The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-12

y step from which be can look down On
to the turmoil. He sees the dog catcher
pushing men aside and making his vay
to the center Of attraction a man has
box OF rats there and Is letting them out
one By one into the fate presented in the
person Of q sturdy and excited little ter
rler. The dog stands in front Of the trap
his jaws open, his body quivering, his,
eyes blazing with the fire Of enthusiasm.
a rat is released from the trap. Itsprings
out for safety, but meets death SO QUICK
~ that even the l0oker-on cannot tell how
II was done. There is . sound OF crack
ing bones, the half uttered death cry o i
the rodent, then dead rat flung from
the dogs jaws as he faces the trap, lust
az # he had heard the military order,
uAs you WERE Two rats are sent TO
Kingdom come before Willetts reaches
the center Of the group. Calmly he push
es the rat cage man aside, grasps the dog
hrmly BY the scruf and turns to walk
away. For moment everybody is quiet
and then circumstances flow and turn to
yltuperatlon, but without avail. The
hand an OF the dog catcher is upon its
prey and may not lie relaxed. The
wagon has been quietly drawn up
and turned around. The DOC
catcher has reached it, thrown the dog
into the basket inside, turned and dis
played his badge Of authority, and, with
q laugh, mounted beside the driver. Be-
fore vituperaion could become actual
attack the wagon has ratified off and the
crowd s ID oehi9ding helplessly cn1sing the
er,s instructions to his guest were,
"Should you lose me go two squares east
and you will find me on the block to the
north. When in fulflment Of these In
structions, the two men had met again,
the dog catcher had captured Ave addi-
tienal dogs. s"There was a lot of them
playing just round the corner here he
explained. you see if any blades Of
grass get to sprouting in the street, you
can always look for dogs there. They
come to eat the grass just as cats do
catnip.'
Only one incident OF interest occurs
during the rest of the explorations down
town, although an abundance of dogs are
taken. A German is engaged in clean
ing the front door steps and using the
hose freely. A large mongre1 is lapping
some water that flows over the steps
and barking delight when the laugh
painting sides. As the dog catcher
comes up the dog runs into the
street. It is an unfortunate journey.
The dog catcher's net is over his head IN
q minute, and before the astonished Ger
man can appreciate the condition Of af-
fairs the canine is bowling from the wag-
on box. Then the German sees 1t all
and makes such good use Of his hose
that the dog catcher, the dog catcher's
assistant, horse, wagon and accompany
ing reporter experience q sense Of hu-
nudity.
In the upper part of town the dogs
have domestic associations. They are
owned by wealthy people who feed and
house them web. Watch dogs have places
to lay their heads and pets are more deli
cately and tenderly nurtured than many
children. Under such circumstances as
these the presence of q dog in the streets
is exceedingly rare as compared with the
condition Of things in less. favored por-
lions of the city. The dog catcher ex-
plains this, and adds, Of you want to
see dogs caught in the swell uptown
! streets, you must wait till about daylight.
Dogs have such good care taken Of them
up there that they are wrapped in
silk and given pillows OF elder down
| to sleep. on. But in the morning
about day light, they let q good many out
to get sniff of fresh air. Wen be about
there afore sunrise" There were streams
of light shooting through the sky when
the party reached Gramercy Park. ssThat
is Sammy Tilden's house., y said the dog
catcher, indicating the ex-Goyernor's
handsome residence. ssae's got lots Of
dogs, but he d ont let none Of them out.
He's too fly to do that. I've been look
ing out for his pups this many q day.
Turning up into Lexington avenue, two
Esquimaux dogs were seen on the side
walk, scamperlng together in play. a
negro was cleaning the windows. The
wagon came along slowly and drew up
In front of the house. ssNice dogs, said
Willetts, tingratiatingly ,.but the man and
brother worked away at the windows,
and sneered at the attempts of the man
on the side walk to ensnare him into con-
| versation. Willetts, nothing daunted,
| and not in the least set back by this re-
pudiatlon Of his social advances, contin-
ued: Them dogs would be worth thir-
! ty cents apiece to me, if / had them"
"Dem dogs cost $85 TO- de two, white
man. You is drunk, I reckon. What 70
you roun' heah, any way2''
But even as he spoke Willetts unfail-
ing net had shot out twice and the $85
dogs were IN the wagon. Wildly excit-
ed, the negro extricated himself from the
window and dashed to the rescue. His
eye met the symbol of the dog catcher's
power as it flashed from his breast in the
morning sun. He stopped short, for he
saw resistance was useless, and said:
II might have know'd yer was cotch-
er the way you talked. I done lose
my place, / reckon, for the folks
never won't forgive my careless
ness. But JUS you recollect, Mr..
Cotcher, Mayor Cooper's father lives.
Just cross that street. you can't keep
them dogs long, I'm tellin' ye.n The
negro was right. The dog catcher went
to the pound after lie had breakfasted to
leave there thirty-six dogs, the result Of
nights search. The negro was there.
waiting for him. He paid the four dol
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