Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-02-23

Every dog must have his day." and
surely as but one dog has been admitted to
the NJ. B. circle, that dog should have
space in the column one week in which to
record his auto biography; though on ac-
count of his dislike to motor cars he would
connection with his life history. have
in my possession a picture of this same
"Teddy r." doing one of the many tricks
for which he is famous.
Some of the readers of the M. B. column
may not be especially fond of the canine
drawn from Teddy's various experiences
very aptly apply to "humans."
TEDDY RS LETTER.
Dear AUNT Mddae:
When / learned that you had accepted me
into your family of Mutuals, l so glad
that / jumped up and down and then ran
around the house three times barking, show,
WOW, wow" which in your tongue would be
"Dear Aunt Madge, Dear Aunt Madge".
l was adopted aud brought to Sorrento
about two and one-haf years ago. win give
you short history of my dog life here. IL you
will accept it. l am pleased that my lines fell
in such pleasant place, where / have play
enough to make life worth living.
love to run around on the pebbled shores
and chase the sandpiFers, then to dive into
the water and swim up and down the shore in
the cooling water. I think this must be the
identical spot where the red man padded his
canoe and wooed and won his dusky bride.
When first came here was frightened at
what saw. 1 thought it was some horrid
beats carrying off a man. 1 could see his legs
and arms going up and down as il he was in
agony trying to get away from him. / ran up,
and just as was about to catch hold of the
mans leg to liberate him, he looked at me,
then yelled "get out" SO loud that was glad
to get out just as soon as could.
Sometimes bring in my pail and they put
my dinner In it, and carry it out to eat.
would like to sit up to the table and eat with
them, but they say lyon drool". Drool! l
guess my mouth is as clean as q tobacco
chewer's, and l know that my breath is as
sweet as that Of some old tobacco-pipe
disciples.
1 stand by to take the mail matter when it
is brought to the door and carry it into the
house. think.the mail man thinks a great
deal of me. for he is a rickety old fellow who
don't like to get out of his carriage unless he
has to.
went down to the orchard one night to see
If any boys were after Uncle DIS apples and l
saw a strange looking object up in tree. He
had lots Of quilts sticking behind his ears. 1
thought he might be an editor or someone
connected with the editorial staff of TIE
AMERICAN. So going little nearer to him, /
asked, my dear sir, are you an editor or the
printers DEVIL At that time something
struck me in face, leaving twelve quilts in my
nose. came home in great pain. When Uncle
saw me he got his pincers and pulled them all
out.
Snow, Teddy, he said, "let me give you
some advice; never stick your nose into other
folks business"
Ihave lots of fun with the rabbits. would
not kill one, but love to see them Just skip
when they think / am going to catch them.
One day, while coming out OF the wood saw
pretty creature. I thought it might be q
fairy queen, as / have often dreamed Of them.
She wore a pretty fur coat with a white stripe
down the middle Of it. I thought 1 would
make acquaintance with her, so bowling very
low, / said, "Good afternoon, marm." She
turned around and standing on her high-heel
boats, she gave me one of the most scorn-
full and malignant looks, and as I
turned away, l was struck in the side of the
head with a volley, and - oh my! What a
smell. thought she had eaten as much of
the extract of onion as could be raised on a
ten-acre onion patch.
/ went home quite ashamed of myself
When Uncle saw what had happened to me-
he got water, soap and amonia and washed off
all he could. "Now, Teddy" he said, 'never
seek acquaintance with strangers If you do
not know who they are''
Most of my time l am lying at the hitchiug
post where / see all who come along.
When see fne-looking team with young
lady and gentleman its occupants, with their
smiling faces turned toward each other as il
in earnest conversation, and if think they
are going to call to get drink of water or a
bunch of sweet peas, then bark little to
give Aunt chance to brush up her hair
before she goes to the door to answer their
call. and sometimes Uncle d. may be at work
in the garden with his hat, coat and shoes
of. So | give him a chance to get his
regalia on before they see him.
When Mr.. Jake drives up / keep lookout
for him to see that his fingers don't stick to
Auntie's copper boiler, or to Uncles old
rubber boots. And l keep my eye on Mr..
Jake that he don't mistake Uncle for sack
OF old rags and put him on his cart.
The worst feature at Sorrento is the autos.
Last summer there were eight here. They do
not think that dog has any rights that they
are bound to respect. 1 have license to 20
at large, and think that a part of the road
way belongs to me. Uncle says that he
would give 800 to fund that could be used
to totally and eternally annihilate them.
There are not many dogs here for me to play