep.
"The negro's dog is a slouch. To begin
with he is put up on wrong principles.
He is almost invariably in color dun or
a black. He shuilles along where other
dogs trot. He is humble hammered, as If
begging pardon for being on earth,
and the smallest whiffet can scare the life
out of him.
"No one ever saw colored farmers dog
misbehaye in town. He patiently sits
under the wagon, if there be one, or fol-
lows his masters heels up and down in
abject humility, ready TO run at the
slightest noise and return when danger
has passed. Step on him and he will not
show a tooth. The master may be ever
so independent but his dog is impressed
that he has no business on earth. lie
looks on himself as an interloper. He
feels this, and if perchance he happens TO
bark as a stranger rides up, he is at once
seized with the most dreadful remOrse
and away he goes to hide and convince
himself that it was purely accidental"
One of the distinct hits in ~. S.
Mairi at Albaugh's on Monday night
was song entitled "Ain't Our Eagle Got
reference to the Italian question, and is
sung to iingling little melody that hap
| pens to be very popular in Washington
! nowadays. II was written last Saturday
| by Ed. S. Conner, Washington CORE
spondent and the original intention wa
to make it duet between Miss Parker
and Major McGinness. Owing to othel
rehearsals they were unable to learn il
| thoroughly, and at the last moment Mis-
Parker declared she had entirely forgotten
all of the song she had learned. SO Majol
| McGinness was forced to sing the sons
alone. This he did with distinct success
He didn't know the verses, but had ;
lead pipe cinch on the chorus. ii,
houndered through the song proper in {
| highly creditable and humorous manner
considering the circumstances. But wher
the chorus was reached he positively
scared. "Ain't Our Eagle Got a Nobl,
Screech ?" he sung, and the audienc
roared. 'Aint he eager to fill tn
breach ~ he continued, and the peopl
shouted. "He don't do no backing down
he's game fight from claw TO crown,
| spluttered Major McGinness, and tin
people almost fell of the benches. II wa
one of the widest demonstrations | eve
saw at Albaugh's. There is no doubt o
the popular success of Mr.. Conner's frs
effort as a song-wrlter.
TO PREMATURE MOSQUITO.
UnwclcOme insect, that with feeble wing,
| Intrudest thus upon the backward spring,
A vernal blundcr
| When mother nature from bed OF slime
Evolved thee several weeks before thy tim'
What freak cOnvulsed her!
| ! will not harm thee. Innocent and young,
| And harmless yet, ] count thee not among
My worthy fOemcn.
| ] note thee M sign of bites 10 be,
| But may the mercy that show 10 thee
| Avert the omen