St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-10
A TALKING DOG IN COURT.
A Paris Saloonkeeper Badly Taken
In--Too Much Faith and Cupidity.

A Paris Saioonkeeper Badly Taken
In--Too Much Faith and Cupidity.
| New York sun.
A queer case came before a Paris
police court the other day, in which a
SalOOnkpeper named Latrouche APP
peared as complainant against travel
ing Snowman called Pivot. whom he
charged with swindling him out of
400 francs under somewhat strange
circumstances. In the first portion of
| his long statement to the presiding
| judge, Latrouche insisted that the priS-
; oner's dog could talk. But the story is
! best told i'll the following StenographIc
report of the proceedings:
The President Ito the complainant =
/ Well. l must say that you have a robust
faith.
The Complainant Latrouche-But,
Mr. President, the people who were in
my place at the time also believed
The President-That the prisoners
! dog talked
MISUNDERSTANDING, sir: just like a
T The PreSident-Did YOU converse with
HIM? Laughter.
LatrOuche-Oh, no; not so much as
| that.
The President-Well, what did he
say?
latrouche The accused, MI. Pivot
! came into my establishment with his
! dog, little brindle.
The President-You knew him?
Latrouche-'The dog?
The President No, the accused.
| Latrouche-l didn't know either of
them. Wei, he sat down at table,and
! the dog jumped up on a stool and
| tad hItnSalf
| approached the man and asked him
What he wished to have. He replied,
IA book" and right then queer voice
| added, And a piece of veal for meu'
WAS astounded, and looked about to
| find out where that voice came from.
Pivot said, Don't be frightened, it
is only my dog" "Whatu' said
|. Your dog can talk?"
Yes" replied Pivot, 81 taught him
to talk" Well, you can imagine nv as
constituent. and, thinking that the fell
low was fooling me. said: Make him
| speak again." Then Pivot said: ASK
him what he wants. Then 1. not he
| lieVing the Thing possible, but just to
see, said to the dog. We'll, old fellow,
what will you have?"
! II told You | wanted q piece of Vealr'
said the dog. My wife, my children,
my waiter and all the customers eX-
claimed i'll wonder: Gracious, >he
talks. As for me, | rem aimed nailed to
| the door, mOtiOnleSS as an ecce homo,
until the accused remarked: "Well,
well. why don't you serve uS?' | got
| the beck and piece CT veal | gave
, the beer to the individual and the meat
! to the dog.
The President-Did he say "Thank
! yOu?" Laughter
Latrouche-No; he went for the meat.
The observation-disclosures dog.
! characterization my wife brought
me into corner; my young ones came
! and my waiter also came You must
buy that dog" said she, land put up
| sign, Al chien qui parie. Crowds Will
come, and we will make a heap Of
money" My youngsters also said:
"Oh, YES. papa, buy him." And NV
waiter remarked: That is going to
/ put an awful amount of work upon me.
! with all the people that will Gomez
The President - Well, finally you
| bought him?
Latrouche-Y sir: 400 francs: but
! immediately after paying down my
money the dog said to his master: 80
| that is what you are doing. Selling me.
ch. Very well, l won't speak another
word"
The President-And he didn't speak
! Latrouche-N0t 4 word, not a syllable.
nothing; and in the evening everybody
| WAS laughing at me. They told lie that
the dog master must have been a ven
| trilOqnst. Then | became furious at
being sWindled. | went to the commits
sary of police and told him the whole
story. He nearly split his sides laugh
Ing.
The President-No wonder; but what
did he say to you?
Latrouche-He told NE | was too
stupid for any thing, and that l was
served right for being such a donkey.
Eight days afterward found the thief
| at the MOuntmartre fair. where he was
performing as Il juggler.
The President TO the prisoner)-I You
are a ventrilOquist?
The PriSOner-Yes, sir.
The President-And YOU swindled the
plaintiff by making HIM believe that
your dog could talk?
The Prisoner-lt was he who tor
! mented me to sell the dog. | didn't want
to sell him, because | made my living
with him. Then the piaintih SAID to
| fused. "Three hundredr' said he.
Then [ began to say to myself that l
might get another dog. The plaintiff
said, finally; Come. FL give you 600
francs, with the book and the piece of
meat thrown in" Well, then, ac-
cepted.
The President-And what became of
the dog?
The prisOner-Oh. he found me out
again laughter: but the gentleman
can have HIM if he wishes.
Latrouche-Thank you. | don't want
your dog that can't talk!
The President Ito the plaintiff)-So it
turns out that it was you that pressed
the prisoner to take your money.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS my wife told me
that with the sign The Talking Dog''
wouidmake heap of gold as big as my
self.
The prisoner was discharged.