Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-23
The DOG LEr GO.


Dub no look y NEW uOiO THAT IeTt HI
Mark on Uncle Luke.
Uncle Luke was sitting on the dock
Mt Union wharf in Charleston ''fishin'
fer crab err catfish, er anything else
what bite and converting with an
old friend hs
Some pussons will tole you," said
old Luke, dat dawg kin fight me bet
terer den cat; en- some say dat cat kin
lick dawg; but Deepen on wba kline err
dawg, en- wha kline or cat. Eff you had
bull dawg en- vile cat amt safe bet
fur muffin needer way. A heap er year
ago, befo dc Vallman dishpensheeary
bin TEX de place. of reglar bah room
cen Chalston, bin wuk cen one bah
room on de tudder side OBJ Meetin'
street, cross de way from de Chalston
hotel | clean winder EN- wash bottle;
EN- shine shoe fur de boss One time,
bizness bin dull, en- berry few pussons
come cen de bah room fur drink Ticker,
'cept dem what amt got no money en-
want de drink change on de slate. Den
one idare strike dc boss. One niggah
wat lib cen de Nine-mile bottom, ketch
one vile cat cen trap, en- brung EN-
to Chalston en- sole EN- TO de boss. Den
de boss keep dat cat cen one big cage
on de upstares flo; en- he glib out dat
he gwine match de vile cat
agin any bull dawg wat will cum
up to de scratch. One bukra man wat
keep boss stable cen Chalmers street
got one bull dawg wat kin fight bear
all by heself, en- his dawg was de pa OBJ
puppy bout fo'teen mont ole. De
boss stable man want to fine out eff de
puppy kin fight like he pa, en- quinoi-
Gently he match EN- agin de vile cat
But de ballroom man too smaht full let
de fight took place too soon He put
EN- off, en- put EN- off some mo; en- wen
de people cum fur ark de fight gwine
KUN off OBJ kose dey drink whisky.
After vile, de people grumble en-
cuss; en- de ballroom man hat pint
Wensday fur de day wen de fight
gwine TEX place. Wensday come, en-
de bull puppy come, too.
''De cat been cen big cage, mo- as
hat de size OBJ de whole flo, en- he 'ston-
ish wen all de mans come cen. smokin'
seegah en- shugarette en- pipe, en- he
clum up to de top OBJ dc cage en- roos'
same like chicken. Den dey shub de
dawg en- de cage, en- de puppy look
surprise cause he amt see muffin to
fight. Howsumebber, he feel something
berry soon, wen de vile cat jump on
he back en- scratch 'em. De dawg
frown en- look WEEK, den dat puppy
jump rprn', en- de fuss ting you know
he got de cat by de trote. De cat lay
down on he back SO he kin scratch mo-
betterer, but de mo- he claw de mo- de
dawg bite, and berry soon de
cat stop scratch en- look like he
dead. En- he been dead fur true,
but de dawg boss kant mex do
dawg let go de dead cat. Den doctor
say he mex 'em let go, en- he ark fur
some bilin' hot water, en- pour EN- out
lie kittle on the dawg's nose, en- de
iawg let go sho huff, en- holler, too.
Den de doctor say dey am anudder good
way fur mex bulldawg let 60 de hole,
an he say all you haf fer to do am to
bite de eend oh de dawg's tail. rex
umember dat doctor prescription, en-
de mex time ! see dawg fight l try de
Experiment."
Am de Experiment. wuk all right?'
inquired old Dukes friend.
ZEE wuk all right cen one way" re-
piled Uncle Luke.
"Wha' de dawg do?"
| what he do?" answered Luke. "You
see dat scah on my nose, same like
Niggah doctor been waxinate me on
my nose vie oshter knife? Well, dat's
what de bulldawg do wen bite he
tail He leg go de tudder dawg, but
he ketch on to my nose en- chaw en-
fright smaht IN. Y. Sun.