Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-03
THE MAND AND HIS DOG

announcement that some vicious per-
lson had administered deadly poison
to three dogs, two Of which died. In
Idignation wa shradly less pronounced
had the victims been human beings
for in the heart of every man and
EVERY woman there is at least admir-
alton for the devotion and love every
Idog bears his master. No animal has
ever kindled the same love in a mans
breast as does his dog, and no child
learns more of honesty and fidelity
chan his canine friend.
The News is inhibited to Mr.. Ernest
Mobley, who suffered the loss of his
dog at the hands of the unknown
miscreants for copy of a tribute
which the late Senator Vest paid TO
mans best friend some years ago on
the occasion of his attendance upon
the trialof a, man who had wantonlv
( Tiled dog, and who was being
sued. Senator Vest was stirred by
the occasion and when invited by the
court paid his tribute which has be-
come &C lassic, at least among those
who have felt the sentimental appre-
citation of a canine. Here's what
Senator Vest said
Gentlemen Of the Jury: The best
friend a man has in this world may
turn against him and become his en-
envy. His son or daughter that 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 trail
tors to their faith. The money that
a man has, he may lose. 1t flies
away from him, perhaps when he
needs it the most. A mans reputa-
ton 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 failure settles
its cloud upon our heads. The one
absolutely unselfish friend that
man can have in this selfish world,
the one that never deserts him and
the one that never proves ungrateful
or treacherous, is his dog. A mans
dog stands by him in prosperity and
in poverty, in health and in sickness.
He will slep con the cold ground,
where the wintry winds blow and
the snow drives fiercely, 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 come in encounters with
the roughness of the world. He
guards the sleep of his pauper mas
ter as if he were a prince. When all
other friends desert he remains.
When riches take wings and reputa
ton falls to pieces, he is as constant
in his love as the sun in its journey
through the heavens. If fortune
drives the master forth an uotcast
in the world, friendless and homeless,
the faithful dog asks no higher priv
ilege than that of accompanying him
to guard against danger to fight
against his enemies, and when thye
last scene of all comes, and death
takes the master in its embrace and
his body is laid away in the cold
ground, no matter if all other friends
pursue thei rway, there by his grave
side will the noble dog be found, his
head between his paws, his eyes sad
but open in alert watchfulness, faith /
full and true even to death
The News has no desire to add to
the discontinue which, undoubtedly,
the conscience of the poisoner has al
ready produced, but it does hope that
the resentment which his or her
occasioned will have a
deterrent effert on others who do not
possess the human appreciation OF
our most valued four-footed friend,