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The borrowing piec1 Dog Annosaiioh' which
we publish below, like most things in Punch,
contains excellent wit. but nothing more. Tho
attempt to blrIesquc truth, or render ridiculous
facts of a seriousrharacter, may beget mirth and
inspire smiles, yet the objects themselves remain
unframed. Whenever we read a good thing
let it cover a secret hostility or conceal a rabid
spleen. or not. can enjoy it, but after the each
;natorv explosion has died away the right of the
thing invariably resumes lis sway.


Bot Punch is on the wrong track here: John
Polk did not sell the dog Texas to Don Bernardo
Murphy alias Mexico, he was unjusly surren.
dercd in 1919, and ever since that time has been
endcavoring To effect his way back; John Polk in
retaking him does but an act of justice towards
the dog as well as 10 his country.


Many yenrs had this dog Texas suffered un-
der the nal. .governmrnt of Mexico, many priya.
tions did Texas undergo in the new country. by
conforming to the str; nge, bar5arous customs
of Mexico. by settling and out of the Wilderness
achieving for himself home.


III piDCeSS VI I'iiit VIC IVY "hAcu o''o'E E''' w
came mighty and warke, and being always an
ardent lover Of freedom, its privileges. blessings
aud principles, he determined TO throw off the
rksomeJ AID tyraunnus government of Mexico, and
work out his own independence and the sand
among his fellows which of right, belonged to him
-thnt Of perfect equality with the other animals
of the world; such as England, France Spain
et al, by whom his independence was finally ac.
know Icdged, thereby granting to him, Texas, a
sta ton of equality among them and ri ght de jure
ct de Eacio. to do with himself as he pleased.


The battles fought by the dog Texas with the
wolf Mexico were bloody and frightfuI. always
accompanied on the sido Of the dog Texas by
acts of the most daring heroism, the greatest
magnnnlmitv. and true Ajax brasery-on the
part of the wolf Mexico we're displayed poridy.
savage ferocity TO helpless prisoners, and open.
pae.hearled cowardice upon the actual fed.-
But the wolf Mexico enjoyed the benefit of the Sc.
cret and whispered counsel of a certain ally IN
Europe that offered him 'bone to pick if he
would not acknowledge the indePen dcnce of''Tex.
as. while Santa Anna, that limping wolf who
was once caught in trap, and sneaked out oi
JUSTICES hands, collecting packs of wolves so har
assed the defonceess homes of Texas that he
poor dog though far braver than the brave.t OF
his enemies yet having few to fgh; his battles
and little wherewith TO support them, applied lc
his brother for relief. He came breathless frou
the massacres Of the Alamo, Of Fannn, Of many
,reacherous and sangunary fields, and with his
sword of victory dripping with the blood it hnt