The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-20
Three CANNES al Sea.
Bah Writes of Their QuarreIs and Seasickness--SheItered
by the Ships Butcher.

StdEitIiS StfdlSnI up III the air, NHIic
the brindle pup and he were elaring at
each other. l tried persuasion, but it
WAS IL good.
SWEPT OUT BY THE BUTCHER.
The butcher appeared with a broom
and III Il way swept up the whole lot,
so that for Il short time a wait was call
ed and the four dogs sat glaring at
each other, earnestly praying III dog
language that the butcher and | would
soon depart and thus permit hostilities
to begin again. Any human being would
think that four dogs going across the
ocean together would be good friends,
but not these fees. All three of them
hate the hrindlc pup because he had the
honor of being sick. the brindie pup
hates all the rest of them for not being
sick, while they hate cach other for any
special courtesy whoever owns them
may offer. When | am on the scene,
Alexander seems delighted and the rest
Of the tribe are grieyed. When the
sporty-looliing young man who owns the
brindle pup visits him, the other three
appear keen, with a kind of Hawkshaw
The detective air, while the brindle is
e~cstatic in his delight. Neither believes
in the other. and after Il weeks physi-
cal and mental acquaintance they are
further apart than they were in the be
ginning. | don't know whether it is the
butchers influence, the meat, OF The
original sin that exists in dogs. but the
result is at once curious and undesirable.
When Queenstown was sighted. |
caught up Alexander, hid him under my
old travelling cloak and took him on the
deck to see old Ireland and to appreciate
his liking for it. He had q blase air
that would have been the JOY of a par
yenu. Evidently he doesn't hope to have
a pleasant time while he is there, for 4
series Of prolonged walls makes it neces-
sary for me to take him back to his
friend the butcher. | was so provoked
that | offered extra ducatS to that butch
cr if he would give Alexander the sound
est thrashing he ever had in his life. At
this all the other dogs grinned, and the
butcher looked happy.
CANINE IDEAS ABOUT DIET.
| quite envicd my friend her expert
ence with her dog, since | fully believ
Il dog knows Il great deal more than ne
is credited with knowing. You mayn't
Eelieve it. but | know 4 dog who would
rather eat black headed pins than the
liver wing of The finest chicken that
ever grew. | know another dog who be
HAYES in Il naughty fashion simply to
get Il whipping. He likes it. it makes
him get no end Of sympathy from the
women of the family, while the maids
howl at the master for being such Il
brute of Il beast as to lay IL band upon
that little chap Then he get bits Of
buns. md, although he richly deserved
the whipping. he has Il much better time
than if he had gone without it and been
Il mere ordinary pup. | quite understand
now what is meant when people say "aS
sick rs Il dog for the expression on 4
dogs face when he is sick is heart
breaking. lie looks ut YOU and makes Il
great effort to tell YOU where the pain IS
placed. while he sends forth howlS that
signify the Kind of medicines he deserves.
Gcneralizing. he does not care much
for castor oil. It requires three persons
Of great strength to administer Il dose of
this oily mixture to him. One holds his
head back and his mouth open, the other
holds his nose SO that he cannot sniff It
ont. while the third person. brave Great
IRE. pokcS in the spoon which contains
the Iimpid liquid and then quickly shuts
his mouth, 50 that to get his breath it
becomes necessary for him to swallow
the healthy stuff or die. Usually he takes
the medicine. but afterward he looks III
YOU with an aggrievcd air and all day
long he walks around saying III his own
dog fashion: Il wouldn't have thought
this of YOU until you are ashamed.
ASHAMED TO KICK \ DOG.
There are some things to be ashamed
of. hut giving Il do" Il nice. healthy,
smooth dose Of oil isn't one of them.
1 would be ashamed to kick 4 dog who
was guiltless of crime. | would be
ashamed to kick Il dog whose only de-
sire was to offer me his paw, meaning
10 be friendly and showing it by a greet
ing like that.
| would be ashamed to kick a dog at all
or under any circumstances. lie can't
kick back. though sometimes when | look
straight in his eyes it seems to me that
dogs remember. and l am especially made
TO think of this when there comes to me
the story Of the healthy man who had
been Il convict and who had Il mark on
his leg where the chain had been. One
day he beat n dog. The dog bit him
on the leg and saw the mark. and from
that day the brute had mastered him,
the innocent beast that he had beaten
SIMPLY because it gave him pleasure t.
do so.
A dog is a nice thing around Il house.
He has Il pleasant way, although when
he meets Il cat it may be said that his
manners are not after the style of the
creme de Ii creme. He dislikes Il mon
key and is not altogether on good terms
with the parrot, but if there is any good
quality in me the dogs have recognized It
long ago, for there never was Il dog, big
or little. who did not nave a friendly *
preston and a proffered paw for Bah.
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON
Long ~Re-organizeS it. Reducing Fleet
From 100 to 80 Vessels.
Washington, Sept. 16.-Secretary
Long this Afternoon issued an important
order, rcorganizing the North Atlantic
squadron. The fleet is reduced from !;
force of about 100 vessels to 30. the re
niaindcr being detached ready for dispO
sition in the future. The four vessels
Of the Morgan Line, the Prairie, Yose
mitp T1nkpp and Dixie. with thp auy