The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-08
TOWSER AND THE BEAR.
" Some Of the All Firede.t Runu!I
That Didn't Take Place.

" Some OF the ALE trede.t Runu!n' "
That Didn't Take Place.
" He don't look to be worth his weight in
pumpkins" said the Taylor Township
farmer, as he pointed to a faded and de-
jeeted-looking dog which he had just tied to
the hind axle Of his wagon with piece Of
ciothes-line.
Going 10 take him home ?" asked De
troll; Free Press man.
"Yes"
He doesn't look much like a farm dog"
mo, but he'll have to do till / get some
thing better. Durn my son m, but he
ought to be made to play dog fur the hull
winter. It's his fault that we lost the best
dog in Wayne County last week"
How did it happen?' ] asked.
'Wau, me and jim was huskiu' corn
'iongside tie road fence one afternc on, an
our dog was nnsin' about after mice. Talk
about dogs Why we'd raised him from
pup, and no mans $50 could a bought him.
/ That dog knOwed morn lots Of people I've
met, iuciudu' my son Jim. We was
a-huskin' away when one o them blamed
foreigners came along 81 it'll one O. them per-
iormin' pears. The mint Jim sot eyes On
them he got up and says:
Dad, do you want morn BARI O fun
in lese'u three mints E"
"'What d'ye mean? says |.
"'Well put Towser into that bar, aud run
| him seven mile, says he.
But meb5s the bar wont rum
Hes sartin to- Them sort o. bars
/ haint got no sand. He'll do some Of the all
/ fredest runnin' you ever saw in old Wayne
/ County"
! Aud so you set the dog on?" ] asked
| as he paused to kick the cur under the
Eyes. That is. that doughhead Of Jim
/ did, He didn't give me time to think ii
! over The man and the bar had got past
us when Jim lifted the dog over The fence
! and told him TO 60 in. 1t jest makes me
| Seasick to think of it.
The dog went in?"
"Of course. That dog would have tackled
| n Bengal tiger - feet high il we had told
! him TO. He got sight Of that bar ambitn'
along, and he laid out to surprise him.
! got up on the fence jest As he overlook the
! bar aui rolled him plumb over and over
| about six times. Whea he did that Jim
! hOlered so you could hear him mle, and l
was SO tick!ed | couldn't latf."
| "Weu?"
Wei. wish hadn't started in to tell
! you about il. for it makes me dizzy. The
! bar finally quit rollin', and about that time
| | got over BEN tickled. Towser had a good
! grin on him, but that old Bar rlZ up like a
! side-hill, shook MIN Of, and then grabbed
/ him to wipe out the insult. How long dye
| s'pose that doE lasted?'
Three minutes"
"Three turnips. You couldn't hev counted
/ 30 after he got up afOre he had killed Tow
ser and flung his carcass into the ditch! jim
| and both heard the bones crack"
And what was the man doing all this
! time?"
"Oh, he was sitting down to light his
! pipe, and when we got up to him he wanted
! to know if we didn't want to turn tue rest
of the dogs lo0se,"
And that was all?"
! "Purty nigh all. ! run Jim over a mile
! through the woods, hut he got away and
| hasn't dast come home since. Look a. thar
| cantankerOus cur Pm taking home in place
| of a $50 bulldog. Cit along thar! Stand
over and shet up or I'll be the death of you
/ in les'n two minutes !"