Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1878 — Pranks of a Great Man. [ARTICLE]

Pranks of a Great Man.

Bismarck has always been fond of dogs. When he was a student and a country Squire he never went out for a walk without having a couple of (hounds at his heels. At Gottingen, where he led a wild, reckless life, he was summoned before the Dean for entertaining some boisterous friends with whom he had traveled into the Hartz. With characteristic assurance he put on dressing-gown and riding-boots and startled the venerable official by rushing into the room with a large bloodhound at his heels. The interview was a short one, and Bismarck and his dog went back to their quarters. Four young students of the corps of Hanover caught sight of man and dog and began to laugh. Bismarck remonstrated, high words followed, and each of the four challenged him to a duel. The Chancellor’s favorite dog for many years was Sultan, a Danish mastiff, who invariably acompanied him when he walked or rode at Varzin.