Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-23
THE STORY OF a DOG.
Why the Owner Of an Augusta Canine
Had to Sell Him.

Couvrette has sold his dog. Now, of
course. there are hundreds of people
in Augusta who do not know that Cou-
vrette had a dog, although almost ev-
erybody knows the genial Couvrette
himself. But nevertheless he had a
dog, and the dogs name was Dewey.
Dewey was of mixed parentage, his
ancestors on one side of the family be-
ing of the mastiff breed while those on
the other were of the bull dog. and
Dewey, inheriting the characteristics
of the two dogs, became, when he had
outgrown the foolish days Of puppy
hood and attained a weight of about
50 pounds avoirdupois, THE wickedest
fighter on the avenue
Finally it came to pass that when
Dewey had acquired all the champion
ship belts in the different classes of
canine pugilists in the neighborhood,
his thirst for conquest grew greater,
and it became "a hazardous thing for
any dog to pass the house where he
lived. unless Dewey was tied up.
He had one fault which came to be
the cause of his undoing. In his diff
ferences with the other members of his
race he did not show any marked de-
gree of discrimination, for he took ev-
cry dog as they came, great or small,
when he was free. and eventually
came under the eye of the law as a
nuisance. Then the police got after
him and threatened to administer the
cold lead treatment, but Couvrette. not
wishing to have the dog killed, decided
to sell him.
Accordingly Dewey was taken over to
the veterinary hospital on the east side
of the river and sold, with the hope
that he might find a happy home else
where where he might be removed
from temptation.
1t so happened that at the hospital
there were numerous cats, awaiting
shipment, and Couvrette, knowing
Deweys antipathy to the feline race,
advised the purchasers of the dog to
put strong collar on him and to hitch
him securely but they thought the
strap on his neck would hold him, and
that as The cats We're in pens having
Stats in front, they would be safe. And
so the inmates of the hospital were
left for the night.
1t is not known just what happened
on that particular night, but the MORN
ing light showed that there had been
a change, accompanied by rising tenn
perature-and cats. Perhaps the cats
had disturbed Dewey's SAUNDERS, but
he got loose during the night,
and the way he went for those cats
must have been a caution. for when
the doors were opened in the morning,
he had full possession of the floor, the
Stats were ripped off the pens and the
upper part of the building was alive
with CATS There were cats on every
beam. and festoons of cats swung be-
tween the rafters, and every eat in the
building had got herself as high UP
as possible out of the reach of the
savage beast that bore theNname of
the hero Of Manila. 4--a.r
Dewey was secured and after long
time quiet and peace was restored to
the feline occupants, but realizing that
the dog might put the whole outfit out
of business. the dealers sold him as
soon as possible to a distant city, where
he now is. If he is not within a hum
dred miles of any other. dog, all will
be we'll but if he is, there will beosome-
thing doing when he makes his entree
into SOciety- s4 .'