Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1885 — A Dog Story. [ARTICLE]

A Dog Story.

Four newly-arrived guests were sitting around the stove in a Texas country hotel. The landlord entered, and noticed that there was a large dog under the stove. Turning to oneyf the guests with an obsequious bow, the landlord said: “That’s a magnificent dog you have got there. Fine breed. I can tell that by the looks of him. lam a sort of a crank about fine dogs." The traveler said that the dog did not belong to him. “No?” said the landlord, “then I suppose the noble animal belongs to you, sir. San Bernard, is he not?" “How the Sheol should I know. The pup don’t belong to me," remarked the second traveler. The landlord looked at the third guest, and remarked: “That dog must have cost you a pile of money. Those kind of dogs are scarce in these parts.” The third guest shook, his head, and said the dog was not his. ... “By Jove, it’s a pleasure to look on a dog like that He is a beauty. I suppose he is a great pet. How old is he?” “Damfino; I never saw him before,” replied the fourth guest. “You cussed bench-legged fice, get out of here, filling the room with fleas, you mongrel cur,” exclaimed the exasperated landlord, kicking in three of. the dog’s ribs, and lifting him into the adjoining county with his boot, as the dog tried to get - out through the door.-*- Texas Siftings. Music-boxks were invented about 100 years ago, and are chiefly made in Switzerland. Some of them cost as high as $5,000, and. are as large as a piano. This, perhaps; will give an idea how highly they are thought of by some people. •