Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-13
EULoGY ON A DOG.
According 10 the Late Geo. G. Vest There
Is no Friendship so Lasting as a Dogs.

According 10 the Late Geo. G. Vest Their
is no Friendship 50 Lasting as a Dogs.
| One of the pretty incidents tols
by the late.Senator Geo. G.. Yes
was his eulogy of dog in a coun
try court in Missouri. Mr.. Ves'
was waiting for a case to be called
in which he was interested. Th'
dog case came up and a man Wal
being sued for killing his neigh
boris dog. He became interested
and the plaintiffs attorney urgee
him to speak. He arose and sale
slowly:
"Gentlemen of the jury-the
best friend man has in the world
may turn against him and becc me
his enemy. His son or daughter.
whom he has reared with loving
care,> may prove ungrateful.
Those who are nearest and dearest
to us, ,,those whom we trust with
our happiness and our good name,
may become traitors to their faith.
The moneythat man..has he may
lose. It flies away from him
when he needs it most. A mans
reputation may be sacrificed in a
moment of ill-considered action.
The people who are prone to fall
on their knees to do us honor
when success is with US may be
the first to throw the stone of
malice when sets failure it's cloud
upon our heads.
1.-THE one absolute unselfish
friend that man can have in this
selfish world-the one that never
deserts. him, and one that never
proves ungrateful OF treacherous,
is his dog. A mans dog stands
by him in prosperity and in pow
erty, in health and sickness. He
will sleep on thess cold ground,
where the wintry winds blow and
the snow drives fercely, 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 oome in
encounter with the roughness Of
the world. He guards the sleep of
his pauper master as if he were a
prince; when all 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 jounrneying
through the heavens.
eff fortune drives the master
forth, an outcast in','the world,
friendless and homeless, the faith
full 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 comes and takes his master
in it's embrace, and his body is laid
away in the cold ground, no mat
ter if ali other friends pursue
their way, there by the graveside
will the noble dog be found,
his head between his paws, his
eyes sad, but open in alert watch
fulness, faithful and true even in
DEATH"
Then Mr.. Vest sat down. He
had spoken in low voice, without
a gesture. He made no reference
to the evidence or the merits of
the case. When he finished Judge
and jury we're wiplng their eyes.
The jury filed out, but soon re-en-
tered with a verdict of $500 for
the plaintiff, whose dog was shot
aud it is said that some of the
jurors wanted to hang the defend
ant.
Mr.. Vests life was full of such
incidents. He was poor NAH
as riches go, but whatever he had
was at the service of any one in
need. He loved children-he low.
ed his fellow man-and he left a
name Of which his children may
we'll be proud.
just a lump of silver" taking it
from his pocket. "but treasured