The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-09-01
The Champion Dog. .Catcher-Making .
D Living by Finding Lost Pets.

The Champion D0g.Catcher-Making .
b Living by Finding Lost Pets.
Mr.. James Shields long, cadaver-
Gus and Just trife suspicious-l oking
colored gentleman, came through the
door of the Fifth Precinct Station house
yesterday, carrying about three pounds
of tough bull beef in one hand and q
string in the other, to the neither end Of
which was attached ferocious- looking
Siberian bloodhound. The occupants
of the station house-one or two police
men and timid reporter-inyolun UNFAIRLY
started back at this unexpected and
somewhat formidable esstree and awaited
further developments. They soon
came. Mr.. Shields approached the
desk, and the station keeper handed
him a handful of silver coin, amounting
to quite considerable sum, which had
been left for him on the previous even
ing. This the cadaverous individual
stuck down in his deep breeches pocket,
permission 10 I1g1 pack" he pulled the
string taut and the dog went bowling in
the direction from whence came the
snore of the ssdrunks."
"Who is that man, Leutenantp''
queried the representative of the Repub-
lcan of Lieut.. Kelly.
"That is Jim Shields, the famous
dog-catcher. / expect he knows as
much about dogs, both in a fair and q
crooked way, as any man in the United
States"
Having received this information, the
pencil-pusher, like little Oliver Twist,
wanted more, and SO he threaded the
dark, labyrinthian ways that lead back
to the cells. The station-keeper and
Shields were standing in front of a cell
the door of which was open. Inside the
cell were two dogs-one setter and the
other q great, handsome Newfound-
land. The bloodhound was yet outside,
and all were busily engaged in masticat-
ing the tough bull beef hereinbefore
mentioned.
"What cell do you call thisp' the in
quisitive newspaper man asked. "This
is the dog cell," the man answered.
sin other words, the place where we
confine valuable dogs that have been
found without masters, either by the
police or private parties"
"Do you often have to use itp"
"Oh, yes; it's nearly always occu-
pied"
Turning to Shields, the reporter asked
IL AC OIL bAO 0O&S AO 4OuAO
to the station-house.
"Oh, no, sir,n he replied, ssbut the
| gentlemen on the police have been q lit
tie suspicious of late, and thought il
best to turn 'em in here for time"
BY this time the bloodhound had been
showed into the cell and the door locked.
1t was quite dark inside, and there were
| ominous sounds issuing from between
.he bars for o time, but presently all was
quiet.
They've made friends" said
Shields.
"Do you make this thing business7'
queried the reporter, when the trio had
gained the daylight of the outer Office,
and Mr.. Shields, upon invitation, had
seated himself in q chair and was serene
| ly toasting his shins at the hot stove.
| "Yes, sir; I'm mostly dog trainer
| and doctor; but of late, and especially
during this winter, T'yedone good dea
in the way of looking out for and catch
ing valuable dogs" :"
"Does the business pay pretty well P'
"Well, manage to get from $15 to
| $40 week out of it, and for colore6
man to make that much money this
weather consider pretty good"
"What was that money for that the
station-keeper gave you just nowp"
sob, that was a little reward for @
black-and-tan which was here, ,and which
the owner came and got last night"
"About how much is the average re
ward for dog2''
"About S4; this one was S5."
"What was the largest reward yoI
ever received for dogP"
ga gentleman in the navy gave mt
| oE0 orI 60, h,ix nr
home little Skye terrier that was pc
of his wife's. He took out the dog walk
ing with him one day, and the little fellow
somehow or other got lost on the avenue
Well, sir, when that navy officer wen
home that night without that dog yor
had better believe there was scene
The servants told me that his wife went
into violent Mysteries, and two of hi.
daughters went to their rooms anC
locked themselves in, saying that they'C
not come out until their father had found
sVic'-that was the name of the dog. A
last it became so hot for the poor mai
that he had to 90 and order out his car
riage at 9 o'clock at night and 90 IL
search of sVic., He visited all the DO
lice stations, and left word that he woul(
paysa handsome reward to any body wht
would bring him his dog. 1 had found
the little fellow on Eleventh Street on th'
same evening he was lost and had takel
him home. At the station-house tn
next day they told me to keep a sharl
lookout for Skye terrier, and described
the dog to me- knew I had the righ
dog, and so quietly went up to the gen
tleman's house and opened negotiations
81 found them all in moody condi
ton when they showed me into tn
magnificent parlor, for they said tina
anybody who brought news of 'Vic' wa!
good enough to go into the parlor, be b
white or black. saw at once that
could get almost anything that want
ed, but never expected the gentleman T.
say: Bring me the dog, and III Civ
you S50i' 1t took my breath away, an,
1bolted home to get the dog. If
hadn't been such fool might just a
easy have had S100.-Wdshfngton Rt