Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1892 — Appearances Are Deceptive. [ARTICLE]

Appearances Are Deceptive.

Up Union avenue yesterday there trotted a brindle bulldog of large dimensions. Ho was particularly ferocious of aspect, with a tail that had been cut so short that it was a mere reminder of a tail, cars choppod close to his head and the picturesque frescoing of scars that freely adorned his massive frame boro mute testimony to tho ninny battles in which lie had takon a leading part. He was evidently looking for trouble—for a “scrap”—and he found It. Across tho street, sneaking demurely along, was a small black dog of tho cur species, with decrepit tail, a liberal crop of “whiskers" and that air of careless abandon so often scon in the tramp species of both tho human and the brute family. Tho bulldog spied him. “Aha!” said lie, “there’s an easy game. I’ll Just take a fail out of that fellow. ’’ And without more ado Bully leaped across the street, fell on tho other dog like a thousand of brick, and, cheered on by ills master, he proceeded to do up that little dog in Just the way Mitchell says he’ll do Sullivan. And then that little dog with the whiskers and tho air of abandon woke up. He grabbed Bully by the throat ,jmd downed him, hit a hunk out of ills neck, and then a large portion of Bully’s nose disappeared In the fracas. By that time Bully’smaster interfered and saved his pet from total annihilation. The little dog, still demure, licked his chops, smiled broadly and trotted on off up the street, while his opponent was taken home for repairs. And the moral is plain: Don’t Judge of a book by its cover.— Kansas City Times.