Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-04-06
THEY PULLED WHILE HE ATE.
Uncle Josh Tells OF a Terriers Sagacity
and Hounds Foolishness.

Uncle josh Iella OF n TerrierB SaRaClty
and Hounds Foolishness.
New York Mail and Express: Yes,
sub; dogs is pretty much like human
bein's in many ways" began Uncle
Josh Fuller, formerly Of Missouri, aft
er settling himself comfortably in his
accustomed seat near the Broadway
entrance to the Fifth Avenue hotel.
Dogs has been around white folks
and niggers so many ears tibet they
has become just as emery and onre-
liable as the persons tibet own EN-.
Now, I've got two houn' pups
pups tibet come all the way from old
Mizzouri. They are just old enough
not to know anything and to carry on
and act likes they knew 1t all. A boy
from Is to 20 years old is much the
same kind of a ~critter, and just as
big a nuisance.
Last night l had a big treat for
the houn' pups; something l knew
they'd like. 1 also own a fox terrier
named Todd, not after Too Sloan, the
jockey, but fer old Bill Todd, who
fought with me in Joe Shelby's bril-
gade durin' the war. Todd is a su'pris-
in smart dog. He came out into the
yard and lay low watchin' my prepa-
rations for the houn' pups; but he
wasn't sayin' nothin'. Todd wasn't.
His game was to stretch out like he
was asleep, with just a teeny mite Of
his eyes a peepin' out to keep track Of
the proceedin's. He knew l wouldn't
allow no foolin' with the houn' pups,
and his only chance was strategy or an
award of merit for good behavior.
II called the houn' pups up and
they came a ba'kin' and yelpin' like
mad, and jumped up to snatch the
piece Of meat out of my hands. Old
Todd, he still lay low like he was dead
to the world; but l knew better. I
threw the meat out to EN-.
The houn' pups went after 1t ram
pageous. They caught hold by oppo-
site ends and began to pull. Each
pup wanted tibet piece of meat. 1t
vas plenty big enough for two; but
no., they each wanted all or nothin'.
SO one pulled one way and one t'other.
I finally got tired watchin' 'em, and
just kinder looked over in Todd's d.
rection n lifted my right eyelid just
a little. l didn't say a word; neither
did Todd. But my! Thet dog knew's
wells IL 1 told him tibet 1 was plumb
Disguised with them houn' pups; so
he quietly walks over and begin chaw-
In at tibet chunk of meat at the mid
die, with the houn' pups still pullin'
away in a tug of war at both ends.
We'll, Todd just natch'ly eat his
way through tibet piece Of meat. When
he took the last mouthful and severed
the connection between the houn' pups
they fell yer on their backs, each
with a small piece OF grissle in it's
teeth, and that was all the av'ricious
pups got out Of tibet treat I brought
home fer 'em.
Now, you'll allow them houn' pups
haven't got much sense, Ell? Well,
what do you thing of these yere demo-
cratic politicians tibet is pullin' and
clawin' for 16 to / in the west and
pullin' and clawin' just as hard for
gold and anti-imperialism In the east?
They are just trying to pull the coun-
try into two pieces, but in the mean
time the other fellow Is 'tendin' strict
1y TO h.~'ness, and quietly chawin' up
all tn BOD things in sight from the
middl n } both ends"