The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-04
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ITS hard thing to give dog away !. 1870
Your friends always suspect YOU It's o,..ss
when the dog is OF mixed breed A d. pa'usslrs
divert himself in so many more V.v, ~ y mixed sss
blood Thus Newfoundland dog esr -an dss
except save people from drowning; bird !. y hek
do when there are no birds around H.. nssat III
breed has all the instincts of the difer.,, i aT
ed. had such dog. He yapped all n;sh, a ~ 'sis
the chickens food so they nearly tarv.59.s ne VI
looted the flowers in the garden In fac, /. ussA
dog shouldn't do. You could always dtb.ea e't
that gave him away worked him on ~ y y
OF mine VINO was fond enough of me to ~, va
My conscience huft me atterward Two DAYS 49, %
came into my office to me. knew 4; ''V' ryt
dog On account of my guilty conscien,. :. ~ aaa
off such cur on him. felt very g
deuce has the beast been up tor ,,oI. Hta
Some of his dirty tricks, I'll be bound ~ N
Charlie, said my friend, that's the finest do. n ~ q
jewel OF dog. thought he was sbesL;s. - sa!
said nothing, being resolved to bear NV j. 'Vnsal
ment in silence Last night my friend cs s..''' pa
Hopkins the broker, came to see me Tba, del
met him at the gate Doggie jumps up and bes.,
face, knocked his new silk hat off into the ma5 -, -
brella into shreds plastered his new clothes n
mud from his paws took the shine off his .bo. wv
couple Of buttons off his vest You know Ho.,.l
stock in the McGroggin Oil company whose as.s
eush ! wouldn't take $500 for that dog IN, ~. u
him dog house and feed him on portsrb.s.
every day
The alligator is funny beast said the ia 49,.
They are getting scarce, too The United STATE. Il.
commission has investigated the Florida alligator
ported that unless steps taken to protect ri,
from the hunters, it will soon he exterm,ns,.s :. Y !.
American buffalo There still plenty 81 ,ll,,,a.
Louisiana though, where there are very few .llsg
although alligator hunting, account Of the y,l.f
skins, very profitable. The old fellow we h.,, I n
menagere is tempered chap Often at te.d,.
he won't open his mouth, and we tickle the ion i NJ
An agator's nose is very sensitive and it ALWAYS m,L
very mad. He throws back his upper jaw like e,r NJ
on hinges Then throw in a chunk OF beet-sys W..
or so-and repeat the performance until we've filled N
with about twenty five pounds which takes 10 riy. H.
square meal He's never cross when he's fly cachpg NJ
always puts him a good humor. One would think n
small tdbit for alligator but they eat them vbs.a
Our old alligator is an expert fly catcher He throv,hs
his upper jaw and goes 10 sleep apparently The Ale, A
his under jaw and he waits until it is pretty well ccys
with es-untl its red color seems about changed d S
Then Suddenly he slams down his upper Jaw and hi.
fine mouthfu Of flies. Aligators would make exc,l,s
traps for houses where there are children sxcs d
they are expensive. they consume such vast quantity
beef"
They play poker in Washington nowadays said lie
newspaper correspondent and every and then tha
some good games but there is nothing like the playing
there used be in the ante belum days The most dist
euished statesmen would meet at Joe Halls GeogP
detons on Pennsylvania avenue. Sergeant S Prnda %
won 100000 at Pendetons in a single night It va
faro That was the fsyorte game although poks :
played too Men like Prentiss and Albert Pike Of Arks
and Senator Green of Missouri pungers Pike 4
$4,000 on what was said be the largest call mad
he cir nj Waeh Henry Cleveland gambler
National reputation played faro deal with Petitions
great Tennessee gambler at Pendetons in 1886 and
the 100000 he lost if had been simply ltd. y
change he carried around in his clothes Men like Ih'h
Stevens and James A. Bayard only played Is smus,as
but others played to win, and sometimes won and 'onsf
lost large fortunes in single nights play When
money gave out the players would stake cotton crop
warehouses whole plantation, During Buchanan
faro was king"