Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1912 — Sykes’ Dog and Hood’s Army. [ARTICLE]

Sykes’ Dog and Hood’s Army.

After the battle of Nashville a friend asked President Lincoln ,if he expected any more trouble from Hood’s army. He replied: - "Well, no, Medlll; I think Hood’s army is about in the same fix of Bill Sykes’ dog, down in Sangamon county. Bill had a long, yellow dog that was: forever getting Into the neighbors* ! meat houses and chicken coops. They had tried to kill it a hundred times, but the dog was always tod smart tori them. Finally one of them, got a smalt bag and filled it up with powder, tying a piece of punk around the neck. When! he saw the dog coming he fired this’ punk, split open a hot biscuit and put, the bag In, then buttered it and threw it out. The dog swallowed it at a gulp. Pretty soon there was an explosion, and pieces of the dog fell all around. Bill Sykes came along, and,, seeing the scraps lying around, said: T guess that dog, as a dog, ain’t of much more account’ There may be fragments of Hood’s army aroubd, but I guess his army, as an army, ain’t of much more account”