, 1881-09-04

| do, and SO we long for the 18th Of September
and its promised production. For there
little that : is Interesting is prom
ised. Joseph Jefferson IL the worn-
out old Rivals u at the Union Square
period, Miss Geneyieve Ward, to tollow.
| About q foot OF wall is visible on Wallack' S
| building plot We have the lanl ons aud
| DAILY from next week, and pray they may
not be OF the same lot as the others.
4 Dogs LIFE.
| It's a most unfortunate thing to lead 4
dogs life just now in New York: Since the
Inauguration Of the pound and the invention
OF tile drowning cage, the canine existence
is not Il happy one II the poor animal
shows Ills nose outside the door. even though
it has lnuzzle Oh it, he is snatched up by
the appointed dog-catcher or gobbled by
some vagrant boy.
The regular dog-catchcr has IN under
standing with some dog-fancier's establish
ment, and Il fine animal is promptly sold;
but the ignorant gaulln, satisfied with the
three shillinSs given by the city, trots off
with your 500 skye or terrier to the pound
at the foot OF Sixteenth street and East
River.
This being the situation, the ann ounccment
that :. peripaietic ball Of white floss called
s'SIoppy" has run away caused me to grab
the s. redemption fee aud fly to the dog
pens this week.
Il long, low, yellow building on the wa
ter's edge is announced for blocks away rs
the pound. Borne on the breeze came little
sharp barls. unearthly llowls, dispairing
yclls, impatient whines, and ''deep-moutllel
bayings." The terrible uuroar became deaf
r If,11- II
entered.
Then giving full description Of tho lost
treasure, and enEistiny the sympathy of the
most S:,vAge-l0oking man out OF Jail, was
nshercd into the hall OF reception. GOOD
mercy. what a sight! and the rush OF the
casional animals, yet there were more than
80 dogs gathered in twenty-four hours,
which they drown every other day it un-
claimed.
away were tied up in kennels. but III three
large pens the little dogs were thrown to
blend their voices in continual uproar. The
hydrophobic Spitz, the rat-llunting terrier, tho
slender, greyhound, the lonE.haled I!:. SPANIEL;
trembling little 5SkSes leaped and parked as
I looked over. ''Sloppy'' was French
poodle. There were eight poodles; in the
crowd; one by one they were lifted up for
asRs;G s IS Sn % 0 sysy oRs Of %e e% e"t 6 % 9aas
Tncy were trayel-stained, and matted, and
ragged, and torn. "Sloppy' had been gone
tortyeig4t honrsjonE; SnoG to TO- h3Ee Eye
veriest vasrant Of the party; but Sloppy
couldn't have worn his featfsry tail to tue
bare bone in 50 short time. So, though the
resemblance i'll many dirty, sad face was
and ! turned reluctantly to -.
At the door stood such 4 Vretched
Gern,an woman seeking a little
yellow mongrel dog. watched her career.
Silt: carefully inspected the first pen with no
better result than had had, but at the sec
ond she gave Il cry Ut delight that WIS an
swered BY the wor5t-looSinG sSll-blrrel bone
hunter ever saw; but it was her Fritz. L
bit of nempen rope hung to his heck by
which the dog man flung him over, when ne
WAS caught by tile woman i'll q fond embrace,
and we departed to the outer office Hete
S. III nickels and coppezs and stray 1o-cent
pieces was counted out, and the LOST anlhfal
went home Wandering up the block half
dozen men Of the dog,catclllnF oreed ques-
toned Inc about 1ny. loss. =, Ut won't never
remaps re- a9S C Of r. one pf Awful Specimen o|
much would you stand to get him 2, asked |
another. The sum was stated: "Glve me
yer number; thattl fetch it." said l'e.
Whether it would or not the 1d-
dress was given and hope was n
dtlged in. Before 6 o'clock fourteen Whlte
poo1les in excellent preservation had been
offered at the basement door, and at that |
stage 4 man arrived With two-:one nice
little beast witt, knowing face, but no need
Of looking at the other; the air WAS full OF :