St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-24
,at she could say was: .eh. that dog

tat she could say was: s.0h! that dog;
That dog"
She dog had purchased was indeed
a beauty; creature which few people
could keep in house all hour without
being seized with aSfnurderOHs intent.
ItappearS thatt had hardly left home
in the morning when the dog began to
recOnnOitre the premises. From recon-
NOTHING he began to appropriate certain
articles for his own use, and thence on
! wards. there was no let up. Nothing
was too good for him; nothing too fine.
He chewed up and tore to atoms several
valuable rugs and skins; he gently toyed
with the window curtains and the brio
a-brac-phew! He rompcd around the
house In frenzy of delight, breaking
and cracking everything within reach.
5 A couple of hundred dollars would not
cover the damage of his days work. If
; this kind of thing continued it was
pretty certain we would quickly lose
: our home.
Was a Treasure.
feltthat evening. in removing the
debris, etc.. that dog was not such a
great treasure after all, and that, if
every dog acted like our dog, their pop
ularity in the community was passing
strange. However. having got a dog.
: and it being ''quite the thing, you
know" l soothed my wife's feelings,
had supper and took 1.-THE treasure" for
, stroll in the garden. l prided myself
Ion the flower beds, which, indeed. were
very fine. and the envy of my neigh
bors. lost my pride in those flower
beds that evening, and the neighbors
have ceased to grow enviOus. That dog
went wild as soon as he shifted the
fresh air. He rushed among those
flowers; l yelled at him. but to no pur-
pose. He might as well have been deaf,
and before l could get hold of him
every plant, every flower that had been
rendered with such care, had been
trainpled down or torn up, and my gar
den was scene of desolation. l could
have Wrung that dogs neck till life was
extinct. l did wiring his neck, but he
made such noise and the neighbors
ran out of doors in such alarming num-
bers that l was glad to desist.
Ifelt hot and mad. Here was pref
ty mess. The furnishings of my pretty
home destroyed-for it was pretty that
morning-and the flower beds in the
garden-the joy of my very existence
ruthlessly ruined. Oh! how | burned
to do something at that dog; but he
managed to elude me. He was now
quite wild and reckless; there was an
abandon about him that would have
done credit to burlesque actress.
Having been torn from my slumbers
early that morning | deemed it neces-
Sary to retire for the night somewhat
earlier than usual. 1t required the COM
bined efforts of Sarah. my wife and my
self to capture the dog, and eventually
he was safely locked in the basement.
retired-but not to sleep. Yet an
other experience awaited me.
How he did howl!
got up and went down into the base
ment every fifteen minutes. First [
patted him. called him a good fellow,
told him in a kindly sort of way to cease
making noise. But it was no good.
AS soon as had got into bed again the
bowling recommended with redoubled
effect. yelled at the top of my voice :;
| threw my shoes at him; l saturated
his skin with cOpious showers of water
in fact, did everything that human
ingenuity could invent, but all TO no
purpose. At midnight [ had camped
myself in the basement, where eX-
hausted nature overlook me, and l
fought the night out in imaginary con-
flict with all sorts of conditions of dogs.
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