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

NEWTON. y. c.. September -. .--
Nlorgantown and l4cnoir together have
three dogs that should be allowed to
vote after the Constitutional amend
inent is carried. They are wise dogs.
Their names are Benjamin Iillman
Murphy. Ninco Hicks and Jack Phil.
lips. Ben is Il fox terrier, Nnco n
setter and Jack is rat terrier. BY
profession one is Il gentleman, one Il
bcggar and the other dcadbcat
Ben is the gentleman He belongs
to Robert Murphy, youngest son Of
Dir. and Mrs. y. 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 ana
sincere. Everywhere Robert ascS
Ben goes When hohcr, is a, the
table Ben is there When Robert is
in bed Ben is under the cover
by his SIDE. In collar. the do:,
is Il strawberry blonde. with white
spots Ills hair is fine ana his haL
its good He is neat. clean aui 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 morscl of meat or
sweet bone. If the table was ready
to overflow with rare rnd dainty food
and Ben 3 mouth was watering for Il
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 / pecpcd
into Robert room, after he had re-
tired for the night. lie was in the
bed, sound asleep, and at his back,
under the same cover, Ben was stretch
cd ut full length, not curled up, as
dogs usually sleep, but back to back
with Robert Someone touched the
bed and Ben growlcd. The boy and
dog retire together and rise together.
1t is an everyday occurrence at the
hospital to see Ben harncsscd to wa
gon and hauling slops to Robert s
pigs. lie 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.
Ninco belongs to Mr.. ID. j. Hicks,
of Morgantown. lie is we'll bred
bird dog who can trace his ancestry
back to the fine Scotch settlers that
belonged 10 the Brcm family, of Char
lottc, twenty years ago. Vinco is
beautiful in form and color His hair
is soft and wavy. In the field after
birds he is good hunter, pcart and
sensible But it is his habit Of beg
ging that wish to speak Of. Every
day in the week Vinco is on the streets
of Morgantown. He is there for u
purpose. His eye is on the people
that travel the streets. If we'll
dressed stranger passes anywhere near
Finco he at once goes for him. He
follows the stranger and nudgcs him
with his nose and grunts like stifed
pig. Soon the stranger is attracted 60
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 be wants
penny. The man wraps penny in
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 tho stranger
he goes out and eats it. There is
plenty of red tape about it, but Vinco
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 Vinco 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.. e. Elliott, travelling salesman,
lost his mileage book, containing 800