Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-10-11

The German Dogs.

1--WE had one rather rough experience IN
Southern Germany" said the Professor,
who had been doing Europe on his bicycle
.'You know Southern Germany is far be-
hind the rest of the country in everything,
including the language. A Pennsylvania
Dutchman could get along swimmingly
there. The way the people talked in some
of those towns made me feel right at
home l used to laugh when l heard
Cumberland county farmer say "glany
shany madel," for ''kleine schone
madchen." Well, they say it over there.
We were wheeling for shelter one night
with heavy thunder storm brewing and
struck tiny village where we decided to
put up for the night. That was before
we reached it. We changed our minds
later. Dogs are plen tiful in Germany,
and we had scarcely gotten into the out
skirts of the town before every cur within
hearing was trying his best to wrap him
self around our front wheels. Twice my
companion was thrown by the swapping
beasts throwing themselves against the
spokes, and the last time his handle-bal
was bent badly. was rolled into ditch
myself by like mishap. Then We de-
cided the joke had gone for enough. We
dismounted and loaded our pockets with
the sharpest stones we could find and rode
on looking for trouble. We didn't wait
long for it, either. We were riding down
the main street when big poodle darted
olt of a yard and made straight for
Bradley Bradley was the fellow l was
with. 1t was one of those sleek, well
fed animals that old ladies feed off China
plates and make pets off. l was afraid to
throw at him for fear l should knock ont
some of the spokes of Bradley's wheel
Bradley saw him coming though, and
snatching stone from his pocket with
his right hand, he let drive while going at
full speed 1t was the neatest piece OF
work l ever saw done The rock and the
poodle met half way in the air, and, OF
course, the dog didn't finish the spring.
He lay right down in the road, wriggled
his legs a bit, and died. Then the trouble
we had been hunting for arrived. Only it
didn't come the way we thought it would.
Tae whole population OF that village must
have been watching those ours annoying
US, and enjoying the fun, for that poodle
had scarcely been bowled over before the
street was full of peasants who started to-
ward us saying things violently. l didn't
know much German at the time, but from
what l learned afterward they mast have
been swearing awfully. We didn't like
their appearance very much and commenc-
ed to put on more speed. Then the peasants
began 10 run and we pedaled in earnest to
escape the stones and clods of dirt they
hurled at US when they saw we were try
ing to get away. At every house We passed
the crowd of pursuers grew, and as we
shot by an orchard one gaunt old woman,
attracted by the yelling, threw big green
apple at us that caught Bradley fairly on
the ear. He had to nurse that ear for a
week afterward. A quarter mile out of
the village my saddle turned and We lost
couple of minutes, but we soon righted
things and distanced our enraged purSuers.
1t was close shave, tell you" And the
college professor handed his ticket to the
gateman to be punched as his train was
called out. 1--WE never stoned German
dogs after that"
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