The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14
A Stage Secret.


dogs trained for the circus ring and the
stage A correspondent of the Nlus-
bated Weekly lets us into the secret of
this training. It says that when George
Fox and Lingard separated. and Fox
took the Old Bowery. the New Bowery
had celebrated dog star, who. with Il
couple of trained dogs for a whole
month played 1.-The Dog of Montargis
to a very good business. This reused
wild ambition in Fox's breast to do dogs
also. Tom Corny. the best trained dog.
had recently died. and the man Mt the
Bowery had the only educated beasts in
the business. However, ignorance at
tempts and achieves great deal some
times. The present historian proposed
what should he called The Beefsteak
Drama" \ new play should be writ
ten, in itself an attraction, called Jack
Shepard and his Dog" Jack" was
tower of strength in the Bowerv with
ont dog; with one. the new theatre
stood no chance.
Two splendid black Ncwioundlands
were secured. One, belonging to fire
company. had fair canine education
would fetch and carry; but dog No. ,
was an ignoramus. and used only rs II
double.
The eventful evening came. The fire
laddie had had neither dinner nor sup
per. but was peculiarly susceptible to
the seductions of raw steak. 1t seemed
as if young meat market was started
on the old Bowery stage. Bits of steak
were wired on all articles designated to
attract the artists attention. 1t was re-
quired that the dog should fly from the
wings, up flight of steps, ring bell.
seize a lantern from the hand of the per-
son answering the door, and then bound
off. followed by the actor.
Caesar was held in n wing while George
Fox ut the door up the steps frantically
waved porterhouse steak. CAESARS at
tention being called, he promptly
rushed to his friend. who as promptly
shut the door in his face. Caesar got
smell of the chunk wired upon the bell
pull, and gave savage snap ut that,
which rung the bell violently. Some
one appeared with the lantern, showing
Caesar mouthful of beef conspicuously
wired upon its handle. He went for it
then and there Meanwhile George had
got round to the opposite side with
sirloin: which he danced and shook as
matadore does his red rag in the face
of bull Cesar straightway rushed
for this promising lunch.
In this way he seized papers which
the villain OF the play was boasting pos
session of; he took the whole seat of a
pair of pants off Fox, who had n sirloin
neatly sewed upon them; and finally, rs
the minister of vengeance, he was Crap
pied with by the villain; rolled over
and over to the wings, where the green
dog, who was II match in size and looks,
was muzzled to padded neckcloth.
A DOMESTIC TRAGEpY.-A certain
married man of Denver, having been re-
peatedly warned by his wife to come
home earlier nights, or he would find
himself locked out, ut last found HIM
self in that fix. Gentle tappings at the
door were tried, but silence prevailed
within. Then firm rap-rap rap, but
no result. At last, after boisterOus
ponndngs. the besieged appeared ut the
battlements of the castle, so to speak
to hold parlcy with the invader.
"Who are you, and what do You
want o.
the door and let me in
mot for Joseph. You know what l
told you very we'll. and now you can
take the consequences. Goodnight,
sir
And she disappeared. Then followed
pleadings, threats, imprecations and
commands, most ludicrously inter
mixed But she held the fort, and the
recreant slept in hotel that night, and
the next night came home ut nine,
sharp.
A CURE FOR OBESITY M. NJ. Griffith,
of Wyoming, Del, writes to the Balti-
more american, stating that an infusion
of species Of seaweed, commonly
known in Delaware as gulf-weed,"
has the peculiar property Of reducing
adipose tissue in the human frame with
out injuring the stomach. No care need
be taken in regard to the amount of the
infusion the patient drinks. DIR. Griffith
first noticed the effects Of it upon per-
son who took it for the cure of u skin
disease, and found that it diminished
his excessive weight considerably. He
then took it himself, taking no other
drinks, and in the course of few we. KS
his own corpulence had greatly sub
sided. He then tried it on three stout
neighbors, who lost from twelve to
thirty pounds within periods ranging
from two to three months. DIR. Griffith
says that great care should be taken in
collecting the weed. 1t acts by the alb
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