VOL. IL
M c M innville , O regon . T uesday , J anuary
NO. 8
WILD 1)008 OF ATLANTA.
A Curious
Result of the
Late
Rebell
ion.
Bntered in the Postoffloe at MoMinnville for
Transmission Through the Mails as Sec
Did you ever hear of the wild dogs
ond Glass Matter.
of Atlanta? At one time the country
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around here was at the mercy of these
savage annuals. Horses, elephants, and
camels can be made to take an almost
human interest in war. but dogs can
not stand the racket. The din of battle
and the smell of villainous saltpeter
breaks them up entirely.
Our dogs had a hard time during the
siege. Tnere were thousands of them
in those days, and when the season of
short rations set in they were the first
to feel it. In many instances they were
abandoned by their refugeeing owners
and had to literally forage for a living. .
The thunder ot the Wg guns, the un-1
earthly shrieks of the shells, the noise
of falling buildings, the rattle of mus
ketry, and the heavy tramp of march
ing soldiers all struck terror to the ca
nine contingent. Toward the close of
the siege nearly every dog in the city
was half rabici or in the last stage of
nervous prostration.
The wretched
brutes sought shelter under houses and
in bomb-proofs. Majestic mastiffs and
surly bull-dogs curled their tails between
their legs and yelped mournfully nt
every unusual sound. Hundreds of the
bolder ones made a frantic break over
the breastworks and ditches, and made
their way through the lines of both
armies, never stopping until they reach
ed the woods.
It was even worse after Sherman’s
army entered the place. The citizens
were driven out in such a hurry that
they had no time to think of their pets
and no means of transportation for
them. Later, the destruction of the
city by fire, and the general pandemo
nium that ensued, scattered the few re
maining dogs.
These innocent victims of the ravages
of war had a terrible experience during
the rigorous winter of 1864-5. Their
misery drove them to form strange part
nerships, and it was a common sight to
see them roving in bands of a dozen or
more. The old saying, “Banish the
dog from his kennel and you have a
wolf,” was illustrated in this case. In
the course of five or six months the
country people for fifty miles around
were spinning marvelous yarns about
"them wild dogs from Atlanta.”
The dog belongs to the genus which
{»roduces the wolf, the jackal, and the
ox. Tame dogs of course lose many ot
the characteristics of these animals,
but when persecution and misery cause
them to relapse into a wild state they
take the appearance, the habits and
the tastes of wolves and jackals. Such
was notoriously the fact with the Atlan
ta dogs. They "lost every trace of domes
ticity. They grew to enormous size,
with savage eyes and cruel-looking
fangs.
Occasionally a gang of these ferocious
beasts would swoop down on a farm
yard, devouring chickensand pigs, and
attacking men when they stood in their
way. It took the liveliest kind of shoot
ing to drive them off. Sometimes they
would surround a lonely cabin and wait
for the inmates to come out They
even made raids into little villages,
forcing the inhabitants to shut them
selves up in their bouse«. The disap
pearance of many a negro in those
perilous times was fully accounted for
when his skeleton was found with every
particle of flesh gnawed off and with
the ground around showing evidences
of a desperate struggle.
Early in 1866. when a few refugees
began returning to Atlanta, they bad to
struggle with these wild dogs for the
possession of the ruins. Bloody en
counters occurred among the ash beape
and piles of debria. Every cellar and
bole in the ground held these raven
ous brutes, and they leaped upon men,
women and children without the alight- [
Vt provocation. At th%t^ time it was
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1887
dangerous io ride or drive out in the
country. On the mam road between
here and Decatur, in broad daylight,
dogs were known to attack horses at
tached to buggies, forcing their drivers
to open a hot fusilade with their revol
vers.
After getting this taste of a wild life
the Atlanta dogs went to the bad alto
gether. They never reformed. A re
lentless warfare was waged upon them
from Stone mountain to Kenesaw, and
one by one they bit the dust until they
were all wiped out The reader at a
distance must not jump to the conclu
sion that this indiscriminate slaughter
has caused any unusual scarcity of «logs
in this region. Thanks to the univer
sal human weakness for pets, we are
abundantly supplied with bench-legged
fices, terriers, pugs, Newfoundlanders,
mastiffs, and bulls. If some unexpected
calamity should cause them all to go
wild, after the fashion of their predeces
sors, they would be an uncommonly
tough crowd to deal with.— Atlanta
Constitution.
Origin of Familiar Provertx
“What have you under your c
Paddy Jaselin?” asked Judge Cau,
“Nawt a bitt av et, Yezonnor!” “Not
a bit of what?” Pat said nothing, but
gave a wink that would have stuck a ■
cable-car on a down grade. "What’s
tinder that ooat?” “Me soard, sorr;
•bure Oi’ll show yeez Oi’m a soard
swawl’r! "Let me see it, quick!” and
the court took the sword, pulled the |
cork out, smelled it, tasted it, and
drained it to the very last, and then
imacked his lips. When his hair stop
ped pulling he looked down at Paddy,
who was paralyzed with astonishment,
and, with a smile that was worthy of a
cherubim, he remarked: “There, Pad
dy, is the scabbard; you may go.”—SA
Loutf ChronicU.
Fancies in 1‘erfYimre.
Everybody looks at the perfumery bot
tles in a drug store. There are all kinds
—“White Rose,” “Golden Lilly of Ja
pan,” "Frangipani,” "Pond Lily,”
"New-Mown Hay," “Jockey Club,”
"Patchouly,” "Forrest Flower,” and all
of the other fancy-named scents with an
immense variety of cologne water. The
most of these are in one, two, and four
ounce bottles, prettily labeled. and with
the corks covered with sheepskin and
tied with a pink, a red, or a blue ribbon
or a fancy cord. You can look at them
and pick them up and shake them, hut
you can’t smell of them. And there are
always along in close proximity a lot of
larger bottles, cut-glass concerns, very
nice to look upon anil with glass stop
pers which are neither covered with
sheepskin or tied into place.
Then the visitor has some fun. One
by one the stoppers are removed and
first the stopper and then the mouth of
the bottles is applied to the nostrils.
Next the stopper is replaced anil the bot
tle shaken a little so that the stopper is
moistened with the liquid and then the
stopper is touched to tne nose or rubbed
along the upper lip. Then the finger is
wet a little and nibbed across the vest
or th* front of the dress, and sometinies,
if the druggist is not looking, a little is
doused upon the handkerchief.
These perfumes are a very profitable
stock of goods. There is always a steady
demand lor the nice amelia, and there is
a good-sized profit upon them. At holi
day time the sales are still larger. The
pretty bottles and the useful oontents
are nioe remembrances, and are always
acceptable. Sometimes they are snugly
stored in fancy boxes with a cupid, or
a flower, or somethiiur like that to make
them look nioer. fte perfumes are
usually made from the essential oil of
the flower, the name of which the per
fume bear», and the oil dissolved in al
cohol. Thera is a kind made also from
deodorized kerosene oil, which, when
scented, makes a delightful perfume
which costs very little, and can be sold
tor • high figure and at a good profit, i
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“Truth is stranger than fiction” *aa
Invented by an editor as a head-line to
a twenty-line lie so monstrously
extravagant, that he knew nobody
would believe ten words of it The
original use of this proverb is contin- •
ued unto this day. Whenever you see
that line in a newspaper don't believe
a word you read under it.
“I’ll make a spoon or spoil a horn,”
was the thought of a man who never
made a spoon in all his life, and who
knew perfectly well that he couldn’t
make one, and only took a mean man’s
malicious delight in spoiling a horn.
P. 8.—For a man who likes to take his
horn straight the introduction of a
spoon always spoils it.
“A wink is aa good as a nod to a
blind horse,” was said by a man with
a stiff neck, who wanted to nod, but
couldn’t; although why any sane man
should wish either to wink or nod at a
blind horse no man can tell.
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"A little more sleep and a little more
slumber,” commonly attributed to the
sluggard, was stolen by him from the
niitht watchman, who invented it in his
dreams.
“Fast bind, fast find,” was remarked
by a police justice when he bound the
tough over to keep the peace and fined
him 915.86.
"All’s well that ends well,” was said
by a murderer who killed a dude. The
name of the murderer is suppressed
lest he should be overrun with more
orders than he oould fill, and thus be
compelled to hire a clerk, who wouM
eventually run off with all the money.
“All’s fare in love and war” was ths
inspired thought of a railroad conduc
tor.
“One swallow does not make a sum
mer,” was the brilliant remark of a
man who was trying to see how many
swallows do make a summer. Nets
Bene—If the thermometer got half so
high as the experimenter did, the dog-
days came right along on the heels of
Christmas that year. The record of
the swallows, however, was lost in the
dim mists of O’Blivion, the great Irish
swallower.
“Dead men tell no tales,” was the
joyous exclamation of the first editor
who slew a man who came in with a
continued story of sixty-five chapters.
It was this same editor who, upon re
ceiving a demand for 10 cents from a
poet for an epic poem upon which he
Lad labored twelve years, said: “Write
makes smite.” And then he smote
him, that he died. — Brooklyn Hag is.
Mr. Spurgeon, the prrn her who long
asro gave over tin world anil the, devj ,
h: < now played quits with th< flesh also.
He has become a vegetarian.
Gold-benrmg quartz has been dis
covered in Hampshire County. West
Virginia, and quite a number of people
are flocking to the “diggin’s.”
A Boston physician gives the name of
tennis elbow to a painful ailment con
tracted by la-r-ori» who devote them-
»vlvea too |a rsistcnt.ly to tlw game.
The Sabbath is held in such great
resjiect at Thurso, Scotland, that the
cemetery is not allowed to be opened on
that day. Even burial is consider«-d a
desecration.
A man of average intelligence pos
sessed of great patience will accomplish
mon- in a given direction than one of
great ability without it. Thi fiduc/h-
twni Wtukly .
"Dad, were you ever a fish?” The
individual thus addressed lowered hia
chin and gazed over his spectacle« at
the boy iu apeochleaa astonishment.
"O don’t get mad at me, dad, for
asking you, ' continued his inqniaitive
offspring. "Mrs. Cooly camo ia after
you had gone yesterday and asked ma
what ahe would de it you were dead,
and ma laughed and said «bo guessed
there was just as good salmon In the
sea as you are