A DOG THAT DIDN'T LIVE IN VAIN.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 43, 9 March 1878, Page 3

A DOG THAT DIDN'T LIVE IN VAIN.

■i A well-known Memphis coal-dealer,. \ not long- since* had a big dog of wonder- ■ ful sagacity. He (the dog) stayed around the coal-yard, and whenever a : coal-cart was hauled on tlie scales the | dog* always took a stand under the wag-. ijgon like a coa«h dog. He weighed nearly a hundred pounds, and was weighed as coal thousands of times, : and nearly every coal consumer m the city purchased that dog at so much per barrel. T4ie practice went on fjorjj months, and was only discovered by a funny accident.. A negro wanted a barrel of coal, and wheeled a hand-cart with coal on. the weighing scales. The \ clerk m the office worked at the scales ' and halloed through the window ;. j "Take out a lot of that coal."* The negro did so, and kept on until the coal was out of the cart. The clerk 'took. the scah3S.ag.ain, but tlie pea indicated- too much. " Take out more coal," shouted; the clerk. " You have a boat-load of coal on that cart." "Look hyar, boss*" repKed the negro, " the coal is all out, and I'll have to take the wheels off' the cart if you want , to lighten it.!' > Then- the negro looked: under- the cart, and seeing the big fat dog at his post,, exclaimedj :— "•Massa* you're selling me that dog for coaL" The dog was missed- m a. few days, and? wag foujsd dead on, the scales,, the animal having taken some poison accidentally, but. ho came back to die at his j post-.