Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-05-14
ABOUT DOGS


that Noatas Watchdog sat on ths proA
Of the s-k and bsysd at the lonely moon.
Ham II said to have been foncsy attached
TO hts dog Snyder and Adam Is reported
10 have had Izp-uag In the Garden OF
Trouble.
Itbink that once owned ths iinsal de-
scendsnt OF the dog of the ARK. He was
ysifow dog, and be loved the lonesome
places OF esrth--ths bousetop-, the upper
porcbes, tue gray hours, the WIG
stretches, tue strange and mysterious
vacancies Of the Now here. And tbst WAS
generally where be Was TO be found.
Whenever night came, the dog was thsre.
snd there Is where failed to aud him.
Cats you can locate by their musings.
Digs that wander from their own fire.
side are different. They fad the intst-
spaces OF matter and they bssk in them.
A dog can lose himself so utteriy-li be
knoss bow--thst, while you are looking
at your watch 10 see IL Il IL time TO take =
pill, be has transmitted himself into at
nosphere and gone to the hence, taking
the whittier with him. Wherefore, 1t is
usually useless to search.
We love dogs--sii OF us-dogs and chill
cren. Every man who sees either, says,
ia sort OF superior way, EVERY dog
and every child will come TO me at any
time"
Ia saying this, the man shows bis self
conceii; for be knows that II is written
In the book OF dogs that canine can tell
bad man by the smell of his boots and
that be can distinguish g base action In
the heart OF a man, before the man can
feel IL begin to ferment within him.
recall an instance of this In the life OF
a friend OF mine. he was about 10 do a
base thing once. He was goine to call on
q besusifai maiden OF sixteen and take
her, II possible, to the singing school at
Carriers Corner. He bad fully decided to
take bis psps's sleigh by stealth and to
smagxle the daughter ia the wolf robes
cut to the sparkling bee, aud II Copenhs-
gen wss on the bill OF fare. be was going
to cali her oat--yes. be wss-by Gum and
Gosh Darni He had made up bis mind.
Is recall 1t at this moment, to play
post Office II It was suggested, and be
had even gone go far a. 10 declare to him
self With strange reckiessuess that, II the
ride home should be moony and soft and
full of thank-yer- msrms, he would drive
with one hand and see what kind OF q
"boss" the old gcnflemao had.
Bat you couldn't fool the dog. He was
q wise sausage. be Was. He saw my friend,
and he read him. He knew what visions
OF singing school and kissing. frolic he
had. He could feel, curling siong his
spine, the indignation that belonged to
the occasion. As the young man rounded
the snow drift by the Kitchen window
and gave the signal agreed on, there was
a streak OF yaiier along the moonlight
night and the dog liz right on my-I
should have said his-rsglss, and the way
the psnties parted on the silent night was
beautiful sight to see.
This Is no "Bisek Beauty" story, but q
true snecdote OF the affair for, as matter
of fact, as soon as the dog had scared his
testimony be dashed into the stable and
around BY the back porch and, as the door
was opened for him, he closed his teet h
more tightly on the dome of the yoong
mans trousers that be carried la hts
mouth, aud jumping into the midst OF the
family circle waved them triumphsntIy
before the faces OF the family, Saying in
so many words, II have laid bare a tad
man,
tits unnecessary to say that Lucy tainted
on the spot. So il Is that | nave great
faith in the elsirvoysnce of a dog.
1t Is safe to say that most Of US have he
same faith. This is why we keep SO far
away from fresh sample.
was amused at the story OF Ave brave
men In Auburn who were coming In from
wish to the woods the other day. As
they we're coming past a door-yard, they
heard growi and out OF the mouth OF
the yard came eighty i've pounds OF dog,
teeth on edge. The five men collectively
ran ten miles before they stopped. The
dog Was, all of the while, tied to the
clothes-reei. This proves thar in the
crowd were five men with bad con-
sciences-conscienees that need to take
pepsin and to stop eating baked beans.
The dog knew it and probably lay down
on the grass and laughed at the adventure
OF the five bad swift men, fleeing when
none pursued.
Dogs delight to bark and bite, but dogs
are, after all. only advertising when they
do this. Some dogs are like some men,
eternsily running around making noise,
NolSEi-nothing else. These men and
these dogs are ever in the front--claimiug
office by divine right of their pedigree or
by the amount OF barking they can do.
Shallow ittsd sometimes, shallow In ed
ucation, shallow in moral strength, yet
they stand on the street corner and II
there is an opportunity for the town to
take note, out they dash and, yelling as
they go, drawing out the commentator.
There is lively fellow"
On the other hand here Is the real estate
dog, the dog who minds his business, does
his work. tends to his own front door
and Is faithful. de hasa't time to bark.
lie doesn't show c d much, but II you leave