Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-02

[From the New York Times !


dogs Educated" Such was the inscription
on neatly painted tin, with notice affixed, that
business could be attended to "ony between the
hours Of 10 and 2 O'clock" We remember very
distinctly the signs on the Pont Neuf-"0n
coupe les chiens ct les chat, ct on via en- vllc"-
and wondering what new phase of the profess
sion could be found, we mounted three flights
of stairs, deliberately knocked at a door, ex-
pecting to be answered by a clamorous barking,
but were mistaken, for nothing canine was
audible. Presently the door opened, and a Verv
pleasant person, the master of the premises, on
our expressing the desire for full information,
politely offered us a chair, aud gave us some in
tcresting details of his method of instruction.
'You do notmcan to say that you make reg
ular profession OF it do youH
"Oh, yes, certainly-though there amt more
than three in the whole country as follows it
strictly. Most of them combines exhibitions
with their animals, Or has line of fancy dors
in connection with the business. Sometimes
have few nice dogs to sell, sent 10 me by my
English connections, but Pm rather suspicious
about them mostly. Pm afraid they have been
stolen in the old country. generally can tell a
stolen dog"
"And, pray, howP
"Why some of the signs is easy. A real Isle
of Skye is a rare dog in America If he's good
he don't leave home; he's worth more there than
here. 1t the same case with most high-bred
dogs. The best place for q thoroughbred En-
glsh dog, especially fancy dog, is at home. A
dog that is stolen is mostly taken from rich peo-
pie, who don't watch him enough. Then, when
you have got him, his ways indicate former
good and kind handling. He won't sit down on
the bare floor when there is q strip of carpet
and, what is strange, and | believe have par
ticularly observed it, when he barks at a beggar
it amt as much on account of his rags but be-
cause the dog has been accustomed to people
who were clearly in their habits; not to put too
fine point 10 it, who were sweet scented, and
he can't stand bad smells. Except YOU Duy
dog, or puppy, from very particular friend,
! am safe in saying in London and just as like
ly in New York, nine-tenths of the full-grown
dogs sold are stolen"
"You train dogs, thenP
81 prepare the subjects for performances
Mostly takes puppy from his birth and brings
him up; sometimes dog is sent to me to edu-
cate. But don't do anything in monkeys.
They are very troublesome; kind of uncertain
like. You think, after ever so much pains, you
have got one that is well up in his part, regular
lv posted, and likely TO do you credit; but one
fine morning you find he has bolted his work,
clean forgotten it, and you have to begin over
again. The public is entirely mistaken about
him. Generally the rule with Misunderstanding
is to give him good licking at the start, and
then to keep up a lively hiding all the time.
Most especially this will hold good with the
| smaller kind, though have heard tell that the
bigger the monkey the more like a man he is,
more about monkey habits than do"
| where did you learn the businessp
| I'm England, sir, most forty years ago. As
a boy Travelled with booth, sir. We had a
kangaroo, wild boar, and a trained dog.
rose in the business, and me and that same doc
was professional for over three years. I was
once one of the under-keepers of the monkey
lodge at the Geological Gardens. | might have
been there now but for an accident"
How was thatP
"Why, you see, sir, we had very large com
pany of monkeys, and the whole of them ex
cepting the very rare and savage ones was di
Vided into lots Lords and commons we used Il
call them, or senators and representatives Thu
monkeys kind of understood the distinction, ant
| stood on their privileges, each party being di
vided from the other by wire lattice. They
| could, II they wanted to, squeeze their hands anC
feet through, but just as sure as any did lust Sc
| certain would some monkey on the other sid
bite them; SO, save making faces at one another
and chatting of themselves, they were as order
ly set ofpoliticians as you would want to see
| One dav the upper keeper (know'd nothin!
about monkeys, sir,) handed me a pretty mic
specimen from middle Africa. Says he, 'Siz
that monkey, and be careful TO put him in hi
own department. Now, the smaller monkey
we called number twos, the larger ones numbe
ones. So, seeing he was understood, popp't
him in the twos, which was the member of par
Lament side. He seemed 10 take to it right of
and made friends quite naturally His chum
KIND OF trooped all around him, and he KEEP
chattering away, and they listening like every
thing, aud all was agoing on as serene as quar-
Ter sessions. That very night you would hav
Thought the devil had broken loose Such
shrieking and crashing and tearing / neve
dld hear. Hang me if the little monkeys hadn'
made sorue, broken bounds into the big mon
keys house, and the awfullest fight was goin,
on you ever see. What was the strangest thin,
was, that the little monkeys were whipping th
big ones like smoke Evidently a.leading o
tnem was the new conner. Like a good general
he wasn't doing much Of the fghting. but wa
all over the cage at the same time, a jerking 0