A DOG OF BLOOD AND BONE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 406, 7 November 1874, Page 6

A DOG OF BLOOD AND BONE.

By D. G-. F. Macdonald; sou of the late Eev. Dr Macdonald, of gives the following charisteristic reply to an advertisement for a sheep dog, in i a recent agricultural work — "To Sliep- ' herds — Wanted a pure-sheep dog, I State color and price, free on board a ! London steamer," and this was the reply he received— r" Grairloch, Bossshire, Scotland. Honourable Sir — I I seed in Friday last "Inverness Courier " a ■ advertisement for purebred sheep-Dog. I Write your honour to tell you, that I have exselent one Bred of Pure 810d,,7 months of agee; Him have bone aud rib, more stronger ! than any i ever yet did seed; and He as wise as wotnaus or man. By haf a words of com mauds he will go of 1000 yards, and take auy number of sheeps to my heil ; aud him understood any1 things I say to him by sins, like Duiny Him coler Blank on the Backe to near end of taile, him then whit; Him hind legs at pint whit, one of four fets whit other Black-, Him whit under Bely and sume of the same under niuzlee ; Bit of hitn's nose whit like half Moon. Him corcus color, Euts god dog never have bad color, him ears Black, stand up when hear sound, like ears of Fox. One of ears have white spotee near head size of peny ; Him eyes white Brnun, will see as far as Hake or Eagle ; and him skin as fine as Backe of lady hands. Him was breed myself, and I did keep him from Mothers womb, and him got plenty of mothers milk when whelpe. Hims name be sprat, called after the young Heringes, cause him to be so mad in love of them to eatee we smashed Tatoes ;• him not shentle will eat anything; Plenty; good Shepherds say himgood enough for Prince Halberfc, as him as pure Breed as most &racious our Queen at Balmoral ; Him price, free on board steamer for London, in England, 37 shillings, paid through Bank of Caledonia at Dingwall, Eoss-shire, Scotland, North Brutton ; or through Mr. William Mackenzie, G-airlocs, Eosshishire, Scotland, North Brutton. Him will lame onything, he is so wise, and from what i knowed. of your Houur, and of your friends,! would rether you have it in your possession than any other'Shentlcman alive; as i as fond of him as of my Chiiders or Wife ; Dog will be time before he get over the Galickj his Mother and Father's tonge, and lame the Englishers lanage; but as him act Dumy. i tall you the sins, and you yourself can put lanage to them, He soon be scoolled then, and perfect for work among shoep — expect answer from your Honur, addressed to us as above, when you have the time. As hims teathes sharp, string will be to wake to put him of we, so we must provide chains and collar of lether so that come to 2 shilling more. Total of hole 39 shilling — with 1 shilling luck-penny for god wish dog — so Total 38 shilling. — I am, your sarvant, Matthew Mackenzie. — D. Q-. F. Macdonald, Esq., Sydenham, England."

The following letter was sent by a man to bis son at college :—": — " My dear Son — T write to send you two pairs of my old breeches, that you may have a new coat made from them. Also some new socks which, your mother has just tuit by cutting down some of mine. Your mother sends you ten dollars without my knowledge, and for -fear you would not use it wisely I have kept back half, and only send you five. Your mother and I are well, except that your sister has got the measles, which we think would spread among the other girls if Tom had not had it before, and he is the only one left. I hope you will do honor to my teachings ; if not, you are an ass, and myself your affectionate parents." One of our (Boston) citizens who has been troubled with a severe cold on the lungs affected his recovery in tbe following simple manner : — He boiled a little boneset and Jioarhound together, and drunk freely of tbe tea before go ing to bed*. The next, day he took five pills, put one kind of plaster on his breast, another under his arms, and still another on his back. IJnder advice of an experienced old lady he took all these off with an oyster knife in the afternoon, and slapped on a mustard paste instead. His mpther put some onion drafts to his feas^ffind gave, him a lump of tar to swallow. Then he put some hot bi*ieks to hia feet, and went to bed. l^exfc morning another old lady came in with a bottle of goose oil, and gave him a dose of it on a quil, and an aunt arrived about the same time from. Bethel, with a bundle of sweet fern which she made into a tea, and gave him until noon, when he took a -big doze of salts. After din-, ncr,- his wife, who had seen a fine old lady of great experience in doctoring on Franklin street, gave him two pills of her own make, about the size of an English walnut and of a similar shape, and two tablespoonfuls of home made balsam to keep them down. Then he took a lialf-pint of hot rum at the suggestion of an old sea captain in the next house and steamed his legs in an alcohol bath. At this crisis two neighbors arrived, who saw at once that his blood was out of order, and' gave him half a gallon of spearmint tea," and a big dose of castor oil. Before going to bed he took eight of. a new kind of pills, wrapped about iis neck a flannel soaked in hot vinegar and salt, and had feathers burnt on a, shovel in his room. ,He.is now full of gaatitude. We advise our readers to cut this out and keep it where it can be readily found when danger threatens.. Extravagance.— T^r. T. Fields says, in one of his lectures, that the extravagant,; indolent man, who, having, overspent his income, is sumptuously living on the principal, is like Heine's monkey, who was found one day^hilariously seated by the fire cooking his own tail in a copper kettle for dinner,