Scaring A Dog But The Experiment Can Hardly Be Called A Great Success

Bilí Jones, of Happy Valley, carne into the office the other day and said he had found out a good way to scare a dog, says the Fairhaven News. He sald he didn't see any sense In wanting to shoot a dog or be cruel to dumb brutes by poisoning 'em when there were ways enough to just scare 'em and In that keep 'em from bitin' you. He said, just to show his good faith before we printed the recipe in the News, we might go down street past Oldfeller's place and try his dog once. So we started out with him. Jones took his umbrella and as we walked along he showed us how the oíd thing worked. He asked us to walk Just ahead and he played wa were in the position oí the dog and wanted us to growl. When we made a noise he rushed at us with the umbrella, opening and shutting it in rather a startltng manner. By and by we reacheí Oldfeller's place, but didn't see the dog. Then Jones growled llke and shouted, "Sic 'em. Towser!" In about a second and a half Towser carne flying around the fence córner and Jones ]ust had time to lower hi3 umbrelia when the charge was made. Towser made a rush like a trolley car a half block ahead of you. Jones parried and woi'ked the slide on the umbrella die. The next instant the dog had a mouthful of a four-dollar umbrella ':over and two ribs out of the game. Jones expectorated a mouthful of tobacoo Juice in Towser's eye and thea id hlm he could have the remalnder f the water cover, his remarks all jrefaced wlth adjectivea nerer used lil prayers. We didn't return to the efflce together and Jones said If we ever prlnted the recipe or made any metion of the experiment the A. O. U. W.'s would lose a couple of thusand on us and have a day off for a funeral.