s for a buffalo robe or a harness tug to chew. It does not
cost anything to keep him, as he has only eaten one trotting harness and
one fox skin robe since Monday, though it may not be right to judge of
his appetite, as he may be a little off his feed.

Pierce said he would be a nice dog to run with a horse, or under a
carriage. Why, bless you, he won't go within twenty feet of a horse, and
a horse would run away to look at him; besides, he gets right under a
carriage wheel, and when the wheel runs over him he complains, and sings
Pinafore.

What under the sun that dog is ever going to be good for is more than we
know. He is too lean and bony for sausage. A piece of that dog as big as
your finger in a sausage would ruin a butcher. It would be a dead give
away. He looks as though he might point game, if the game was brought to
his attention, but he would be just as liable to point a cow. He might
do to stuff and place in a front yard to frighten burglars. If a burglar
wouldn't be frightened at that dog nothing would scare him.

Anyway, now we have got him, we will bring him up, though it seems as
though he would resemble a truss bridge or a refrigerator car, as much
as a dog, when he gets his growth. For fear he will follow off a wagon
track we tie a knot in his tail. Parties who have never seen a very long
dog can call at the barn about meal time and see him.

A SEWING MACHINE GIVEN TO THE BOSS GIRL.

In response to a request from W. T. Vankirk, George W. Peck presented
the Rock County Agricultural Society with a sewing machine, to be given
to the "boss combination girl" of Rock County. With the machine he
sent the following letter, which explains his meaning of a "combination
girl," etc.:

Milwaukee, June 7, 1881.

W. T. Vankirk--Dear Sir: Your letter, in reference to my giving some
kind of a premium to somebody, at your County Fair, is received, and I
have been thinking it over. I have brought my massive intellect to bear
upon the subject, with the following result:

I ship you to-day, by express, a sewing machine, complete, with cover,
drop leaf, hemmer, tucker, feller, drawers, and everything that a girl
wants, except corsets and tall stockings. Now, I want you to give that
to the best "combination girl" in Rock County, with the compliments of
the _Sun_.

What I mean by a "combination," is one that in the opinion of
your Committee has all the modern improvements, and a few of the
old-fashioned fault