Passing Parade by Nelson Pryor, Guest Columnist

Man’s Best Friend George Graham Vest, an attorney, represented a boy, Andy Johnson, who wanted compensation for the willful killing of his dog, Johney, from the killer, and harasser, Carter Johnson. Johney, the dog, was this Johnson County, Missouri, country boy’s, best friend. The August 29, 1914 Literary Digest, records a commemorative tablet that was erected at the county courthouse to “a man who made a speech there once about a dog,” The man, Vest, had become a U. S. Senator, an