The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-11
Set Jacks Teeth on Edge.

The little brown dog, which is one OF the
regular habitues Of the Riggs house lobby
making every one feel at home with vel
come wag of his expressive tail, inspired
George Lyon of Albemarle county to tell
dog story this morning, says the Washington
Star.
That dog" he said. with his peculiar
6rawl, is the exact image Of a dog tenant
OF mine used TO own. only Hopkins that was
the tenants name-dog was bigger and
broader and not quite so Drown. Hs was the
most playful animal ever saw IN the shape
of dog, and Hopkins children used TO keep
him running after stones and sticks ana
bringing III I'm ba X TO them pretty nigh all
the time. This occupation just served 10 ruin
jack teeth. l reckon forgot to tell you
that his name was Jack His once sharp
tUSks had tesn ground down by graOblng up
stones and rocks until they we're as round as
the butt end Of a lead pencil l had short
haired collie dog named Roy who used 10 go
with the COWS IN and out OF pasture. Inc
road to the pasture led by Hopkins and
every time pretty near, that Roy Would
20 along with the cattle Jack would come out
with his tail and back hair standing straight
up and there would be trouble. Roy teeth
were all right! and with this handicap IN his
favor he used to lick Jack every time. One
Sunday afternoon Bill Brooks, nv overseer,
came up from the quarters laughing to him
self and when 1 asked him what was the mat
ter, he chuckled and said that those Hopkins
boys Just fairly beat his time. he said that
they had had their Old dog Jack over back OF
the corn house for about two hours. and he
thought they must be initiating him into
some secret society or other. because he never
heard dog carry on SO in his life, Later in
the evening I thought ! would ride out in the
pasture and look over the stock, so got on
my horse and started. and Roy came along,
too When got near the tenants house the
whole Hopkins tribe was out in front With an
eXpectant expression on ea,h fac that eX-
cited my curiosity. Before had time to make
inquiries out came Jack as proud as Lucifer.
and up to MIN went Roy, with the certainty or
another victory in every movement OF his
body.
Then there was a surprise party. Those
two dogs came together and instead of eou-
Pile of snaps. followed by the retreat Of Jack,
which was the usual programme, there was
mixture OF animals and dust and noise and all
the ether concomitants ola dog fight. out Of
which | shortly saw Roy emerge, and with
his tail between his legs make a lightning
like break up the road and through the past
ure bars. I was mighty glad that my dog had
got licked. because 1t had seemed to me that
he had been cowardly, in everlastingly whip
ping Jack every time he met him, but
couldn't understand the reason for the re-
markabe change in the usual conditions.
The Hopkins family were delightedlv patting
their victorious brute on the back when l eX-
pressed my surprise at the unusual out
come OF affairs Hopkins biggest boy was
rolndfaeed, bright eyed little rascal, and
asked him if he knew how it was that Jack
had achieved such d victory over my collie
He hung his head for a moment and then
lookedup with a broad grin and said: Mr.
Lyon, we filed Jacks teeth. that's what
those bOvS had done. They had tortured the
poor old, docile animal numerically that
morning, but they had gotten his tusks in
good condition for offensive tactics. ana per
maps the subsequent results to the dog remu-
nerated him fot the agony he had undergone,
because forever after that. and until my dog
died, Roy couldn't -Le got within d hundred
feet OF his former victim"