Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

A North Carolina wagoner sold his dog to a Laurens county man the other day for half a barrel of sorghum syrup. The dog however, refused to be sold and took refuge under the wagon. The Laurens county man crawled after him with a piece of meat in one hand and a rope in the other. Although there were several spectators of the scene that ensued it is difficult to get to the facts. All agree that there was a scuffle under the wagon, accompanied by yelps and yells; but no one is willing to affirm that the man had the dog or the dog had the man. Finally, the dog, as it would seem, brushed up against the hind legs of the mule and then all was still. It is not certain what killed the dog. One of the spectators said he thought he heard a trace chain rattle, but when he went around to examine the mule she was asleep. The man had lost his hat, his coat and the greater part of his trousers, and subsequent examination proved that the dog died with one ear and a handful full of hair in his mouth.-Atlanta Constitution.