The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08
Three Very Crafty CANNES.

NEWTON, !. G., September Is
Morgantowu and Lcnoir together have
th..oc dogs that should be allowed to
vote after the Constitutional amend
mcnt is carried. They are wise dogs.
Their names are Benjamin Tillman
Murphy, Vinco Hicks and Jack Phil.
lips. Ben is fox terrier, Vinco
setter and Jack is Il rat terrier. By
profession one is gentleman, one a
beggar and the other IL dcadbeat.
Ben is the gentleman. He belongs
to Robert Murphy, youngest son Of
DR.. and Mrs. p L. Murphy. Of the
State Hospital. Robert and Ben have
lived together, night and day, for the
last four or five years. The affection
between the two is very strong and
sincere. Everywhere Robert goes
Ben goes. When Robert is at the
table Ben is there When Robert is
in bed Ben is under the cover
by his side. In color, the dog
is strawberry blonde, with white
spots. His hair is fine and his hab-
it's good. He is neat, clean and trim
in appearance. Indeed, he is pol
ishcd gentleman. Though Indifferent,
cold, even rude, to the rest of man
kind, he is warm-hearted, playful and
jolly with his little master. When
Robert is through eating and leaves
the table Ben gets on his chair and
waits patiently for morsel of meat or
a sweet bone. If the table was ready
to overaew with rare and dainty food
and Ben's mouth was watering for a
feast, he would not so much as touch
his nose to piece of it unless some
one gave it to him. He is polite and
manncrly at the table. Dr.. Murphy
usually feeds him.
One night not long ago I peeped
iuto Robert room, after he had re-
tired for the night. He was in the
bed, sound asleep, and at his back,
under the same cover, Ben was stretch
cd at full length, not curled up, as
dogs usually sleep, but back to back
with Robert Someone touched the
bed and Ben growled The boy and
dog retire together and rise together.
1t is an everyday occurrence at the
hospital to see Ben harnessed to wa
gon and hauling Stops to Robert S
pigs. He seems to like the job. The
wagon loaded, Ben in the shafts and
Robert skipping along in front, off they
go to the pig pen. Ben has many
other ways Of showing his sense.
Vinco belongs to 1Ir. D. J. Hicks,
of Morgantown. He is a wellbred
bird dog who can trace his ancestry
back to the fine Scotch settlers that
belonged 10 the Brem family, Of Char
lotto, twenty years ago. ViDco is
beautiful in form and color. His hair
is soft and wavy. In the field after
birds he is a good hunter, peart and
sensible. But it is his habit of beg
ging that I wish to speak Of. Every
day in the week Vinco is on the streets
of Morgantown. He is there for a
purpose. His eye is on the people
that travel the streets. If we'll
dressed stranger passes anywhere near
Yinco he at once goes for him. He
follows the stranger and nudges him
with his nose and grunts like stihed
pig. Soon the stranger is attracted to
the dog by his antics and tries to
drive him away, but in vain. Vinco
will not be driven away. He pursues
his man in friendly but persistent
way until he gets what he wants
money. Someone who knows the dog
explains to the stranger that he wants
penny. The man wraps a penny in
a piece of paper and hands it to Vim
co, who goes at once to the beef mar
ket, purchases piece Of beef and re-
turns with it to the man who furnish
ed the money to buy it. When the
meat is taken out of the paper and
given back to Vinco by the stranger
he goes out and eats it. There is
plenty Of red tape about it, but Viuco
insists on carrying it out to the letter.
Every commercial salesman who visits
Morganton knows Vinco. He knows
how difficult it is shake him. The
late John Sossamon, of Charlotte,
could not have approached Viuco as
far as tenacity is concerned. He
never gives up. Treat him and he
will leave you, but not before. Also,
he will do kind deeds. Some time ago
Mr.. Il. Elliott, travelling salesman,
lost his mileage book, containing 800
miles. He did not know that it was