Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-03-26

A Curious Canine Trade.

Mr.. Doney's place is in a two story
brick building on certain narrow
street of New York. Its dingy walls
and old-fashioned architecture indicate
that many years ago it served for q
reputable family mansion. but now O
legend above the door declares it to be
depot for birds and dogs-a fashiona-
BILE depot, perhaps it would say, for
Mr.. Doney caters principally to the
tastes of fashionable society. Mr.. Do
ney's place is also announced by an un-
savory smell and discOrdant chorus OF
yelps from within, and by show"win-
dow containing an aquarium of gold
fish, glass case containing a Skye ter
rier, as pert as sawdust and glass eyes
can make him, and sedate-looking
owl. as natural as life, saving in lack
of blinking. Underneath the perch of
the owl trio Of monkeys of diminutive
size are clinging by limb and tail to
the dried branch Of a tree. Their
pinched.up little bodies, no longer
capable of playful antics, would have
formed sad subject of contemplation
to the very sentimental gentleman who
once went upon journey.
The door from the street opens into
little hall scarcely big enough to
turn around in. and the way into the
room at tho right is barred by panel
gate. Go through the gate, and you
are in the midst of a curious scene.
The ceiling is hung with queer sort
Of drapery-clusters of poke berries
hung up to dry. Cages containing ca
naries, bullfnches, mocking- birds,
thrushes, and other birds, hang around
the walls, and are pendant from the
ceiling, and several containing noisy
poll parrots sit on shelf at one side.
A large mouser-lately from the fingers
of the taxidermist-with monstr GUS
yellow eyes, is staring from shelf
near by, and just below poodle is sit
ting on his launches, patiently holding
mp one of his paws as if Trowbridge's
vagabond had said to him: "Come,
you rascal, put up that paw" Behind
an iron railing, which divides the room
into two compartments, are confined q
troop of dogs-mastiffs, black. and -tans.
pugs, Scotch and Skye terriers, Spitz
dogs, poodles, spaniels, and many
other kinds, long-nosed and short
nosed. The tier of cages in the back.
ground, strongly suggestive of q me-
naeerie, We are after wards told is the
hospital. Then customer or visitor
makes his appearance, the parrots, sit
ting In row, set up an unearthly clat-
ter, and the dogs rush up to the rail-
ing and loudly protest against the in
truslon, and the sick dogs in the hos
pltal, startled from their uneasy slum-
bers. contribute their feeble voices to
the uprosr.
The dog fancier comes in and puts q
quietus upon the changing brood with
sharp word or two, except the parrots,
who only stop when they choose to.
He is q round, rosy faced Englishman.
very 10th to talk-you would Judge 80,
at least, from the infrequency with
which he opens his mouth but civil
enough in answering questions, though
you must wait few moments some.
times for the answer; in fact, he is as
slow OF speech as was Mr.. John Will
lett, and l have no doubt could watch
pot boil with as much complacencv
as was the habit of that old gentle
man.
Yes, l ave good many dogs
said the fancier; "if 1 'avn't got what
man wants / send and get i'm
de has several English mastiffs, he
says. Scotch stag hounds, a great many
6lack-and-tan terriers, English pugs.
iox terriers. Spitz dogs, Scotch and
Skye terriers, Newfoundland dogs. and
poodies, and sometimes fox hounds.
HING Charles spaniels, beagle and
bioodhouads. pointers and settlers, and
81. bernards. Prices vary according
TO the variety, breeding, age. size. and
points, which is the professional term
for dogs general qualities. as shape
OF head, limbs. and ears, length of
hair, degree Of yivacity, aud DISPOSE
non. SSyes are in most demand. for
ms customers are mostly up town Ia.
dies The scale Of prices extends from
VIC to clio. 4 Skye worth only sI5
vher q few weeks OLD will, after he.
eomang full grown. and safely .oneb
disease to which the species is pecu-