The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-01
VESTCH ESTER SET NOM.
Mrs. spoons simple and lnfallibie Remedy
Tor Consumption.


In the little village of Wakefield, on the
Bionx river, In westchester county. Is a French
and German settlement that has many people
who have some peculiar superstiti1ns. They
live In little pine hou'cs In the inches OF the
hills, and have litils to do with their native
American neighbors. They false arnies OF geese
and dogs, which range about their ellinRs,
and In their gardens pigs and children are
equally plentiful Among their ncighbors are
m ny persons who. on sccount Of either jeal-
ousy or spite, spin yarns In the corner groceries
to the mage OF the Germans sni Frenchmen.
A letter, signed bv a resident OF Yorkvle, was
received In the Sun Office Yesterday, In which
the writer averred that 1.-The use Of dog meat
for the cure OF consumption Is not 80 unusual
a. might be thought, and that many French aud
German families In Willilmsbridge prefer IL to
either mutt on or veal or beef"
reporter visited the house Of French fam
lily IN Wniamsbrdgo yesterday, and asked
whether they preferred dog n'sh to either beef
or mutton or vel. The huU .r. which a. on the
tnn> of the ru-hing Broax. IA sutruIunrd bv
oo' kennel md dogs unnumbered. it, Fsench
"Yes. We Keen lots dogs. tan terrier, r't ter
risr. bl elk rup, King C."rcs. iizo reer. an,
yes all sorts. Pr fprmiu' do s, ver know |
tell yer thit lcene ularK cGrivcuni pnr in mar
can preinrm nnytning want. tav s.. % for
hm, , nj | not ttn him for onvtmng. We ett
dol" oX ''nircd tho woman, her ilp curlina.
"Wh 1 me eat dat dug f.r hovr Ma, n, ne
eit dr. dog. 1 cost ne yj.0OJl Y , sup ose
me kill dat d's2 why. mo SEE da dog bustcd
y IRE eat MN. tie cost mo too much, whlt
yer II hi,n. IN 'ueY."
" liut have YOU heard OF nybOdy In Williams
briGye whO d - cft dogs Z"
INA, only tHc old p,g man IN wakcn Id;
a1d he don't en- ~, only the hovg lague MIN 10y
sinpin' out IN etr 'et and telin' him ne da.'
A htile 3 t,crii OF nc'.h oors hai formed
about th- FfeucL ht tusrwifv. ssuc It'd Euw she
and her uusuand urneysd with thsir merry per.
forming dogs ever summer. and gave exhibit
tons In barns aud schoolnOusrs. one " tho
| bys anders had heard OF doS eater down n
| Or,isianl; another knew OF man IN New
| Rochelle who ate dogs; still another thought
| that everybody In william bridge might soon
| sye to learn to eat dog " the times did not
mend. At length stalwait. III OK bearded
| man said that 1t "a scandalOus ct thHt
| spoons. the old bag M n IN Wax, ieid. cred for
nothing out the rits of doss there's 4 man
| with a biz black n ousti ne over the river SAID
hs, "that can tell YOU all about IT."
lhe mn with q biz black mOUstache sat In
the door OF nlachins snop, and over hi, legs
were the Rttmv folus oi ullcksmit - HnrOn.
"Why, yc7." said ne. OLD Spoons dou't 70
for an tning nut dog ne4t. lie eats II in sorp,
sHeais tne lard On Ms tTo"n broad. lie Is a
uettl or a man, he is Just 60 up aud see nj Do. Il
| m,ncs. a prominent nsson - Wnii msbri rc,
| went Up to see old Snonns. Tor Sa"o.s h"d sked
nun - u,nne,; Mvi' Icy , an1 , 'so1 l
| tnat dinner was ready, ann that he had - l
| nice r. bit u give liu. ilrne- SIT dJNn tp the
| tfD.e, nnh as TOE two men ate the smokini ;
rAnUi. they lAed. ana Charley saiI inst 1t
| VS. not u4ten that he got 20 nice spread.
| Alter they y d dnished eating spoons said to
bis rues,, Vel, Snariey. nov YOU like dot lno
| Rabbit Oh trleY answer Il, 'ltptup. spoons
| var you get himf like hln SO veil det guess
| dot nave some beei, nout t gaiun. linen
| wnilr the twI were dunking the beer ~pOpns
| A a. Snafl.y, dot rabbit dot YOU lust eat Vas "A
| big fat pup, dot / vas fatteniDg, anl got an
other areauy killed shust iiSe him. VIII you r.
| ana see himF III nos astunlsue I. didn't reply,
| but he weut win spoons lnto the III cncn, anu
| there he the remains of tue dos, the mate
| Oi the ons II wuiCa n had par AIKEN. | tell
YOU. Oh Ilcv HNncs won't ulht away IRON tlat
piacc, anG he sta ed away, an !e WAS not able
20 go to work tor sever, weeks
| Another man In Villa us'iidse said that he
| had long been uolghDur Of spoon, and IN /
no h ID often seen I. @ latter aud h,s wife boil
| lng the ios Of d.Gs, M tina; they read the
| fat Il the animai- on tneir brJwh.Dread and
| pronouuced II better tunn RABBIT.
| Inc reporter c4.l a. the home Of
| Mr. Fl 'derics spoon who IS c He'd spoons by
the vii aRrIs. All tue nliy were away, exec. / "a
| son, vino -aii I at his iatner wpo is "a jun,
| dealer. uad driven over 10 New iiocucle With
| hls moth r to visit "a ri nd. Tue young IN n
| denied that his parent. ate dog nesh. saving
| that his mOtuer useu II fnr medicine. About
| thiee years ago. taii he, my niUtutr cot con
| IN ttOn and aVue, ana she was he rly gone
| Tree dnct r. told her that she must al. and
| II her. lImt ey. un old ped ller came alun D..
| bott es. lie told her IN the dog would cure
| her Hne bought Dott and II nelped her so
| much that she Kept taking II, ana about six
| mont s a q she was entirely cured. Ih4 ned
| dler c mo only few times, and after he stoppeJ
father used to buy up do - his trips Into the
country, md a man down mere killed tuein, and
| then mother boiled out the fat and ate II, and
mother only ate the fat. Its a bully thinl for
| Consumption. Three sisters over here nave jdst
| died OF consumption bee use they would not
eat dog lat. My mother tried to make them eat
ltand get well, but they put up their noses, aud
80 tney died. My mother Rot well, and Is as big
as An WOnau.'