The Newtown bee., 1879-09-17
Canine CIipn;nos

Boston's dog licenses amount to over
$4,000 year
Dogs appreciate good care IF not
kept clean they will flea the house.
Tobacco stems placed with hav in the
kennel will dlspei all feas from dogs.
A Lowell Newfoundland dog, attacked
with hydrophobia, committed Suicide by
drowning.
The women of society who have more
dog than brains now have their pun
dogs portrait painted on their fans.
According to the report of the com
missioner of agriculture of North Caro-
lima, dogs cost the State $6,00O,000 an
nually.
Ninety and nine folks in the hundred
make a mistake when they cut off a
dogs tail. They reserve the wrong
end.
A large Newfoundland dog at Chris
Hamburg, Va, seeing a three-year-old
boy fall into a mill-pond, flew to the
rescue and dragged the little fellow not
only to the shore. but nearly to the
house, saving his life.
There is dog in New London. that
Will pluck up grass and carry it to the
horse, take a hat from his masters head
and pass it around, bring a match with
which to light a pipe, shut doors, go
tor the newspaper, play a violin, jump
through hoop, laugh and almost
speak.
DR." AL. Watts, Boston's dog exter-
minator, lassoes his victims with the
skill of frontiersman, having taken
lessons of Texas Jack during the win
ter, and having transferred them to his
establishment, he puts little white
powder on their tongues, and they did
in a few seconds.
The number of cases of dog madness
certified last year in Paris was 502 They
were distributed through the four sea-
sons as follows: First quarter, al {;
second quarter, seventy five; third quar-
ter: 1873; fourth quarter, fifty-three. To
judge by these figures, there are fewer
cases in the summer and autumn than in
the winter and spring.
The old phrase "a lucky dog" may
be truly.applied to New York canine.
Heis of the black-and-tan genus, boards
at a tirst-class hotel at the regular
price, eats at the table with his mis-
tress, out of a gold plate, and when his
birthday comes round party is given
in his honor. 1t is the mistress, and
not the dog, however, who is respon-
sible for all this f1ummery.
There is a dog in Philadelphia, a
Danish hound, that drinks beer. He
will drink a halfbucket of the liquor Il
day; that is, in summer. In cold weather
he will take a great deal more, seeming
to be aware that there is heat in the malt.
Felix was imported from Vienna, and
probably contracted a taste for beer be-
fore leaving home. However that may
be, he is confirmed 'beer-drinker now
A lady in White Hill, Burlington
county, n. j., is the owner of dog and
Il dove. Whenever she goes out walk
ing the dove perches itself on the dogs
head, and the latter trots off as happy
as q lark. The bird holds its position
until the party return home, unless Tow
ser is attacked by some of the bad dogs
of the borough. Then il flies to place
of safety, returning to its favOrite rOOst
when the tussle between the dogs is
over.
Four young rabbits escaped from the
hutch which ex-Mayor Miller's boys
have on their fathers lot. A spaniel
belonging to Mrs. Miller joined the little
boys in their search, and three of the
rabbits were captured, but the fourth
could not be found. Friday afternoon
the dog, who had been watching most of
the time in the garden, came into the
house with the missing rabbit in his
mouth and look on his face which said
plainly: Here's your rabbit" He
had caught it without hurting it in the
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