Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1914 — WAS NOT REVENGEFUL MAN [ARTICLE]

WAS NOT REVENGEFUL MAN

But at the Sdme Time Dog Owner Meant That His Pet Should Have a Fair Show. "I am not a revengeful man,” said a Brooklyn real estate dealer, “but now and then I do want to get even. A few days ago I drove out as far as Mineola in a horse and buggy, and my dog followed me. He’s no fighter as a dog, and it was a bad trip for him. Every time we passed a farmhouse a dog came rushing out to roll my canine in the dust, and he was licked 36 different times before we got home. I was sorry for him and mad at the other dogs, and three or four -days later I got a loan of a mastiff and made the trip over again. There was fun from the start to finish. The same farmers’ dogs came bounding off the fence to chew up something, and most of them got hold of the mastiff before they knew whether he was a poodle or an elephant They saw their mistake too late. Lord, he slayed ’em right and left He simply left a trail of howling, limping dogs from Prospect park to Mineola and back, and I’ve been told that some of the farmers along the road have offered as high as S2O for my scalp. No; I’m not a revengeful man, but I want to see my dog have a fair show in this world, don’t you know.”