Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-10
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
Dicks Ride on the TroIley-A Dove
In Church-The Bell of
the Angels.

My friend Dick Is bulldog, and a
fine fellow he ia too. Some bulldogs
you and / know scare away all the
children, and the big people, too, for
that matter, till nobody dares 20 near
the house where they live, but this
bulldog was brought up to be a gentle
man, and he can behave In a parlor
quite as WE'LL was going to say as
boy or girl; but, do you know, / have
seen boys and girls In parlors who did
not behave half as well as Dick. Then,
as to soaring children, why, Dick Just
loves them and could play with them
all day long.
or course, being only dog, Dick is
not quite perfect, and his great failing
is-let me whisper 1t very low-he will
sometimes fight, but he always chooses
the biggest and strongest dogs to fight
with, and the little ones might snap
and snarl at his heels as much as they
liked. Dick would never notice them,
and, as for chasing such weak, silly
things as chickens, Dick scorns such
foolishness.
was going to tell you, wasn't l, how
Dick took a trolley ride? You see,
Dick tried to tell me all about it, but
unfortunately | don't know much dog
language and could not understand all
be said. OF course, | know a few
words, and when he frisked around,
10 cJ,o l.
was saying, "Oh, my, but had a good
time on that ride! What fun it is to
| ride on a trolley CARP This is the way
it happened:
Dicks mistress took him to the vii
lage one day shopping, and, after going
| in and out Of shops until he felt very
much bored indeed, Master Dick decid-
ed that at the next place he would sit
outside and look at the trolley cars go
by.
The next place, | think, must have
been a millinery store, for Dicks mis-
tress staid till Dick thought every troll
| ley car in the United States had surely
gone past, and still she did not come
out. Well, Dick did not know what to
| do about it. He put his head ON one
| side and thought the matter over and
| decided that for some strange human
| reason his mistress must have gone out
| Of the back door and walked home
| without him and that being the case
| the wiSest plan seemed to be for him
| to get home as quickly as possible,
| and we all know there Is nothing
| quicker than a trolley car when you
| are in q hurry.
Now, on this trolley track which Dick
| was watching three different lines of
cars ran to the postOttice, stopped and
waited for passengers to change, and
| then off they went to as many different
| parts of the country, and the printed
| signs to tell people which was the car
| they wanted were puzzling enough for
| anybody to make out, not to mention
| dogs. But here was where Dick show
I ed his education. He walked down to
| the pOstoffice, examined the signs and
| decided which was the car that ran
past his own street corner, and the con-
| ductOr and motOrman were very much
surprised to see n quiet, thoughtful
| looking bulldog jump on their car and
| march in. The mOtOrman says Dick got
| up on the seat and calmly sat there,
| but Dick did not tell me 50, SO | can.
not be sure about it. Anyway the con
ductor did not feel as calm as Master
| Dick. 1t was against the rules for dogs
| to ride on the trolley, and that was
what the conductor explained to Dick.
But, dear me, Dick did not pay the
| least attention to him, and when both
| the conductor and mOtOrman came in
to see what could be done with him
| Dick just put up his head and stuck
out his underlip in a very rude, imper-
| tinent way, and the men hurried away
| without another word.
| They both knew very we'll where
| Dicks home was, for they often saw
him as their car few past, but whether
| Dick would be willing to get off at his
own corner was something they did
not know. Dick knew, though.
| He had a lovely ride, and when the
| car stopped at his corner he came out
| jumped off and ran gayly home with
| out, am sorry to say, ever thinking OF
| paying his fare.
|