The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-15
Ola Mr.. Cranes Smart Trick.

If it wasn't for this article you might
be insi ignorance of the fact that old Mr..
Crane moved in house on Macomb
Street about six weeks ago, and that he
is new to Detroit. He came here from
| Oswego, and of course it will take some
time to get used to our ways, which are
not the ways of Oswego. For instance,
there are no dogsin Oswego, or at least no
dogs which whoop around at nights,
tracking up peoples door-yards and
chasing peoples cats. 1t didn't take
Mr.. Crane long to discover that the
million dogs of Detroit make a regular
practice of "going down town" every
night in the year. The second night af-
ter his arrival he was aroused at mid
night by various noises, and pressing his
nose against the cold window-pane he
counted eleven big dogs promenading
over his yard in search of remnants of
cold chicken or custard pie
1t was the same next night, the night
after, and. in fact, the dogs took great
liking to that family. 1t is a nice back
yard for dog fight, or for dogs to sit
down and let their thoughts go back OF
pioneer days. Some fought and some
reflected, while others hunted for bones
and chuckled as they lodged the brick
bats cent down by old Mr.. Crane.
3 The other day, while wondering if he
would have to poison two or three hun
dred CANNES to obtain for himself one
nights rest, he came across big bear
trap left in the barn by the family who
had moved out of the house.
" That's the kind of bear trap 1 am !"
cackled the old gent as he took it down,
Before the bell strikes twelve to night
some dog will wish he had never been
bornW
just at dusk that evening he set the
trap and placed it under his window in
the favorite spot nightly occupied by an
old white dog with a deep bass voice.
He baited it with raw beef, fastened it
to stake, and he chuckled and grinned
until his wife concluded to stay awake
and see the fun. The first dog put in an
appearance about 10 O'Clock. He sat
down On an old fower-pot and chinned
the moon for quarter of an hour, when
the crowd began to arrive, and Mr..
Crane felt that everything was lovely.
A terrier dog was the first to discover
the trap. He picked off the meat and
walked away as if it was the regular
programme, and Mr.. Crane quit chuck
ling. He finally decided to put his
faith in chance, and he dropped pound
of beef beside the waiting trap. Some
fourteen or fifteen dogs made rush for
the meat, and during the grand fight the
trap put in blow for liberty.
What is now written can be backed UP
by the solemn afidavits of nearly two
hundred'persons. The dogs were fight
ing right over the trap when it sprung,
and it fastened to the legs, ears or tails
of five different CANNES. The fighting
ceased for an instant and the silence was
awful. Then came noise composed of
growls, howls, barks and roars from five
dogs, and the way the people in that
neighberhood kicked off the bed clothes
was perfectly outrageous. Old Mrs.
Crane jumped into bed and covered up
her head, while Mr.. Crane flew down
stairs, flew up again, and cried out in
his anguish:
"Tll be hanged if I amt the biggest
fool in American
Four policemen and one hundred and
fifty citizens speedily gathered in front
of the house. Some said it was a family
fight, others thought that murder was
being committed, and no one could make
out why five dogs should linger there
and keep up such row. The police
opened on the CANNES with powder and
ball, and then called upon Mr.. Crane to
come out and explain the matter.
Gentlemen" he replied, as he stood
shivering on the front steps" gentle
men, if should live to be a thousand
years old should never forget this night
Let Judge Bradley alone and abuse me;
call me returning Boardl Let Con-
gressional Investigating Committee
climb on me? Let all the papers pitch
into me, and do you vote against me if
1 come up for oficel PH remove the.
stains the first thing in the morning,
and I'll sell bear trap mighty cheapw
WICHITA (Kas.) Beacon: A Germanliv
ing on Sand Creek, six miles above the
mouth, started with his two little boys
twelve and fourteen years Of age, for the
Chikaskia, after load of wood. Travel
ing in an unsettled country, he lost his
way. They started on Saturday and wan
dered about till Monday morning. On
Sunday night their sufferings were terri
rible. The father cut grass with his pen
knife and covered the boys; he at inter
walls would run around to get little
warmth in his almost frozen body. The
cruel night finally came to an end, and
the man recognized his locality and
knew that he was about five miles from
his home. After getting to the fire and
thawing out, they found that they were
frozen to the knees. They will probably
lose their legs. The only food they had
was their little dog, which they killed
and ate.
THE horses of the great street railway
lines of New York labored through the
severe work which the wintry weather
imposed upon them only to become vic
Tins of cerebro spinal meningitis. The
horses attacked were first observed to
become weak in the legs and dizzy, then
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stables of the car lines have been visited
by the disease, but in the stables of a
Brooklyn company thirteen out of forty
attacked have died. The appearance of
the disease is attributed to the change
able spring weather.