The Bull Dog and the Pants.
One day as an animated canine of the Bovine variety was chewing the seat of a young man's pants his teeth came in contact with a death-dealing implement known as a five-shot revolver. The dog unwisely endeavoured to assimilate the article, when it discharged and fatally wounded him. The animal rolled over in agony and the young man ejaculated in gleeful tones. ; "Aha, my canabalistic Mend ; when you tackled me you were unaware that I was loaded." "True," replied the dog faintly; "but if I had tackled you unawares else but where I did you would have discovered that I was
loaded." Then the animal's Buffering ceased, and the young man secured enough money for the mangled remains from a sausage-maker to enable him to have his trousers repaired. Moral ; Never bite more'n you can chaw.
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 67, 13 September 1884, Page 5
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142The Bull Dog and the Pants. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 67, 13 September 1884, Page 5
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