Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-07-23
EFFECTIVE
Was Senator Vests Tribute to
the Dog.

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One of the most eloquent tributes
ever paid to the dog was delivered
by Senator Vest, of Missouri, some
years ago, He was attending court
in a country town, and while wait
ing for the trial of a case in which
be was interested, was urged by
the attorneys in dog case to help
them. Voluminous, evidence was
introduced to show that the defen-
dant had shot the dog in malice,
while other evidence went to show
that the dog had attacked defend
ant. Vest took no part in the trial
and was not disposed to speak
The attorneys, however, urged him
to speak Being thus Urged he
arose, scanned the face of each
iuryman for moment, and said:
"Gentlemen of the Jury; The
best friend a man has in the world
may turn against him and become
his enemy. His son or daughter
that he has reared with loving care
may prove ungrateful. Those who
are nearest and dearest to us,
those whom we trust with our hap
piness and our good name, may be-
come traitors to their faith. The
money that a man has he may lose.
1t flies away from him, perhaps
when he needs it most. A mans
reputation may be sacrificed in a
moment of ill-considered action.
The people who are prone to tall
on their knees to do us honor when
success is with us may be the first
to throw the stone of malice when
failure settles it's clouds upon our
heads. The one absolutely unself-
ish friend that man can have in
this selfish world, the one that
never deserts him, the one that
never proves ungrateful or treach-
erous, is his dog. A mans dog
stands by him in prosperity and in
poverty, in health and in sickness.
He will sleep on the cold ground,
where the wintry winds blow and
the snow drives fiercely, if only he
may be near his masters side. He
will kiss the hand that has no food
to offer; he will lick the wounds
and sores that come in encounter
with the roughness of the world.
He guards the sleep of his pauper
master as if he were a prince.
When all other friends desert he
remains. When riches take wings
and reputation falls to pieces he is
as constant in his love as the sun
in it's journeys through the heavens.
IL fortune drives the master forth
an outcast in the world, friendless
and homeless, the faithful dog
asks no higher privilege than that
of accompanying him, to guard
against danger, to fight against
his enemies. And when the last
scene of all comes, and death takes
the master in its embrace, and his
body is laid away in the cold
ground, no matter if all other
friends pursue their way, there by
the graveslde will the noble dog
be found, his head between his
paws, his eyes sad, but open in
alert watchfulness, faithful and
true even in death.
Then Vest sat down. He had
spoken in a low voice, without a
gesture. He made no reference to
the evidence or the merits of the
case. When he finished Judge and
Jury were wiping their eyes. The
jury fled out but soon entered with
a verdict of $500 for the plaintiff,
whose dog was shot; and it was
said that some of the Jurors wanted
to hang the defendant. Nashville
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