Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-02
Mans Best Friend.

The dog has truthfully been called
mans most faithful and intelligent
friend, but sometimes he causes men q
lot OF trouble, and this has led to the
saying, "Deliver me from my friends"
The latest dog trouble occurred in Leb-
anon, Linn County, and caused quite an
excitement in that prosperous little
burg. The country in that section, es-
peclally in that part situated among the
numerous forks of the Santiam, COM
monty called Canada, is infested with
wild deer, and the residents nearly all
keep hounds, to protect them and to
run off the deer. Many have half a
dozen hounds, and poor, indeed, is the
man who has less than two or three !:
that is. he is poor in spirit, for the poor
est men, financially, generally have the
largest number of dogs.
Among the citizens of Lebanon is q
deaf mute, who is also lame, but who a
short time since owned dog, prom
Using hound pup. One day this dog
turned up missing. His owner imagined
that he had been stolen. AS it would
take too long to search the county for
his dog, the man who was bereft con-
ceived scheme by which all the
hounds in that region should be brought
to Lebanon, where he could look over
the lot and perhaps find his pup" He
inserted an advertisement in the Leb-
anon Express, stating that fifty hounds
were wanted for Alaska, and that on
Saturday last man would be IN Leb-
anon to buy and pay liberal price for
that number of the lop-eared CANNES.
So 1t came to pass that on Saturday the
city Of Lebanon was invaded by an
army of farmers and hunters from the
section ''up in the forks ofthe Santiam,
and along the north fork, the south
fork and middle fork, and from the
south fork Of the north fork, and the
north fork OF the south fork, and the east
and west forks OF the middle fork, and all
the other forks, each accompanied by
his pack of hounds-black, yellow,
brindle and all other cOlOrs-Of all sizes,
ages and breeds, and with all the names
ever given to dogs of any degree and
all in that stage Of semi-starYatiOn Y, hich
appears to be the normal condition Of
hounds in general. The streets of Le-
banon swarmed with hounds, and they
invaded the back yards and the sWill
barrels Of the city, and in many cases
the cellars and pantries of the citizens,
and devoured everything eatable, from
a whole ham down to bacon rind that
they could get hold of by fair means or
foul, till it looked as if famine would
he bred in the land. All this time the
deaf mute was Wading around among
the swarms of dogs looking for his lost
favorite, ana the owners of the dogs
were looking for the man from Alaska
who wanted fifty hounds. No trace OF
him could be found, and finally the
crowd called in the Express man to ex-
plain the situation. He said the adver-
tisement was bona fide, paid one, but
that was all he knew about the matter.
Further investigation brought TO light
the facts in the case, and some of the
men who had been fooled wanted to
feed the man who had fooled them to
their dogs, but others took different
view OF the situation, and as they
| had enjoyed the day, and the hounds
had enjoyed themselves, and the joke
WAS on the town, they scattered to their
homes in the forks, and Lebanon was
| safe. The deaf mute was the least
| troubled man in town about the affair,
| not being able to hear what was said
| about him, but he will go to Alaska fol
his health before long.-San Francisco
CHrOnicIP