THE DOG DECKHAM.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 281, 17 March 1877, Page 4

THE DOG DECKHAM.

A corrospondent tf> a Victorian paper relates an anecdote relating t<» the late liesidout 'Ma 'itscraU? of Aacktand, Canrain lieekturea. who die.'.t East year: —'* I vcuietuber a do:* tn Attcklaud that nearly sent Cs'-ptt.iti Ikckliaui mad. There was a certain butc'icr whos„ v shop was in Queenstreet, through which thoroughfare, it was necessary that the Captain should pass every morning on hie. way to his office. Well, this butcher was a bully and lighting man, and wa> eoti.3htntiy before the {?. M. Jit revengtr b>r tho severe punishments which tho beak inflicted upon him, J-hnaik'ths trained this d>>g ;v!ucl» ite named l»ockhava —ti» tie its the middle of the street at the particular time at which tiie Tolice Magistrate pisscd up to hts duties ; then, just as th*? man lleckham a[>pr.>ached. ttiis butcher would stand in tro'-.t ot his shop, and blaspheme at the dog t»v ekham. " Nowg yon dog, Beckham, what are y*»;t doing tiwrs, lying in the street -yer t C.Vtue in v«.»ti old cuss; eotne in, you old cuss : come in, you old loafer, until I polish yota* wicked ribs. A e.o-j; ! you :dn*t tiatc a dog ; yotrre only ?:i iuufatton and so tie went «>n. The poor Magisfrai't*, who hml *t'» snhsr.it to this sllrt oc thing every d iy. at hist caused p.;.: h to b.s vnc uo*••.•« ihuT;:ek IlrJl, til o: - d v fi» avoid *he Te.;i- u:ic-■. He ha.l the e h>;i i".rhor.-» •*.•«:% o; cor.iu.ir. ia ; i.ie. ;.<■>, ;;i_ ae>r ;'..r trhd t«>;-mttr.ler, r.;:d he; fu.ter e->':s -ie. I<>:i of hal ving uait he was v.\-U an i skiU'u'.ty itrtn^ed."