New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-01-04
FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
INTERESTING READ DING FOR
The YOUNG.
A Spanlel's Kind Act--Hunting in
the lsmaI:Swamp--Ho a Girl
Saved Tratn--Tamed the
Lions With Broona--
Dutch Simplicity.
A Spaniel's Kind Act.

A Spaniel's Kind Act
Human nature is so generally sup
posed to be entirely superior to ami
NAL nature, that the story of a high
bred Chicago spaniel who is fed on
tenderloin steaks, sleeps on cushions,
and has his bath in a porcelain tub,
will be interesting. 49,.
"For several days past" says the
Chicago Journal, "the servant under
whose immediate care this dog is
placed has noticed that he seemed un-
willing to eat his breakfast in the
house. Every morning he took his
portion Of meat between his jaws,
walked to the door, wagged his tail,
and looked appealingly into the SER
wants eyes. If the door was opened
in response to this mute request, he
disappeared immediately, and was
not seen again until luncheon. If the
door was not opened, he placed the
meat on the floor close by, and sat
guard over it until an opportunity
for escape arrived.
"The dogs mistress engaged a de-
tective to shadow the dog, and report
upon his proceedings and conduct.
The detective was her brother, so his
services wete gratuitous. This morn
ing he stationed himself outside the
kitchen, and when the dog appeared
was careful not to attract his atten-
tention. But the dog saw him, and
Immediately put on an air of indiffer-
ence, as though he had an idea of
taking an airing, but was not quite
sure whether he felt we'll enough. So
the detective pretended to be busy
looking for four-leaved clovers. The
dog was a trihe suspicious at first,
but the detective was good actor,
and managed to deceive him complete
ly; and presently the dog lounged
away toward the gate, and then,
when he thought the detective wasn't
looking, sneaked out. Down the
alley he trotted, a fat beefstake in his
mouth, and presently turned into a
VACANT shed in the next block, -.
"When the detective arrived ne
found the dog sitting quietly in the
corner of the shed. He seemed rather
surprised and a good deal mortified,
but was extremely cordial. In anoth,
er corner of the shed the last piece of
stake was rapidly going down the
throat of another dog. This dog
wasn't handsome. In fact, he was
about the homeliest, dirtiest, unkempt
and generally used-up dog the detec-
tive had ever seen. There was an
ugly sore on his side and his ribs were
unduly prominent. But he was a
dog, if he wasn't beautiful, and the
other dogs CHARITY was clearly his
only support.
"And this, good people, was dog.
Not a man, blessed with reason and
educated in the principles of Christi
anity, but a. plain brute, dog. Yet
how many men, placed in q similar
situation, would act the good samar-
itan as hs did,"
Hunting In the Di, small Swamp.
The Dismal Swamp in Virginia is
dismal only in comparison with the
beautiful plantations about it. To
many persons it would be full OF
| attractions on account OF it's luxuri-
ant animal and plant life, it's quiet,
and it's color. Deer roam about the
great forest and lake tract, and the
natives who pursue these animals
with oogs keenly resent still-hunting.
Hundreds of understood wild cattle al
most as fleet as deer also live in the
Swamp, and the farmer who wishes
fresh beef merely takes his dogs and
gun and runs an animal to stand
still. But the characteristic game of
the South is the coon, unless it is the
'possum. Both are hunted at night,
both take to tall trees, and in both
sorts of sport the negroes join. In
deed, they are as much a feature of
the coon or 'possum hunt as the game
itself. Mr.. Frank A. Haywood has
recently described one of these expedi-
tons.
"For coon and 'possum hunting"
he says, ''provide yourself with plenty
OF 'niggers' and coon-dogs, and start
into the Swamp Immediately after
dark. 1t will not be long before the
dogs have coon freed. Then comes
the fun. The coon is in the tree, the
dogs are at it's foot. The great moon
silyers the green branches. Muscular
negroes attack the tree with sharp
steel or mount into it's branches.
Torches of lightwood glare brightly.
The hunters gather about. The tree
falls or the coon is shaken from it's
branches.
sin either case there is a. mass of
negro, dog, and coon, Thump! The
dog has him, and a tussle occurs, but
the dog wins. Thump again! A negro
has smitten a brother in his anxiety
to strike the coon. Yah! A negro has
caught a 'possum, and inserting the
beasts tail in the clevis of hickory
stick, starts for home, the envy of his
sable companions. The light of the
full moon and the flare Of the pine
knots shining upon the black counter
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