| Show eating a dog on an bet a gazette ben leben another anfor democrat las paid an election wager by devouring a good sized portion of a st bernard rup leben pinned 1 is faith on grover Clev elands lection and like thousands of demmien Dem mies came to grief tl e morning after the election while the result wa still in doubt tom E blines a conductor on the vine st cable road walked into saloon opposite the driving station carrying good sized at bernard pup under his aim hines is a good democrat aid was the judge of election at one ot the precincts on the hill on the morning in question he was feeling quite pay not so much over the result of the election from the effects of too many cocktails and other beverages when bantered about the result of the national election he exclaimed excitedly cit edly 1 I will cat this pip f grower cleveland is not the next of the united states ben a bartender bar tender in the place and by the way a democrat was also under the influence conceived the idea that limes wad making bis wager on election and excepted the bet As a guarantee for the strict ful ailment of the wager each principal was required to put up a stake oi 25 and james flynn was made stakeholder and referee A daiy later both men were inclined to back out but the referee a waggish lellow have it that way and stipulated that they should participate in the feast together or forfeit the stake money stather than do this Saut leben baij in would eat the dog a clean ft healthy pup on last thursday the luckless creature was slain care fully dressed and placed on ice at saloon all the details were arranged for the spread at last in the after mon the pup stripped of hi hiie and with breid onions and other ingredients to th culinary department was placed iu an oven to bake the hour for the meal wai ar ranged fair 9 but it was two hours inter before hines put in an appearance he was accompanied by charlta duffey one of the cable inspectors of the vine st road A table had been neatly spread in a room adjoining the bar and hanei after much coaxing was iinallo pre availed upon to take a seat which had been prepared for him it was evident eliat he did not relish tin undertaking leben on the other hand was not at all backward for as soon as he ha 1 taken his sc it he notified the waiter george to bring on the roast the pup was cooked to a turn and was squatted on bis haunches supported by a comple of forks thrust into his sides just behind the fore legs wedged between his jaws was a good sized wienerwurst and he was well sprinkled with spinach the sight would have madi a hungry mans mouth water had ho i not known the quality of the meat he was to tackle had the waiter carve him off one of the hind legs and he stowed it away without any tancy the expression on his face was quite amusing when he took the first mouthful and carefully tasted it in a manner betraying his doubt as to what he lad better do with it one of the forelegs fore legs was served irinea but he refused to touch it saying ne would forfeit the money be had some twenty five people witnessed the feast and there would probably have been many more had it not come affat such a late lour saulle ben wins the stake of |
