The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-16
ALL ABOUT 4 DOG.

II
"There is nothing like advertising. in
the Times at least" said the reporter 20
the editor few nights ago after he had
answered the telephone four times in less
than twenty minutes.
"How sos' said the man of paste and
scissors
Glow so9 Didn't we have an advertise
ment In the paper this morning for a
shepherd pup9'
Eyes, " responded the scribe, 81 think
we did and if am not mistaken am the
man who lost the dog.n
"Well," continued the reporter. Gas
you did not put in your appearances this
morning until II o'clock 1t was left to
me to attend to matters in your absence.
First, about 0 o'clock Officers Austin and
Manuel came around to the Times office
and said from the description they felt.
sure your dog was u prisoner behind the
bars at the station-house. AS l had
never seen the animal took their word
for it and told them to hold the pup till
you came down.
''They had hardly gone before two lit
tie negroes came in, one leading bob
tail cur and the other half grown black
and white New Foundland puppy, which
each felt quite sure was the dog you adj
vertised for. had much difficulty in
convincing them that they were wrong,
but they finally left anil rs they went
down the steps four white boys came
plodding up to the third floor, each with
dog in answer to the advertisement in
The Times this morning. One of the
dogs" was little white puppy whose
eyes were scarcely open, another was a
yaller' dog with tine.back and it's ribs
standing out like the side timbers in the
frame Of. one of,Uncle Sam new cruisers.
The other was daisy little pug with
pink ribbon around it's neck and the
fourth was a liver spotted spaniel about
year old.
Gentlemen" said 1, "what do you
want!' I'VE want to see the man that
advertised for dog" yelled all in chorus.
"This is too bad ri be logged if can
stand it, Didn't the advertisement say
three-months-o old black and tan male
shepherd pup, and If one of this sheep
killing crowd saw shepherd it would
throw him into fits right Off No, these
are not the dog. You say may be mis-
taken. What are you talking about2
Take your dogs away and here's a dime
to buy candy with if you will stand at
the courthouse corner for two hours and
turn back everybody coming this way
with dog They started down the steps
with their dogs and was just congrat-
ulating myself on the radiance when
perfect bedlam of banks, howls
and yells on the second landing caused
me to hurry down stairs to learn the
cause of the commotion.
'It was we'll did hurry and as it was
was not quick enough to prevent the all
firedest row l have seen in six months
right here in The Times building.
''The four white boys had met three ne
groes, one with brindle bull dog; an
other with an English terrier, and the
other with Scotch terrier, all three full
grown, and decidedly pugnacious. The
white boys anxious to earn the dime at
once and then hurry off to enjoy it, told
the negroes that they didn't ha; the
right dogs and they had just as we'll 90
back about their other business. This
incensed the mokes and the lie having
been passed freely for short time there
was mixing up of dogs and boys that
required three full buckets of water to
separate.
Fortunately, beyond the loss of half
pound of flesh from one of the negro's
calves and the loss of the seat of another's
pants no great damage was done, and it
was with pleasure that saw the crowd
scatter up and down Campbell avenue for
their respective homes.
Just as 1 was trying to sneak off to-
ward the Ponce de Leon Hotel I heard
some one boiler out, Jack! Where's
doctor?' and knowing this meant more
dogs l lodged around among the tomb
stones in Browns marble yard, hoping
thus to effectually conceal my identity.
but it was no go. A man from North
west Roanoke was right ut my heels, and
with the remark, Il think this is the dog
you advertised for in The Times this
morning. he compelled me to look
around at the animal which accompanied
him. and as this was lead-colored grew
hound ohont nj Al Tel,o \ I
the advertisement and asked him how in
the name fall the dogs in Pluto's cave he
could commit such n blunder But he
was not satisfied and had actually seated
himself on one of the headstones in the
marble yard to argue the question, when
up came two colored fellow citizens lead
ing two very lank specimens of the genus
cur which each one insisted was the dog
wanted, while both demanded the five
dollars reward which had been offered
Said turning to the white man and
the negroes appealingly Gentlemen
q could have called them anything to get
rid of them) don't you see these amt
the dogs we are looking for. They don't
answer the description in any particular,
and besides our dog was arrested early
this morning just as soon as the police
read the advertisement and has been
locked up ever since waiting the reauisi-
tion of it's owner. If you don't believe
me go up to the city jail and see for your
selves. ~. e.
"This was q sumner and with mutter-
lngs OF discomfort they started up Camp.
bell avenue in the direction of the sta
tion-house
Thinking to get few moments of rest
hurried back into The Times Office and
just as I was getting ready to go up
stairs an 1rishman with a very red face