Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1890 — He Had a Hundred Eyes. [ARTICLE]

He Had a Hundred Eyes.

Just as the rush was under way at Fulton Ferry, Saturday, says the New York Sun, a man, accompanied by a little dog attached to a long string, slowly picked his way put of the crowd. The man had been celebrating the landing of Columbus or the marriage of Princess Louise, and hi 9 course was very meandering. At times tho dog led the man, and then, again, the man led the dog. When the man didn’ t get the dog into trouble, % the dog was pretty sure to get h.ii master into a tangle. The string wa9 so long that the faithful animal was ever being separated from his master, and the treacherous twine wound itself around the trousers or skirts of the pedestrians, as the case might be. In the midst of the disturbance a policeman came along. “Why don’t you pick up the dog and carry him?” asked the officer, as he watched the man make vain efforts to Jplace his hand on the frisky canine. “Are you so drunk that you can’t see where he is?” “See him!” echoed the man in a maudlin voice, “why, I can see a hundred of’em. ”