The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-20
HE MET HIS WATERLOO.
HOW FURY, THE BULLDOG, WENT
 TO THE WALLAT LAST.
His Conqueror a RazOr@Bnck Hog of tho Virginia Breed-A Battle Royal An n Standard On Company Plant.

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 in the Standard oil company's books
 there is an entry, q bulldog," followed
 by some details. The dog is catalogued
 on the loss side of the balance. It is
 said that he is the only dog ever owned
 by that powerful combination, and af-
 ter it's experience with him the compa.
 ny Is not likely to invest in any more
 of his kind. He became Standard Oil
 dog in this way:
 One of the company's stations, near
 Charleston, W. V., had suffered the loss
 of many barrels from the depredations
 of local thieves, who found them useful
 as firewood. After trying in vain to
 capture or get shot at the thieves, MT.
 Blake Stewart, who had charge of the
 office, sent requisition to the division
 office in Baltimore for one large and
 savage bulldog, In the course of time
 and after some fluctuations of red tape
 the division office notified MT. Stewart that it possessed no facilities for the purchase or manipulation of savage
 bulldogs, but that if he thought he
 could obtain one locally of a sufficient degree of ferocity for ten dollars, that sum was at his disposal. Two days later a negro delivered to Mir Stewart a brindle bulldog chained to the end of a pole. The negro explained to MT. Stewart that the reason he used pole instead of a rope was that it's stiffness was of advantage in keeping the beast at a proper and respectful distance. The dog was duly established in the barrel yard and went on record as an employe of the Standard Oil company, with an allowance for maintenance.
 The office force then set about mak- ing the acquaintance of the new acqui- sition. MT. Stewart conducted his ad- vances from the top of a she'd who, be- ing an agile and athletic person, he had gained just before the dog got to him. The head clerk tried the power of his hypnotic eye on the beast, and, though normally a dignified and slow moving person, cleared the fence by vault that was the admiration of all beholders. Several other employees tried to estab- fish friendly relations, and those that got away intact were the lucky ones They named the dog Fury and en- ployed a trainer from Charleston to come down and train him. Three min utes after his introduction to Fury the trainer gave up his job, together with a considerable portion of his raiment, and went home. Thereafter Fury ruled the roost. There were no more barrels stolen, for his reputation went abroad in the land; but there were other diff culties. When a stock of barrels was | acquired it took the major part of the | office force, armed with clubs, to drive | Fury to cover while the workmen got ! the stock out. In the course of time 1 Fury became a little more peaceable, | and would allow a few favored ac- | quaintances around the place; but no l stranger ever got so much as one foot | inside the inclosure without hastening to take it out again before the dog could | fasten to it. Fury earned his salary
 One day a wandering pig came nosing | around the inclosure, found a loose | place in the fence and made his way in | Now, the West Virginia breed of pig is not the fat, lazy and inert porker of the farm-yard. He is a lean, sharp-backed, sinewy animal, who has had to make his own way in the world for so long that he is thoroughly equipped to take care of himself. The only thing he con- siders it worth while to get out of the way of is a railroad train, and he | sometimes contests right-of-Way with that, under which circumstances both train and pig commonly leave the track together. Either Fury didn't under stand the nature of the invader, or his lordly career had puffed him up with an undue sense of his own abilities With snarl of concentrated rage, he made for the trespasser and launched iis powerful body like a thunderbolt straight at piggy's throat.
 There was wild clamor of grunts, squeals, growls and howls that brought Mr. Stewart and the rest out in haste. All they could see was mad whirl of lust and writhing bodies Then a streak emerged from the whirl. It was Fury Away he went, yelling murder It every leap, and the pig after him. After two circuits of the yard Fury ,olted the hole in the fence and, with a ,elp of mingled joy and shame, darted ,, nTDuSU IL. u was lllOlC oL d or piggy, but he got through, too. f There was no doubt about his inten- :, ion; he meant murder. Fury realized o t. He took to the railroad track and Q eaded eastward When the curve, half e mile up the road hid him from view, 9 he pursuer was running, head down 2 nd tail up, with a vigor which sug- l .ested that obstinacy of pursuit for a which his kind is proverbial. - At the Standard iOl office they waited ntil closing time, expecting to gloat yer the return of chastened and rooping Fury. But he came not; eth her that day nor the next, HOT the ext Then MT. Stewart following his instructions to notify the company of c ny loss of property, wired the division J flee at Baltimore as follows: SS' "Company's bulldog last seen headed l. pr Baltimore, Look out for him. De- ails follow also pig"
 The office got the details later, by lail, but they haven't yet seen the ulldog or the g.-Minneapolis Times,
 PIANO BA